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Son of superstar Mammootty, Dulquer Salmaan is a well-known name in the Malayalam film industry. He made his acting debut in 2012 with the movie Second Show & won the Filmfare award for the same. He is best known for his performances in movies like Charlie, Solo, Kali, OK Kanmani, Mahanati, Njaan, Manglish and Pattam Pole. His debut Bollywood movie is Karwaan.

Dulquer Salmaan

Mrunal Thakur is a model and actress who primarily appears in Marathi cinema. She has also appeared on popular TV soaps and reality shows. She made her Bollywood debut with the 2018 film Love Sonia.

Mrunal Thakur

Rashmika Mandanna is an Indian actress and model who works predominantly in Telugu and Kannada language films. She is a recipient of the Filmfare Award South and the SIIMA Award. She is known for her roles in Kirik Party and Geetha Govindam.

Rashmika Mandanna

Yarlagadda Sumanth Kumar, known mononymously as Sumanth, is an Indian actor who works predominantly in Telugu cinema.He is the eldest grandson of Telugu actor Akkineni Nageswara Rao.His most notable movies includes Satyam, Gowri, Godavari, Madhumasam, Golconda High School, and Malli Raava

Sumanth

Murali Sharma is an Indian actor who works predominantly in Telugu and Hindi films. He is widely known for portraying a cop on screen. Sharma has starred in over 130 feature films, including Telugu, Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Malayalam cinema.

Murali Sharma

Prakash Raj is a celebrated thespian, TV presenter, film actor and filmmaker who has made his mark in Hindi as well as South Indian films. He is mostly known for playing antagonists and character roles in moves like Singham (Hindi), Dabangg 2 (Hindi), Thoonga Vanam (Tamil-Telugu) and Bharat Ane Nenu (Telugu)  to name a few. He has been honoured with several accolades and awards like the IIFA, Filmfare, Nandi and also, the National Film Awards multiple times. He owns his own production company called Duet Movies.

Prakash Raj

Bhumika Chawla is an actor who appears in Telugu, Tamil, Hindi, Malayalam, Kannada and Punjabi cinema. She made her acting debut with the Telugu film Yuvakudu in 2000. However, her big Bollywood debut was opposite Salman Khan in Tere Naam. Bhumika is best known for movies like Okkadu, Tere Naam, Khushi, Missamma, Gandhi My Father, Buddy and Anasuya.

Bhumika Chawla

The recipient of Nandi Award for Best Male Comedian, Vennela Kishore is a popular name in Tollywood. He made his debut with the superhit movie Vennela in 2005. Some of his popular movies include Inkosaari (2010), Dookudu (2011), Pilla Zamindar (2011), Yevadu (2014), Gopala Gopala (2015), Janatha Garage (2016), Agnyaathavaasi (2018) and Saaho (2018).

Vennela Kishore

Gautham Vasudev Menon is an Indian film director, screenwriter, producer and actor who predominantly works in Tamil film industry. He has also directed Telugu and Hindi films that either simultaneously shot with or remakes of his own Tamil films.

Gautham Vasudev Menon

Sachin Khedekar is an Indian actor and director known for his work in Marathi, Hindi, Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam and Gujarati language films. His well-known films include Kaksparsh, Astitva and Shyam Benegal's Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose: The Forgotten Hero in which he portrayed Subhas Chandra Bose

Sachin Khedekar

Sita Ramam (2022)

Sita Ramam is a story about a war starring Dulquer Salman, Mrunal Thakur, Rashmika, Sumanth, directed by Hanu Raghavapudi.

Sita Ramam Trailer - Telugu | Dulquer Salmaan | Mrunal | Rashmika | Sumanth | Hanu Raghavapudi

Sita Ramam Trailer - Tamil | Dulquer Salmaan | Mrunal | Rashmika | Sumanth | Hanu Raghavapudi

Sita Ramam Trailer - Malayalam | Dulquer Salmaan | Mrunal | Rashmika | Sumanth | Hanu Raghavapudi

Times of India

When Hanu Raghavapudi debuted in 2012 with the beautiful Andala Rakshasi, the audience had high hopes from him that were somewhat trashed thanks to films that followed. But with Sita Ramam, the director redeems himself with a poetic love story which might not be as unpredictable as the makers think but is one that keeps you hooked none-the-less.
In 1985, Afreen (Rashmika Mandanna) is a Pakistani rabble-rouser studying in London who is set in her ways and harbours an intense dislike for anything and everything Indian. She might be from the other side of the border but her feelings mirror that of youngsters on this side of the border even today. Early on in the film she’s told that the solution for her misplaced anger is love, a notion she brushes off as the sayings of an old man. But when she begrudgingly decides to deliver a lost letter to India, she’s transported back to 1964 where the poetic love story of Lt. Ram (Dulquer Salmaan) and Sita (Mrunal Thakur) unfolds. He is an orphan; she is a woman with a secret she can’t reveal. Even as Afreen and her begrudging partner-in-crime Balaji (Tharun Bhascker) learn everything there is to known about Sita and Ram, she might end up learning a lesson or two along the way.
On the surface Sita Ramam is nothing more than the love story of two people from different worlds falling in love while writing letters to each other. But dig beneath all the opulence, old-school glamour, beautiful clothes, VFX butterflies and extravagant sets, you find a story that has its heart set in humanity and love. Hanu does a good job of showing, instead of preaching, how irrespective of what god you pray to and what country you belong to, it’s only humanity that matters at the end of the day. Even as not everyone in the armies on both sides of the border believe this, Ram and Major Tariq (Sachin Khedekar) inadvertently set off a butterfly effect with their empathy that doesn’t just touch numerous lives, it even leaves them better off. And beyond that, Sita and Ram do have a love story that makes you want to root for them.
The film is not without its flaws though because once you get past the beauty of it all and think back, there might be chinks in logic that might nag you. Not to mention, Sita Ramam really doesn’t set into motion till a particular sequence sees Ram inundated with letters from across the country, from people who felt touched enough to reach out to a complete stranger. As Afreen learns more about Ram and Sita, so do you. But the way the narrative unfolds, it assumes you can’t have predicted anything about Sita, Vishnu (Sumanth) – a fellow soldier who always seemed jealous of Ram, and even Afreen, while you can kind of predict everything along the way if you’re paying enough attention. What’s good is that Hanu tries his best to tie up all the knots, giving Afreen, Balaji and us enough answers, but that also means there are some questions that leave you wanting.
Dulquer and Mrunal steal the show in Sita Ramam. For a film like this to work, you need to be invested in their story and the actors do a good job in ensuring that. They breathe life into their characters and it doesn’t hurt that Mrunal looks breath-taking in the film. Rashmika, Tharun, Sachin and Sumanth do a good enough job while Vennela Kishore and Murli Sharma are a hoot. A lot of able actors from Priyadarshi and Rahul Ravindran to Tinu Anand and Gautam Vasudev Menon make short appearances that work well for the film. PS Vinod, Shreyaas Krishna’s cinematography and Vishal Chandrasekhar’s music truly aid in bringing the world of Sita Ramam to life. But a special shoutout must be given to art director Irfan Rashid Sheikh and costume designer Sheetal Sharma for transporting the audience so seamlessly to the 60s and 80s.
With Sita Ramam, Hanu manages to deliver a story that’s moving and a film that’s visually aesthetic and pleasing. Go watch this one if you’re looking for a breather among all the mass masala.