Ramayana, Nitesh Tiwari’s film adaptation of the Indian epic, made history when it registered the highest haul for a Monday, by amassing over Rs 107 crore within a single day at the domestic box office. The pace seems to have picked up for the film, co-produced by Namit Malhotra’s Prime Focus, after the festival of Diwali, passing the crucial Monday test in unprecedented fashion. It is yet to be seen whether the film, and its sequel slated to release in cinemas worldwide in 2028, end up recovering the massive budget of over Rs 4,000 crore, Malhotra told CNN he’s confident he’ll make money on Ramayana , given the ancillaries he plans to launch soon.

Namit Malhotra confident he’ll make money on Ramayana

The report mentions the total budget of Ramayana as not even Rs 4,000 crore, but $500 million, which currently converts to Rs 4680.25 crore. “I’m not motivated by the bean-counter logic of, ‘How much money did we make or not make,” he said.…