Sunny Deol to Hanuman in Nitesh's Ramayana?

Nitesh Tiwari

's upcoming film on the epic Ramayana has been making news of late for its stellar star cast. The film stars Ranbir Kapoor,

Sai Pallavi

and

Yash

in the lead roles. According to a latest report, Sunny Deol has been approached to play Hanuman in the movie.
Hanuman stands for strength and there’s no one better than Sunny Deol in the Indian film industry to justify what Bajrangbali stands for.

The actor has reportedly shown interest in being a part of Nitesh Tiwari’s rendition of Ramayana and is also excited to play the part of Lord Hanuman. However, it’s still early stages of discussion, a report in Pinkvilla stated.

The report further added that the Ramayana is just a small part of Lord Hanuman’s life, and there are many other facets to the story. The filmmaker reportedly wants to explore that with a standalone film on Lord Hanuman. Everything needs to fall in place – from the date of the shoot to the commitment for the franchise spin-offs and the financial structure.

The Ramayana adaptation is a collaborative effort of Nitesh, Madhu Mantena, Namit Malhotra, and Allu Aravind as co-producers. According to the report, all four co-producers are in unanimous agreement not only about selecting Sunny for the role of Hanuman in the Ramayana trilogy but also about crafting a spin-off centered around his character. Notably, it's the concept of this separate storyline that has greatly intrigued the actor and sparked his interest in the project.

Sunny has never portrayed a mythological character on the scale of Hanuman in his previous roles. However, the director of his 2001 blockbuster action romance film, "Gadar: Ek Prem Katha," Anil Sharma, has recently disclosed that the movie was indeed influenced by the Ramayana.
At the success press conference of the sequel,

Gadar 2

, in August this year, Anil said, “What was Gadar? The first Gadar was Ramayana. Rama ji goes to Lanka to bring back Sita. I thought this is Ramayana, this won't flop because it resides in the people's hearts. The story of the second was Mahabharata: what if when Abhimanyu is stuck in the Chakravyuh, Arjun himself comes to rescue him? No one could've failed that story because it resides in the people's hearts as well.”
Apart from this, Sunny is also a part of Aamir Khan's next production which will be directed by none other than Rajkumar Santoshi.