Ramayana Reborn

Hollywood's search for new mythologies now extends to the Indian subcontinent.

One of the world's greatest stories, India's Ramayana, is being retold as a post-apocalyptic comic book, in "Ramayana Reborn," with an animated television spinoff for kids titled "The Seven Sounds."

"The Ramayan is the Eastern equivalent of the Odyssey. It is our 'Lord of the Rings,' " says Gotham Chopra, Deepak's 30-year-old son, a former Channel One TV personality, author and producer, and the new venture's chief creative officer more....