India, Nov. 7 -- Nitesh Tiwari's Ramayana hit screens on November 5. But much before that, Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey had fans pumped for it purely because of a scene involving a queen choosing her groom and a bow and arrow. Nitesh and Ranbir Kapoor, who plays Lord Rama, recently discussed the parallels between the Indian epic and Homer's Odyssey.

Talking to Screen Rant, Nitesh stated that he believed Homer might have been inspired by the Ramayana, given the parallels in the stories. "Ramayana is the oldest epic, and I believe Homer was inspired by Ramayana in some way; having written those bits in Odyssey. And yes, I did notice those equivalents and I felt very happy that our greatest epic has got a tribute in another epic which be...