Lara Dutta Almost Loses Her Wrist on Ramayana Set, Shares Video of Team Cutting Off Stuck Bracelet

Lara Dutta shared a behind-the-scenes video from Nitesh Tiwari's Ramayana showing her team using a hacksaw blade to remove a stuck bracelet from her wrist.

Getting ready for a character like Kaikeyi in Ramayana is clearly not an easy job! From heavy jewellery to elaborate costumes, actors go through a lot before they are ready to face the camera. Lara Dutta recently gave fans a peek into what goes on behind the scenes while getting into her character.

The actor, who plays Kaikeyi in Nitesh Tiwari's Ramayana, shared a bunch of pictures and videos from the sets on Instagram. The pictures show her dressed as Kaikeyi in beautiful traditional outfits and heavy jewellery. She also shared glimpses of her makeup and costume team getting her ready for the role.

But one video, in particular, grabbed everyone's attention. It showed Lara sitting inside her vanity van while a member of her team tried to remove a bracelet that was stuck on her wrist. Things got a little tricky, and the team eventually had to use a hacksaw blade to cut the bracelet off!

Lara had a funny take on the whole situation. Sharing the video, she wrote, "To look like this, there's a whole lot of stuff that goes on behind the scenes!! Including almost having your wrist sawn off!!"

During a recent interaction with News18, Lara spoke about the criticism and explained why the team made certain costume choices. She said, "I know what the reason was for us to pick certain kinds of garments and the way that we wanted those to be depicted. It's such a vast project that you're undertaking and one nitpicked on such tiny things."

The actor also spoke about a conversation she had with director Nitesh Tiwari early on. She wondered if Kaikeyi, who came from the kingdom of Kekaya, would have different jewellery from the other two queens and would bring her own stree-dhan.

She added, "One of my first conversations with Nitesh sir was that if Kaikeyi came from the kingdom of Kekaya, wouldn't her jewellery be very different from the other two queens? Wouldn't she bring her own stree-dhan? But if you want to get into such minute details, then you're opening up a Pandora's box and then you would've historians and other experts coming up and saying, 'Oh, how can this be shown and depicted?' So, there was a standardisation that was decided to be adopted across all three kingdoms - Mithila, Ayodhya and Lanka - to differentiate between those cultures."

Directed by Nitesh Tiwari and produced by Namit Malhotra, Ramayana stars Ranbir Kapoor as Lord Rama, Sai Pallavi as Sita and Yash as Ravana. The film's first part has crossed the ₹1,000 crore mark worldwide within eight days of its release. The second part of the two-part epic is scheduled to release in 2028.