Ramayana Part 3: Ranbir Kapoor and Namit Malhotra Hint at a Third Film — But Nothing Is Confirmed Yet

Ramayana Part 3 is the phrase lighting up film social media on November 3, 2026, two days before Ramayana: Part 1 reaches cinemas. The buzz comes from two remarks, reported the same day by Bollywood Hungama, Free Press Journal, Asianet News, India TV and other outlets: Ranbir Kapoor, who plays Lord Ram, mentioned a possible third part in an interview, and producer Namit Malhotra said the project was originally conceived as three films. Read carefully, though, because neither remark confirms a third film, and this post does not present one as confirmed.

The distinction is the whole story. Ramayana is currently a two-part epic: Part 1, subtitled Rise of a Legend, releases worldwide on November 5, 2026, in standard and IMAX formats, with the second part planned for a later Diwali release. Anything beyond that is a possibility to revisit, not a greenlit film.

Ramayana Part 3: what Ranbir Kapoor actually said

In a conversation with Review Nation, reported on November 3, Ranbir Kapoor said he had already finished about 50 percent of Part 2 and that shooting was under way. The line that set social media off was his aside about the future: "I have finished 50 percent of part two already. We are in the process of already shooting it. Even when we finished part two or part three, if there is one. I don't think this will ever leave us. This is an opportunity of a lifetime, irrespective of what the result is. It is not career-defining but life-defining."

Note the conditional: "if there is one." Some social media posts have presented the remark as a confirmation or a spoiler, with fans jokingly calling him "Spoiler Kapoor," but the quote itself does not announce a third film. Asianet News and Free Press Journal both stressed the same point on November 3.

What producer Namit Malhotra said about the original plan

Producer Namit Malhotra gave the fuller version of the backstory in comments to international media at the film's recent Los Angeles premiere, reported by Bollywood Hungama on November 3. He said the team started out planning three parts, then decided to tell the story across two. He then left the door open, saying: "So we started out the film, we were going to make it in three (parts), then we decided to make it in two. We're still in the middle of filming, so I am not going to give any spoilers for anything — but you know, who knows the way, once we get all the response and all the feedback, we may sit back on the table and the drawing board and see if there is anything else that we want to add or subtract, depending on how the world has received it."

That is a conditional revisit after audience response, not a production announcement. Malhotra added that the makers have two versions of Part 1, each with a different runtime, and are assessing whether one version can work worldwide or an extended cut could be considered, drawing a comparison with The Lord of the Rings extended editions. That is about versions of Part 1, not a confirmed Part 3.

Why fans are running with the Ramayana Part 3 idea anyway

The timing explains the excitement. Part 1 arrives on November 5, 2026, and the franchise is already one of the most talked-about Indian films of the year, with advance booking coverage earlier in November putting its worldwide advance past 63 crore rupees. With Part 2 already half shot, according to Ranbir, fans are doing the obvious maths: if the epic's later chapters, including Lord Ram's return to Ayodhya, need room, a third film would give the story space that two films might not.

Fan theories split the story that way — Part 1 ending with the Jataayu fight, Part 2 covering the war against Lanka, a hypothetical Part 3 covering Ram's rule in Ayodhya — but those are fan theories, not the makers' plan, and no such story split has been announced.

The film at the centre of the buzz

Directed by Nitesh Tiwari, Ramayana: Part 1 stars Ranbir Kapoor as Lord Rama, Sai Pallavi as Sita, Yash as Ravana, Sunny Deol as Hanuman and Ravie Dubey as Lakshman. It is produced by Namit Malhotra's Prime Focus Studios in collaboration with DNEG and Monster Mind Creations, and features an original score by Hans Zimmer and A. R. Rahman. That scale is why a hint about a third part travels so fast.

What to watch for next is simple: a genuine Ramayana Part 3 announcement would come from Prime Focus Studios, the director or the lead cast in a formal statement. Until then, the buzz is best read as exactly what the quotes say — the makers once planned three parts, settled on two, and will decide after seeing audience response. Louder is not the same as confirmed.

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