Of all actors, the real life couple Aishwarya Rai and Abhishek Bachchan are being cast as Sita and Ram in Mani Ratnam’s new picture, about the Ramayana.

Ramayan will see an interesting cast of actors. Comedy king Govinda is slated to play the role of Hanuman. Evil Lord Ravana is to be played by Tamil actor Vikram. However in the Tamil version Vikram plays the role of Rama.

Mani Ratnam is on a high as the Aishwarya and Abhishek are starring in his next project after ‘Guru’, which was based on the life of industrialist Dhiru Bhai Ambani that saw this off-screen couple playing the lead role.

The modernized version of Ramayan that Mani Ratnam is attempting is generating a lot of buzz in the industry. Like all classic love stories like Laila Majnu, Jodha Akbar, the theme of Mani Ratnam’s movie will be the love of Ram- Sita.

The film is to be made under Ratnam’s banner Madras Talkies and will be produced by his sister Sharda