Veteran South filmmaker Shankar watched Nitesh Tiwari's Ramayana and took to X to share his review of the film. The director, who is known for his movies like Indian, Jeans, Nayak, Anniyan, Sivaji: The Boss, Robot, I, and others, called the Ranbir Kapoor, Yash, and Sai Pallavi starrer a 'spectacle'. However, what grabbed everyone's attention was his praise for Yash, as he called him a 'lovable villain'.