Ramayana Box Office Report: The Indian cinema is set to witness one of its biggest releases of all times and the fans can’t keep calm about it. We are talking about Ramayana Part 1 which is a mythological epic helmed by Nitesh Tiwari. The movie comes with a stellar cast of Ranbir Kapoor, Sai Pallavi, Yash, Anupam Kher, Sunny Deol, Ravi Dubey, Rakul Preet Singh, Vivek Oberoi, Lara Dutta, Arun Govil etc in the lead. Produced by Namit Malhotra and Yash, Ramayana is a two movie project which has been made with a massive budget of Rs 4000cr.
Interestingly, Ramayana Part 1 features Ranbir playing the role of Lord Ram, Sai Pallavi as Sita and Yash as Ravana. In fact, the mythological epic has also been making headlines as it will mark Ranbir’s first collaboration with Yash and Sai Pallavi. This isn’t all. The Animal star will be seen locking horns with Yash for the first time on the big screen and their face off has got everyone quite excited. Though everyone is well aware of the storyline as it is based on Valmiki’s Ramayana, Yash’s portrayal as Ramayana and his aura has left everyone quite intrigued. As Ramayana is set to release on November 5, there have been speculations about who among Ranbir and Yash will bring the bigger box office advantage especially because the stakes are relatively quite high for the KGF star courtesy of the fact that he is a producer and also the official distributor in Karnataka
Ranbir Kapoor vs Yash Box Office Battle – Trade Expert Opinion
In an exclusive conversation with Filmibeat’s Ranpreet, film business expert Rohit Jaiswal decoded this much talked about box office battle between Ranbir and Yash and stated, “Yash is having an upper hand because Ranbir doesn’t have a hold in the southern market. However, Yash has a hold a good hold in North India along with Southern market. Also, Yash will obviously bring the bigger box office advantage because he will bring good business from South for Ramayana. On the other hand, while Ramayana itself is a big subject in the north, people kind of have a fascination for villains. Every boy has a dream of living a life of a villain bas wo marna nahi chahta and harna nahi chahta”.
Meanwhile, Ramayana has received an impressive response at the box office in terms of advance booking in India and across the world. The Nitesh Tiwari directorial has earned Rs 19.19cr from advance booking for the first day of release with the sale of 3.91 lakh tickets. While the movie has witnessed good reviews post its screening in Los Angeles, it will be interesting to see how Ramayana will fare at the box office post its grand release in India and worldwide on November 5.