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Rajiv Malhotra retweeted
The Man who almost dedicated decades for the cause of correct narrative of indology in academia has endorsed the movie but somehow dehati right wing and sadakhaggu tradiyas will convince you that this movie is so problematic.
Ramayana is a wonderful movie. Enjoyed it thoroughly. Meant for mainstream audiences, making a good impact. Sets a new standard for Hindu films. I can find issues with it, as with anything else, but this is a solid professional job on a complex topic.
This will become a classic that people will watch during Diwali season for many years to come.
Rajiv Malhotra retweeted
Some so called twitter intellectuals born after 2010 calling raji malhotra "sellout" and what not. What they don't understand and know is that rajiv has been through years of info war, narrative war. He knows how important cultural soft power is and what role cinema plays in that.
Rajiv Malhotra retweeted
Those who are saying namit malhotra's Ramayana was made to convince us ravan wasn't wrong are absolutely false i've watched it twice and I'm a devotee of Shree ram myself I didn't find anything wrong with the movie at all
People from older generation are also enjoying it in theatres it's just negative PR on social media I agree some of CGI was cartoon level but don't try to overanalyse things and create controversies out of nothing.
Rajiv Malhotra retweeted
A message to Hindu parents with kids: the release of the @WorldOfRamayana Movie has everyone talking about it.
Capitalize on it and use it as an opportunity to start conversations with your kids. Remember a parent is the first teacher.
For a moment forget your criticisms. This is a moment to seize and become the one who corrects the 'creative adaptations' and ask your kids their opinion of what they saw.
Its an absolute treasure trove of moments that can from conversations for years to come. Seize it!
Gently let them know how you remember the story being told you and how this presentation is a directors vision.
But to simply boycott a movie is to lose a moment where Ramayana is all that anyone is talking about.
Both my kids left feeling upset that the movie ended where it did. They wanted the conclusion - where Sri Rama was victorious. How can you tell me that this movie is a propaganda piece when kids are rooting for the good guy?
Rajiv Malhotra retweeted
I watched the Lord of the Rings movies before I ever picked up the books. The movies blew me away so much that I ended up buying the entire series. After reading, I realized how much the movies left out, altered and what nuance was missed.
If I never watched those movies, I never would have read JRR Tolkien.
Which brings me to the release of the Ramayana movie. There is a certain irony within our Hindu community. We criticize those "Hindu In Name Only" types for not preserving their traditions, while doing very little to meet them where they are.
We spend so much time preaching to the choir, reaching people who are already invested in their Hindu identity, that we often overlook those who aren't. I was guilty of this until I started teaching teenagers and young adults. You then realize the uphill battle you face in capturing mind share.
The upcoming Ramayana movie illustrates this perfectly.
Regardless of its artistic merits, or whatever criticism you might have of its portrayal, this film has the potential to introduce Sri Ram's story to an audience that might never attend a mandir, listen to a lecture, or watch Hindu educational content. This movie might spark curiosity or inspire some to go back to the original sources.
As a community, we cannot complain that people are disconnected from their traditions while dismissing the very things that might inspire them to reconnect.
I have my tickets and will be going to see it next week. My kids know the story of the Ramayana, have enacted it on their own and are eager to see its portrayal. That level of excitement alone is worth the price of the tickets.
Afterwards we will critique as a family, discuss where the movie went wrong and what can be improved. But lets not miss the forest for the trees.
Perhaps the greatest threat to preserving Hindu traditions isn't simply how they're portrayed, but whether the next generation cares enough to preserve them in the first place.
Rajiv Malhotra retweeted
Ramayana today
I did not go to judge it as a film. I went with an open mind and an open heart, to experience Ram.
And truly, it touched me. This is not just cinema, this is darshan. The dignity of Ram, the pain of exile, the devotion of Jatayu — it all felt real
The 3D was not just an effect, it was an experience. It felt like I was not watching Ramayana, I was living inside it
The cinematography was divine. Every frame looked like a painting — the light in the forest, the dust in the air, the eyes of Ram, the flight of Jatayu. So pure, so graceful, so full of reverence. No loudness, no show-off. Just beauty that touches the soul
Every individual will criticise or appreciate according to their own perspective. That is natural
But this film is made even for those who are not yet in devotion, who come only to enjoy the cinema and its 3D effect — at least they will receive some essence of Ram. And that itself is a blessing.
If we watch with ego, we will find faults. If we watch with bhakti, we will find Ram
For me, Ramayana is not a story to be debated. It is a truth to be felt.
Jai Shri Ram
Visually, the CGI is world-class. The climax with Jatayu vs Ravana is one of the best VFX scenes I have ever seen in world cinema
Rajiv Malhotra retweeted
Pujya Swami Dayananda Saraswati encouraged Rajiv Malhotra to answer criticism by bringing his research, lectures and knowledge together in a book, leading to Invading the Sacred (2005).
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Rajiv Malhotra retweeted
RAMAYANA PREMIER IN SWEDEN!🦅Extremely happy to share these visuals from the Swedish premiere of Ramayana: The Rise of Legend in Stockholm.
I began my speech with a sentence in Swedish: “Jag är mycket glad att vara här i Stockholm i kväll.” — “I am very happy to be here in Stockholm this evening.” And I truly was. After 41 years and 556 films in India, it was also special to share that I have become a small part of Swedish cinema for the first time with Out of Fashion.😍
A warm thank you to the dynamic and wonderfully friendly Ambassador of India to Sweden, Anurag Bhushan ji, who introduced me and my speech. His warmth and gracious presence made the evening even more special.😍🕉
As the narrator and Jatayu, I feel deeply proud to be part of this extraordinary cinematic journey. The Ramayana is not only a story from India; its message of love, sacrifice, family, duty and the triumph of good over evil speaks to people across borders, languages and generations. It was moving to see this timeless Indian epic being celebrated in Sweden.🇸🇪
When the film ended, people came up to me with tears in their eyes, shaking my hand and thanking me for telling the story of the Ramayana and for playing Jatayu. I was completely overwhelmed. It filled me with immense pride to see a film like this come out of India and connect with audiences here.❤️
Congratulations to dear @niteshtiwari22 , @malhotra_namit , Sony Pictures, SF Studios, BollywoodBio Sweden and everyone who brought this film to Swedish cinemas and made this special evening possible.🦅😍❤️
Proud to be Indian. Jai Shri Ram! 🙏🕉😍 @WorldOfRamayana @SonyPictures #Ramayana #Primiere #Sweden
Rajiv Malhotra retweeted
"The Ramayana," a more than 2,000-year-old epic poem, recounts a cosmic Manichean battle with a list of heroes longer than "Avengers: Doomsday." It has been adapted many times before, but the epic has never been told on this scale, nor with a global audience in mind. cnn.it/4zfDbfn
Rajiv Malhotra retweeted
I am glad the reality is coming out‼️
Indians were aware of Mother Teresa's dark deeds and she may have killed more people than helped them "heal".
In a recent Joe Rogan episode Cody Tucker said that Mother Teresa intentionally pushed people to their death.
Rajiv Malhotra retweeted
🚨One week after the midterm elections, Muslim candidates have launched their own Islamic PAC and New Jersey has introduced Islamophobia legislation for “civil and criminal purposes”. 🚨
Less than one week after the election of 8 Muslims across our nation, Michigan’s dual citizen soon to be jihadi Senator Abdul El-Sayed has launched “Habibi PAC” to flood our elections with Muslim money after he pledged to get money out of politics. In New Jersey, where Adam Hamawy @HamawyForNJ was just elected, lawmakers in New Jersey have introduced legislation to create a legal definition for Islamophobia.
Legislation introduced in the New Jersey Assembly would establish the state’s first formal legal definition of Islamophobia for use in certain civil and criminal anti-discrimination proceedings, just days after voters in the 12th Congressional District elected Adam Hamawy, a DSA candidate with ties to Islamic terrorists.
Assembly Bill 1146 is sponsored by Assemblyman Joe Danielsen and co-sponsored by Assemblywomen Verlina Reynolds-Jackson and Mitchelle Drulis and Assemblyman Roy Freiman.
Under the bill, Islamophobia is defined as “a type of racism that targets expressions of Muslimness or perceived Muslimness,” which may include hatred toward Muslim persons. The text lists specific examples, among them “making mendacious, dehumanizing, demonizing, or stereotypical allegations about Muslims, or of Muslims as a collective group, especially but not exclusively, conspiracies about Muslims entry into politics, government, or other societal institutions, the myth of Muslim identity having a unique propensity for terrorism, and claims of a demographic threat posed by Muslims or of a Muslim takeover.”
This is basically an Islamic blasphemy law that has been introduced by lawmakers in New Jersey as a terror supporter heads to Congress from New Jersey.
I warned you that the Islamification of America is now going to be put on steroids.
Now watch as our country is destroyed by Muslims.
Every single Republican who wants to run for President in 2028 should be speaking out about the Islamic takeover of America.
Rajiv Malhotra retweeted
Rajiv Malhotra reflects on the guidance he received from Pujya Swami Dayananda Saraswati, whom he would turn to whenever he faced challenges, both from within and outside.
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Rajiv Malhotra retweeted
Two Muslim cops in New York stopped a nurse for no apparent reason other than that she was walking her dog.
They cornered her and threatened to seize her dog. When confronted, they got angry and couldn’t say what law she had broken.
This is what happens when you give these people power. All I can say is that she was lucky there were passersby, because it was 3 AM and things could’ve ended much worse.
Rajiv Malhotra retweeted
BREAKING: Muslim “influencer” Mo Deen (Mohammad Kubba) just jumped the ring at an Ireland boxing event and lunged at Tommy Robinson after his fight.
Promoters forced a face-off.
Robinson held up his book on Islamic grooming gangs. Instant brawl. Chairs flying. Event shut down.
This is not a random scrap.
Tommy is honest about Islam and Islamic doctrine and the grooming gang scandals.
In Islamic law, insulting Muhammad is a capital offense. Major jurists across the schools (citing hadith and sira) prescribe death for it.
Multiple Muslim countries still have death-penalty blasphemy laws. Critics like Tommy, myself and many others in the West live under constant threat precisely because of this teaching. They have already killed our friends and colleagues.
Mo Deen is simply a Muslim not some fringe jihadi. He is a mainstream Muslim social media personality allowed into the ring, who wants to harm Tommy for simply being honest about Islam.
The same violent pattern repeats for over 1400 years now: criticize the doctrine or the crimes, face the deathly and violent reaction.
This is what is being imported. This is what America has now elected.
Rajiv Malhotra retweeted
Hi @RoKhanna,
Why do you condemn calls for El Sayed to repudiate the Muslim Brotherhood, but then validate a call to make Indian and Hindu American inclusion conditional on condemning the democratically elected government of India? You did this when you subtweeted Pieter Friedrich and do it again in subtweeting a well known troll.
Why are dual loyalty tests necessary for Indian and Hindu Americans but off limits for everyone else?
My grandfather was also a freedom fighter who was jailed for answering Gandhiji’s call to serve. Double standards are not what he fought for.
Rajiv Malhotra retweeted
🚨 BREAKING: Weeks after an attempted mass shooting at a Hindu temple on US soil, USCIRF wants America to tie DEFENCE ASSISTANCE to India based on incidents at places of worship.
– Can't protect temples in their own backyard, but lecturing India on security? Absolute clownery.
Rajiv Malhotra retweeted
Hey Ro, can you clarify this again? Your Grandad voted for the 2nd amending of the Maintenance of Internal Security Act (MISA) in 1975, which legalised
1. indefinite detention without warrant
2. suspended Habeas Corpus
3. arbitrary punishment (torture)
4. arbitrary property seizure
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Or is lying with confidence a special superpower you have?