India, Oct. 26 -- Advance bookings for Nitesh Tiwari's Ramayana Part One are going steady after a blockbuster start on Dussehra. The pre-sales for the ambitious adaptation began 15 days before its scheduled release, ahead of Diwali. The first day a bumper response for the tickets. The pace his since plateaued, but the momentum remains positive for the big-budget spectacle.

Ramayana has reached the Rs.10 crore mark in advance bookings in India alone, selling over 2 lakh tickets for its opening day domestically. 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 film's advance b...