India, Oct. 20 -- We have seen giants on screen in The Lord of the Rings and other fantasy franchises. Over the last two decades, Hulk has come to define brute strength on the big screen, with Mark Ruffalo's portrayal of the character in the Marvel Cinematic Universe becoming widely praised. In fact, such is the reverence for the character that actor Faisal Malik based his portrayal of the asura Kumbhakarna in Ramayana on him.

In a recent interview with Variety India, Faisal Malik opened up on playing Kumbhakarna in Nitesh Tiwari's Ramayana. The trailers of the film have given a good glimpse at the gigantic size of the asura and Ravana's brother. In the epic, Kumbhakarna is described as 600 bows in height, which could imply a height of 1...