India, Nov. 2 -- As the release day approaches for Nitesh Tiwari's Ramayana, the advance bookings have finally opened in full flow. For about 10 days, a deadlock between the makers and exhibitors over revenue sharing had curtailed the advance bookings. But over the weekend, that was resolved, opening up more screens, including the crucial single screens. This has seen the film register huge jumps in advance bookings in India, while the overseas numbers continue to impress.

Advance bookings for Ramayana opened on Dussehra, 15 full days before its global release. But for the next 10 days, only the Hindi version had extensive shows. And there, too, most of the single-screen and smaller centres were yet to open. But on Friday, the stalemate ...