Hrithik Roshan is out of Nitesh Tiwari’s Ramayan a lavish magnum opus which has been in the pipeline for more than five years now. Producer Madhu Mantena had signed Ranbir Kapoor to play Rama and Hrithik was to play Ravana.
But with the project to be directed by Nitesh Tiwari, showing no sign of progress, Hrithik has decided to move on.
A close friend of Hrithik says it wasn’t the fear of controversy that prompted the star to opt out of Ramayan.
“Hrithik would have loved to play Ravana. In fact years ago his former father-in-law Sanjay Khan had offered him a chance to play Rama in a big-screen version of the Ramayana that Mr Khan was planning. That didn’t happen. Now Hrithik has opted out of the chance to play Raavan, as he had other commitments. Hrithik no longer wants to do one project every two years. He would rather do two projects every year,” reveals a friend of the actor.
The hunt is on for a new Raavan in producer Madhu Mantena’s dream project.
