Imagine playing Ravana in Nayyi Navelli, and Bharat in another film less than a month later. A strange coincidence? “Divine intervention” is how actor Addinath Kothare views it. The actor, who will soon be seen as Bharat in Ramayana: Rise of a Legend, is pleased to have two projects rooted in the world of Rama. “Nayyi Navelli is a fantasy rooted in our mythology, whereas Ramayana is our history. So, they are two totally different projects. But being associated with the world of Rama through two projects like that is divine intervention,” he said.

Addinath Kothare as Bharat