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Ramayana actor says scenes cut, fans protest missing fight
The Story in Brief
A scene from the international cut of 'Ramayana: Rise of a Legend' showing Sita and Lakshman battling three wolves has gone viral, and actor Satyen Chaturvedi has revealed his scenes as Sumantra were edited out of Nitesh Tiwari's film. The missing sequence has sparked outrage online, with fans accusing producer Namit Malhotra of cutting a 'generational heroism scene' from the Indian version.
Mid-day.com and freepressjournal.in report that the Hindi cut is nearly 30 minutes longer than the English version, yet the action sequence was removed. Freepressjournal.in says the film earned Rs 112.90 crore net in India in two days, with a worldwide gross of Rs 230.05 crore. Filmibeat.com confirms the box office figures and adds that the actor's deleted scenes have drawn attention.
Netizens are demanding the makers add the scene from Monday, 9 November 2026. It remains to be seen whether the film's team will respond.
Update, 7 November 2026: Actor Satyen Chaturvedi has claimed on Instagram that his scenes as Sumantra were edited out of the film, according to filmibeat.com. This adds a second deletion controversy to the viral missing wolf-fight scene reported earlier by mid-day.com and freepressjournal.in.
Indian Opinion Analysis
Mid-day.com and freepressjournal.in both frame the missing wolf-fight scene as a viral controversy driven by fan outrage, quoting social media posts accusing Namit Malhotra of cutting a heroic moment. Filmibeat.com adds a different dimension by reporting actor Satyen Chaturvedi's claim that his Sumantra scenes were edited out, widening the deletion narrative beyond one sequence. Freepressjournal.in leads with the box office drop and Diwali hopes, softening the controversy with a commercial outlook. The coverage is uniform in reporting the same viral clip and box office figures, the only new concrete detail is Chaturvedi's Instagram post, which extends the story beyond a single omitted action scene.
Coverage: 3 sources, 3 neutral
Sources (3): mid-day.com (neutral report), freepressjournal.in (neutral report), filmibeat.com (neutral report)
This brief was synthesised by AI from the 3 sources linked above, so one read covers every framing they carry. Methodology and corrections.
