R eel life's Lord Ram and Lakshman are ready for a unique tryst with real-life Ravana. Today evening, Gurmeet Choudhary and Ankit Arora, who play Ram and Laksh man respectively in NDTV Imag ine's Ramayan, shall set fire to Ravana's effigy at Chandni Chowk's famous Luv Kush Ramlila Ground.
Choudhary is excited at the prospect of slaying Ravana.
"I've been a Ram bhakt since childhood," he says, "so I'm happy at getting a chance to kill Ravana." The ex-model-turned-actor is also looking forward to yielding the bow and arrow. "Teer chalana mera shauk hai," he says. "I have shot many war sequences [in Ramayan] with the dhanush and baan, so I'm very excited at using it in real life." The Dussehra celebration at the Luv Kush Ramlila Ground is among the most renowned in Delhi. No doubt then that Choudhary has heard a lot about it. "I've been saying it on TV every Dussehra," says the actor. Only this year, he will finally get to be int he thick of the action.