At Brahma Muhurat on July 30, the much-anticipated Ramayana trailer released across the globe in Hindi, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, and Malayalam. The primary cast of the film featured in the trailer. Yash’s look as Ravana received a positive response, whereas Ranbir Kapoor as Rama also impressed. Sai Pallavi’s appearance as Sita grabbed attention. However, there was one actress who became the talk-of-the-town. No, it is not ‘Shurpanakha’ Rakul Preet Singh. In the trailer, when Sai Pallavi walks in as Sita, her sisters accompany her. One of them is Mandavi.
Riya Kapoor plays Mandavi in Ramayana
After the trailer launched, the internet was curious to know who plays the role of .While many speculated that it was Surabhi Das, we learnt that she is Riya Kapoor. Surabhi clarified in the comments section of one of the viral posts.
Ramayana trailer
Who is Ramayana actress Riya Kapoor?
Riya is a new face in Hindi cinema. Before , she acted in the Telugu film MissTerious. She also played the role of Naina in the StarPlus show, Sampoorna. Her character died before the show ended in December 2025. Though she is new to the big and small screens, Kapoor has done a couple of music videos and is regularly sharing reels on Instagram.
Who was Mandavi?
will be seen playing the role of Mandavi in Ramayana. She is Sita’s cousin, the daughter of King Kushadhwaja and Queen Chandrabhaga and sister of Shrutakirti. She marries Rama’s younger half-brother, Bharata, the son of Kaikeyi. Mandavi is believed to be the incarnation of Lakshmi’s conch shell. Mandavi and Bharata had two sons, Taksha and Pushkala.
In Nitesh Tiwari’s Ramayana, Sonia Balani plays the role of Urmila, Lakshmana’s wife, and Surabhi Das is Shrutakirti, the wife of Shatrughna.
Ramayana cast
Ramayana is a blend of all versions of the epic written by ancient scholars and sages. The film also stars Sunny Deol, Ravi Dubey, Lara Dutta, Arun Govil, Kajal Aggarwal, Vivek Oberoi, Adinath Kothare, Sheeba Chaddha, Shishir Sharma, Ajinkya Deo, Kunal Kapoor, Indira Krishnan, Saurabh Sachdeva, Faisal Malik, Mukesh Tiwari, and many others.
Ramayana’s release date hasn’t been confirmed, but it is releasing on Diwali this year. The second part is in production to meet its Diwali 2027 release. The mythological drama is presented by Prime Focus Studios in association with Monster Mind Creations. Shridhar Raghavan and Nitesh Tiwari are credited for the adapted screenplay.