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Advance booking for Ramayana: The Rise of a Legend opened on October 20, on Dussehra, and the price of a seat depends on where you watch it. Listings reported by Variety India, and carried by The Times of India, run from ₹200 to ₹3,170.
What a ticket costs, city by city
- Bengaluru: the cheapest listing, ₹200, is for the Kannada version at KRG Soundarya Mahal in Doddaballapura. Selected 2D and 3D shows in the city were reported at ₹450 to ₹950.
- Delhi: a 9 am 3D show at PVR ECX, Chanakya Puri, was listed at about ₹339 to ₹407, before GST.
- Mumbai: a 7.30 am IMAX 3D show at Eros Inox, Churchgate, cost ₹530 to ₹680. The top price, ₹3,170, is for a recliner at an IMAX screening at PVR Icon, Phoenix Palladium, in Lower Parel.
Prices change with showtime, seat availability, taxes and booking-platform fees, and bookings may not open at the same time at every cinema or for every language.
The film
Directed by Nitesh Tiwari and produced by Namit Malhotra, the film is the first of two parts. Ranbir Kapoor plays Rama, Sai Pallavi plays Sita, Yash plays Ravana, Ravie Dubey plays Lakshman and Sunny Deol plays Hanuman.
The supporting cast includes Arun Govil as King Dashrath, Indira Krishnan as Queen Kaushalya, Lara Dutta as Kaikeyi and Rakul Preet Singh as Surpanakha.