Sai Pallavi recalls breaking down on Ramayana sets after a dialect coach touch her feet: 'I was taken aback'

Sai Pallavi. Pics via X

As Ramayana continues its dominance at the box office, one of the most talked-about things about Nitesh Tiwari's magnum opus was its cast. While the casting choices got everyone talking, the actors who brought the mythological characters to life have mentioned their personal experiences playing the roles. Similarly, Sai Pallavi, who plays Goddess Sita in Ramayana, recently opened up about an emotional moment on the film's sets. Amid the criticism for her portrayal, she revealed how she broke down after her dialect coach touched her feet after a scene in which she portrayed Sita.

Sai Pallavi recalls dialect coach touched her feet

During a conversation with content creator Pallavi Raj, Sai Pallavi shared about a moment that left her feeling "a bit overwhelmed" while she was filming Ramayana.

"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 shared.

She went on to add, "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."

Sai Pallavi opens up about playing Sita

Earlier, during her appearance on Amitabh Bachchan's Kaun Banega Crorepati 18 with Ravi Dubey and Ranbir Kapoor, Sai had spoken about playing the role of Maa Sita.

She shared, "I didn't want to use my head this time. Every time when I play a character, I think what can I give to that character, but this was the first time when I thought - 'What can I get for playing a role like that of Sita Maa? Like what knowledge will I gain from this?' So, I wanted to keep the process transparent. I didn't want to think anything about it. I prayed to Sita Maa and went forward with it."