Ramayana: Lara Dutta’s bracelet gets cut with hacksaw

Lara Dutta has given fans a glimpse into what it takes to transform into Kaikeyi for 'Ramayana'. Before facing the camera, actors often go through hours of preparation, from wearing heavy jewellery to getting dressed in elaborate costumes. Playing Kaikeyi in Nitesh Tiwari’s film, Lara recently shared a series of photos and videos from the sets on Instagram.

The posts show her in traditional outfits and heavy jewellery, along with glimpses of her makeup and costume teams getting her ready for the role.One clip, however, caught everyone's attention. In it, Lara is seated in her vanity van while a team member struggles to remove a bracelet stuck on her wrist. When it refuses to budge, the team has to bring out a hacksaw blade to cut it off.Lara took the entire episode in good humour. Sharing the video, she wrote, “To look like this, there’s a whole lot of stuff that goes on behind the scenes!! Including almost having your wrist sawn off!!”.

Lara Dutta on criticism over ‘Ramayana’ costumes

In a recent conversation with News18, Lara addressed the criticism surrounding the film’s costumes and explained the thinking behind the team’s choices.“I know what the reason was for us to pick certain kinds of garments and the way that we wanted those to be depicted. It’s such a vast project that you’re undertaking and one nitpicked on such tiny things,” she said.The actor also recalled an early conversation with director Nitesh Tiwari, during which she wondered whether Kaikeyi, who hailed from the kingdom of Kekaya, would wear jewellery different from that of the other two queens and bring her own stree-dhan.

She added, “One of my first conversations with Nitesh sir was that if Kaikeyi came from the kingdom of Kekaya, wouldn’t her jewellery be very different from the other two queens? Wouldn’t she bring her own stree-dhan? But if you want to get into such minute details, then you would have historians and other experts coming up and saying, ‘Oh, how can this be shown and depicted?’ So, there was a standardisation that was decided to be adopted across all three kingdoms – Mithila, Ayodhya and Lanka – to differentiate between those cultures.

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‘Ramayana’: Cast, box office and part two

Directed by Nitesh Tiwari and backed by producer Namit Malhotra, 'Ramayana' features

Ranbir Kapoor

as Lord Rama,

Sai Pallavi

as Sita and Yash as Ravana. The first part reportedly crossed the Rs 1,000 crore mark worldwide within eight days of its release. The second part of the epic is scheduled to release in 2028.