India, Oct. 29 -- Namit Malhotra's journey from a financial setback to producing one of Indian cinema's most ambitious projects has been anything but ordinary. The producer behind the upcoming two-part Ramayana has revealed that he lost 90 per cent of his wealth during the 2008 global financial crisis. Nearly two decades later, he is preparing to bring the Indian epic to audiences worldwide through a film with a reported combined budget of Rs 4,000 crore.

Speaking at a special presentation of Ramayana at the Academy Theatre in Los Angeles, Malhotra reflected on his journey and the challenges that shaped his career. According to a Bollywood Hungama report, the producer described the film as the result of years of persistence and an ambiti...