Siddhant Chaturvedi’s ambitious action-creature film, tentatively titled Ramree, has reportedly been shelved by Netflix India due to budgetary constraints, a move that’s nothing short of a creative setback. This is indeed a missed opportunity to explore one of the most exciting yet least ventured genres in Hindi cinema: the action-creature flick.
While Hollywood has consistently excelled in this genre and delivered blockbusters for decades, Indian attempts have often fallen short, primarily due to shortcomings in execution, scale, and visual effects.
That’s precisely why the buzz around Ramree was so strong. It was being hailed as the film that could change the game. The project was reportedly backed by Ajay Devgn as producer, with Mohit Raina set to co-star alongside Chaturvedi.
According to reports, Ramree had been in development for over a year but ultimately collapsed under the weight of its own ambition. With its storyline set in 1945, the film was shaping up to be an expensive, large-scale project. It was also meant to mark the directorial debut of Neha Sharma (not to be confused with the actor).
This moment underscores the ongoing tension between creative ambition and commercial caution in India’s OTT landscape. To genuinely compete with global content, platforms must be willing to take high-stakes creative risks and invest in distinctive genres. By shelving Ramree, Netflix seems to have opted for safety, leaving a significant, unexplored gap in its Indian content slate.
Ramree was reportedly envisioned as a two-hero spectacle that promised to deliver high-quality, authentic, and gripping creature entertainment, a rarity in Indian cinema.
For a platform that prides itself on a vast international catalogue of high-budget genre content, letting this opportunity slip away feels less like a business call and more like a surrender to the status quo, ultimately allowing the untapped potential of India’s action-creature genre to once again remain just a spectacular idea. Stay tuned for more updates.
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