It’s a much anticipated film of the year! Mani Ratnam’s ‘Raavan’ is almost finalized for May 21 release simultaneously in Hindi and Tamil. The unit is working hard to meet the deadline.

The film is inspired from the events of ‘Ashokavanam’ episode in the epic Ramayana. As usual every thing about the film including the story line was kept under strict secrecy. But we managed to get a feel from the version edited so far.

The story is about a Raavan (Abhishek Bachchan) who is waiting for a chance to take revenge on a police officer Ram (South star Vikram) who was responsible for the death of his sister. At the same time Ram gets married to his love Janaki (Aishwarya Rai Bachchan). But on the very next day of the marriage Raavan kidnaps Janaki and takes her away. Later Janaki comes to know of the real Ram and falls in love with Raavan. In the end after a fiery duel Raavan Abhishek loses to Ram Vikram. But when Ram wanted to take Janaki back home she refuses to go and stays with Raavan.