Looking at the long queue of enthusiastic people outside PVR Palladium in Lower Parel at 8.30 am on April 2, it felt like the release day of a much anticipated film.

Except it was for a teaser.

That was enough indication of the high anticipation around the upcoming epic, Ramayana Part 1.

Filmmaker Nitesh Tiwari and producer Namit Malhotra invited media and fans as they launched the first teaser, titled Rama, giving us more than a glimpse of Ranbir Kapoor as Lord Ram.

For Tiwari, it was an emotional moment as he opened up on creating the big-budget two-part movie.

Fans queue up for the teaser launch.

Pic/Satej Shinde It has taken me seven years to reach this moment.

Filmmaking is a speculative and lonely process.

In these years, I wondered about this moment, the....