India, Oct. 25 -- Advance bookings for Nitesh Tiwari's Ramayana Part One began on Dussehra, 15 days ahead of the film's release. Five days on, the pace has picked up and the film is steadily crossing pre-sales earnings milestones. Most importantly, many shows across the country have already started selling out, with the IMAX screenings proving to be the biggest driver of the film's pre-sales bumper bonanza so far.

Ramayana has already reached the Rs.8.72 crore mark in advance bookings, selling close to 2 lakh tickets already. Initially, the Hindi version was accounting for almost all of the pre-sales collections, but over the last two days, more Kannada and Telugu shows have begun to open. The Hindi version still accounts for 87% of the ...