Ramayana Part 2 release date moves to Diwali 2028, producer confirms

The second film of Nitesh Tiwari's Ramayana will not release on Diwali 2027 as first announced, and is now planned for 2028, producer Namit Malhotra has confirmed. Speaking to the American entertainment channel E! News in an interview reported on Wednesday, 4 November 2026, Malhotra said the team did not want to rush or get ahead of itself, and wanted to give the finale the scale it needs. His remarks came a day before Ramayana Part 1, starring Ranbir Kapoor, Sai Pallavi and Yash, reached cinemas on Thursday, 5 November 2026. Malhotra also hinted that the story could be expanded into a trilogy.

Ramayana was announced as a two-part film with an unusual promise: the two parts would come out on back-to-back Diwalis, in 2026 and 2027. That plan was part of how the film was sold to audiences and to cinema owners. Moving Part 2 by a year changes that promise. It means viewers who see Part 1 now will wait about two years, rather than one, for the story to finish.

For the producers, the delay is a trade-off. A longer gap gives more time for visual effects and large action sequences, which reports linked to the slip in October. But it also risks losing some of the attention the first film builds. The mid-credits scene with Sunny Deol as Hanuman is one way to keep viewers interested in what comes next. Malhotra's trilogy hint goes further: if the response is strong, the makers may stretch the story into three films, though he did not commit to that.

The date also matters for the release calendar of Indian cinema. Diwali is one of the biggest release windows of the year, and big films usually avoid opening on the same day. With Ramayana Part 2 out of Diwali 2027, Spirit no longer has a clash with it in that window, and the two films avoid splitting screens and audiences.

Peepals timeline: in November 2024 the makers announced that Ramayana would release in two parts, on Diwali 2026 and Diwali 2027. On 23 October 2026, reports first said Part 2 had slipped to Diwali 2028; the makers did not confirm it then. On 4 November 2026, Malhotra confirmed the move to 2028 in an interview with E! News. On 5 November 2026, Part 1 opened in cinemas with a mid-credits scene teasing Sunny Deol's Hanuman.

Short-term: Part 1's run in cinemas now stands on its own for much longer, and the mid-credits scene becomes the main hint of what the sequel holds.

Long-term: if the makers expand the story into a trilogy, the Ramayana films would run beyond 2028.

Who is affected: viewers following the story, cinema owners planning their Diwali 2027 and 2028 programmes, the makers of Spirit and other films aiming for Diwali 2027, and the cast and crew of Part 2.

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