Produced by C. Aswani Dutt, under Vyjayanthi Movies and Swapna Cinema, it starred Dulquer Salmaan and Mrunal Thakur in the titular roles, alongside Rashmika Mandanna.

[5] Set in 1964, the film follows Lieutenant Ram, an orphaned army officer serving at the Kashmir border, who begins receiving anonymous love letters from Sita Mahalakshmi.

Sita Ramam released theatrically on 5 August 2022 to generally positive critical reviews praising Hanu's direction, story, screenplay, writing, soundtrack, musical score, emotional weight and performances (particularly those of Salmaan and Thakur).

In 1964, Pakistani extremist Ansari wants to break the brotherly bond between Kashmiri Pandits and Muslims using the Indian Army as a pawn through his machination, as a part of which he sends a few brainwashed teenagers to live in Kashmir as its natives.

Afreen undertakes an initiative to reconcile with her estranged grandfather, Abu Tariq, a former Brigadier of the Pakistani Army, and take money from him.

Ram managed to gather all the Hindus in a safe place along with his regiment mates, and by exposing Ansari's conspiracy, he cleared the misinterpretation of Muslims, causing them to put off the fire and apologize.

He gave her the replies he had written to her letters and left her compartment, but not before telling her to call the landline of his friend Durjoy Sharma of Hyderabad, with whom he would be staying for the next few days.

At present, Vikas reveals to Afreen and Balaji that he could not meet Ram after that due to his personal problems and gives them Durjoy's address and Vishnu's contact information.

However, during those days, Noor felt attached to Ram and could not reveal her identity while leaving for Kashmir—not before expecting Sita to go with him, but she could not as the Prince of Oman accepted to marry her.

Unbeknownst to them, a journalist named Marthandam clicked their pictures and published them in the newspaper, publicising Noor Jahan's love for a common man.

She left for Kashmir despite receiving opposition from her brother, and without passing on her true identity, she spent a few days with Ram and got acquainted with his colleagues and superiors.

Bidding a tearful farewell to Sita, who wanted to tell him the truth once he returned, Ram departed for his mission and, along with his team, managed to successfully kill Ansari in Pakistan.

Sita, through the letter, exposes Vishnu, causing an inquiry committee to be set up on him, and goes to meet Afreen, to whom she reveals that Ram is dead.

While Vishnu shoots himself with his service revolver out of disgrace, Sita receives a medal for Ram's patriotism from the President of India, with Afreen restoring his reputation in the army.

[11][12] Dulquer Salmaan was roped in to play the lead role as a military officer, and it is his second collaboration in Telugu cinema with Vyjayanthi Movies after Mahanati (2018).

[13] Mrunal Thakur was signed to play Sita by marking her debut in Telugu cinema before Pooja Hegde was finalized and later she is out of the project due to date clashes.

[15] Singer and Voice artist Chinmayi Sripada was roped in to dub for Mrunal in the film, soon after her delivering twin babies.

[23] The film's screening was banned in Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.

[35] The film premiered on Amazon Prime Video on 9 September 2022 in Telugu and dubbed versions of Tamil and Malayalam languages.

[40] Jayadeep Jayesh of Deccan Herald rated the film 3.5 out of 5 stars and wrote, "Sita Ramam shares its soul with the Bollywood classic Veer-Zaara (2004), yet it maintains an identity of its own".

[41] Jeevi of Idlebrain rated the film 3 out of 5 stars and wrote, "On the whole, Sita Ramam is a classy tale of eternal love".

[44] Soundarya Athimuthu of The Quint rated the film 2.5 out of 5 stars and wrote, "Sita Ramam delivers a poignant love story laced with socio-political messaging".

[45] Janani K of India Today rated the film 2.5 out of 5 stars and wrote, "Sita Ramam is also a musical, as opposed to a romantic story about war".

He also opined that Vennala Kishore's character is related to Lord Hanuman, who helps Rama in his journey to find Sita in the Ramayanam.

[47] Manoj Kumar R. of The Indian Express rated the film 2 out of 5 stars and wrote, "The screen presence of Dulquer Salmaan and Mrunal Thakur does add a little vigour to the otherwise dull narration.

[48] Gautama Bhaskaran of News 18 rated the film 1.5 out of 5 stars and wrote, "Sita Ramam has all the ingredients of a puffed-up plot, peppered with coincidences and made to look like a web of implausibilities".

[51] Opining the same, The Hindu's Sangeetha Devi Dundoo wrote, "Hanu Raghavapudi's old-world romance saga brims with earnestness and is helped by charming performances from Dulquer Salmaan and Mrunal Thakur".