The wait is over. Producer Namit Malhotra and director Nitesh Tiwari have confirmed that Ramayana will land in theatres worldwide on November 6, 2026, just two days before Diwali. And for anyone keeping track of the Kapoor family calendar, that date carries a little extra warmth. November 6 is the birthday of Ranbir Kapoor and Alia Bhatt’s daughter, Raha, making the release feel almost like a gift timed to the family itself, even if nobody has officially called it that.Alongside the date reveal, the makers dropped an English language version of the trailer, a week after the Hindi cut had already set the internet abuzz. At just under four minutes, it is only a touch shorter than the original, and instead of dubbing the actors over, the cast appears to deliver their lines in English themselves. That detail has fans buzzing online, with several guessing it involves AI powered localisation, though nothing has been confirmed by the team.The trailer’s story beats stay familiar. Yash’s Ravana opens the film declaring himself ruler of the heavens, the earth and the underworld, before the focus shifts to Ranbir Kapoor’s Rama and his devotion to his father, King Dasharatha. From there it moves into the fourteen-year exile, introduces Sai Pallavi’s Sita and Ravi Dubey’s Lakshman, and builds toward Surpanakha’s fateful encounter with the brothers, the spark that sets Ravana on his path of revenge and Rama on his mission to rescue Sita.Ramayana first made its global debut at San Diego Comic Con on July 24, with the full trailer following on July 30. Sony Pictures is distributing the film worldwide, and a second chapter is already being planned for around Diwali 2027, though no firm date has been set for that one yet.