'Ramayana: Part One' Earns 127 Crore Rupees Worldwide on Day One, With Two Different Counts Reported
Director Nitesh Tiwari has made 'Ramayana: Part One' from the mythological story. Ranbir Kapoor plays Ram, South Indian actress Sai Pallavi plays Sita, and 'KGF' star Yash plays Ravana.
The film's production cost is put at 1,300 to 1,500 crore rupees. It was released worldwide in several languages on Thursday (5 November) and is being shown on 4,800 screens in India.
Trade analysts had expected the film to earn 100 crore rupees on its opening day.
According to Sacnilk, 'Ramayana' earned 64.85 crore rupees net in India on its first day, with a gross of 77.50 crore rupees in India. Its overseas gross was 50 crore rupees.
On that count, its worldwide first-day total stood at 127.50 crore rupees, given in the material as 168.90 crore taka in Bangladeshi currency.
Boli Movie Reviews, however, reported a first-day India net of 62 crore rupees, of which the Hindi version alone earned 45 crore rupees net. On its count, the worldwide total was 120 crore rupees, or 158.98 crore taka.
Peter Bradshaw, film critic of the UK-based Guardian, gave the film four out of five. He said the film, filled with a huge canvas and sunset scenes, was enjoyable and carried traces of Peter Jackson's 'Lord of the Rings' and Disney's 'The Lion King', especially in the animal scenes.
Bollywood Hungama's Taran Adarsh gave the film five out of five, saying 'Ramayana' is not just a film but an experience that makes India proud.
The Times of India's Renuka and DNA's Simran Singh gave the film four and a half out of five. NDTV's Saibal Chatterjee gave it three out of five.
The film's other cast members include Sunny Deol, Lara Dutta, Kajal Aggarwal, Rakul Preet Singh, Anupam Kher, Kunal Kapoor and Vivek Oberoi.
'Ramayana: Part One' was jointly produced by Namit Malhotra and Yash. Yash also acts in the film, and according to the material his presence could change the box-office calculations.
