Ramayana's winged elephant leaves CineDesi with a naming problem
Achara Kirk and Brandon Shealy rewind the English trailer to examine its effects, weapons and very different-looking leads.
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Story of Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 463,400 views a day, 7.5 times a normal first day on this channel (61,418).
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- 1:11The hosts watch the English trailer before returning to individual shots.
- 4:17Kirk finds some digital cityscapes animated-looking but praises the fire and mountain imagery.
- 5:25A winged elephant prompts a naming joke rather than a firm identification.
- 6:31They contrast Yash's imposing Ravana with Ranbir Kapoor's more slender Ram.
- 8:18Kirk spots traditional weaponry, including the flexible urumi sword.
- 11:32Shealy says the trailer leaves enough unrevealed, unlike trailers that give away too much.
"An elephagus," Achara Kirk offers when a winged elephant appears in Ramayana: Rise of a Legend. The improvised name gives CineDesi's viewers an opening to supply some mythology of their own.
Kirk and Brandon Shealy's reaction to the film's second trailer has drawn about 428,000 views in 20 hours, already roughly seven times the channel's usual full-day audience for regular videos. The comments are more than three times as busy as a typical first day, too, with viewers identifying figures from the epic and requesting Jaby Koay's reaction.
The hosts watch the English trailer, then rewind for a closer look. Shealy notices that the dialogue matches the actors' lip movements. Kirk is less convinced by some of the digital cityscapes, which she finds slightly animated-looking, while singling out the fire and mountain imagery for praise.
Yash's Ravana supplies another stopping point. Kirk draws a contrast between his imposing build and Ranbir Kapoor's slender, athletic Ram, before turning to the traditional weaponry, including a flexible urumi sword. This is as much a shot-by-shot inspection as an immediate reaction.
In the comments, viewers connect the elephant with Airavata, Indra's celestial mount, and discuss Jatayu in the bird-filled battle sequence. Alongside those explanations sits a simpler request: bring Jaby into the conversation. Shealy, meanwhile, gives the trailer credit for something beyond spectacle: leaving enough of the story unrevealed.
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What viewers say
The elephant is Airavat. More popular as Erawan in thai folklore. Celestial vehicle of lord Indra (prah Indra in thai)
@chemical820See it on YouTubeNeed Jaby's reaction also
@ateetshrivastava7542See it on YouTube10:35 That is the fight between Ravana vs Jatayu. Jatayu is the King of birds where all the birds are fighting with him
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8:22 The Giant guy is Ravana brother Kumbhakarna
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- Channel
- CineDesi
- Subscribers
- 2,490,000
- Channel views, last 7 days
- 3,043,952
- Channel views, pace per day
- 474,200 (on a normal day: 445,426)
- Video published
- October 17, 2026
- Video views so far
- 427,577 (less than a day online)
- Video views, pace per day
- 463,400
The numbers
The Ramayana reaction has already far exceeded CineDesi's usual first-day views, with several hours still to go. Its comment section is unusually busy as well.
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