Playing Goddess Sita in Ramayana: Part 1 was an emotionally significant experience for actress Sai Pallavi, who recently opened up about the responsibility of bringing one of India’s most revered mythological
figures to life. During a recent conversation, she recalled an unexpected incident on the sets of Nitesh Tiwari’s film that left her overwhelmed and in tears.
Sai Pallavi recalls crying on Ramayana set
While speaking to content creator Pallavi Raj for her YouTube channel, Myshadowbeats, Sai Pallavi revealed that her dialect coach once touched her feet after she had finished shooting a scene. The gesture caught the actress off guard, particularly because the coach had also seen her in her usual avatar, making calls and getting ready between shots. Sai said the moment made her realise how deeply people connect with Sita and the devotion they associate with the character. She admitted that she began crying even before her coach could get emotional, describing the experience as humbling.
She said, “The moment when I was a bit overwhelmed was when my dialect coach, she actually touched my feet after a scene, and I was taken aback because she saw me making phone calls, getting ready and all of that. She (the dialect coach) knows I am Sai Pallavi, but sometimes when you play a character that you worship every day, when you have a connection with it like your mother, and when somebody embodies it, you do not care about whether that’s an actor or any other human being. You just want that love.”
She further added, “So when she did that, even before she started to cry, I started to cry. I said, ‘What are you even doing?’ So it’s just that moment made me feel the character speaks so much more to so many people. I was very humbled and overwhelmed to experience that amount of love.”
Meanwhile, helmed by Nitesh Tiwari, the film also stars Ranbir Kapoor as Lord Rama, Ravie Dubey as Lakshman, Yash as Ravana, and Sunny Deol as Hanuman. The second part is scheduled to hit theatres in 2028.
