Ramayana: Part 1 Advance Sales Pass ₹75 Crore Ahead of November 5 Diwali Release
The Indian epic Ramayana: Part 1 opens worldwide on November 5 for the Diwali holiday, and advance bookings are running strong. According to box-office tracker Sacnilk, as of the morning of November 2 the film had sold about ₹45.96 crore of tickets in India alone, roughly 1.1 million tickets across 35,697 shows at 1,708 cinemas in 527 cities; including overseas markets, worldwide pre-sales have passed ₹75 crore, with about $3.9 million from international territories.
Directed by Nitesh Tiwari, the film stars Ranbir Kapoor as Rama, Sai Pallavi as Sita, Yash as Ravana (he is also a co-producer), Sunny Deol as Hanuman and Ravi Dubey as Lakshman. Hans Zimmer and A.R. Rahman composed the music, and the film is produced by Prime Focus Studios, DNEG and Monster Mind Creations.
Ramayana: Part 1 held its world premiere on October 27 at the Academy Museum in Los Angeles and will be released in five languages. Part 2 is set for Diwali 2027.
Source: GSM · USA (original Chinese edition)
Photo: 兰比尔·卡普尔，Bollywood Hungama摄，维基共享资源CC BY 3.0 / Ranbir Kapoor, photo by Bollywood Hungama, Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 3.0)
