In today’s weekend blog, I am continuing with the blog of last weekend about highest grossing Indian films of every year (this includes South Indian films dubbed in Hindi).
1986 Karma– a film directed by Subhash Ghai, starring Dilip Kumar, Anil Kapoor, Jackie Shroff, Naseeruddin Shah, and others. It did the business of Rs 14 Cr.
1987 Hukumat– a film directed by Anil Sharma, starring Dharmendra, Sadashiv Amrapurkar, Rati Agnihotri, it did business of Rs 11 Cr.
1988 Tezaab– directed by N Chandra, starring Anil Kapoor, Madhuri Dixit, Chunky Pandey, it did business of Rs 16 Cr.
1989 Maine Pyar Kiya– directed by Sooraj Barjatya, starring Salman Khan, Bhagyashree, it did business of Rs 28 Cr.
1990 Dil– directed by Inder Kumar, starring Aamir Khan, Madhuri Dixit, Anupam Kher, it did business of Rs 18 Cr.
1991 Saajan– directed by Lawrence D’souza, starring Sanjay Dutt, Salman Khan, Madhuri Dixit, it did business of Rs 18 Cr.
1992 Beta– directed by Inder Kumar, starring Anil Kapoor, Madhuri Dixit, Aruna Irani, it did business of Rs 23.50 Cr.
1993 Aankhen– directed by David Dhawan, starring Govinda, Chunkey Pandey, Ritu Shivpuri, it did business of Rs 25.25 Cr.
1994 Hum Aapke Hain Kaun-directed by Sooraj Barjatya, starring Madhuri Dixit, Salman Khan, Renuka Shahne, it did business of Rs 200 Cr.
1995 Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge– directed by Aditya Chopra, starring Shah Rukh Khan, Kajol, it did business of Rs 126.50 Cr.
1996 Raja Hindustani– directed by Dharmesh Darshan, starring Aamir Khan, Karishma Kapoor, it did business of Rs 87.50 Cr.
1997 Dil T0 Paagal Hai– directed by Yash Chopra, starring Shah Rukh Khan, Madhuri Dixit, Karishma Kapoor, it did business of Rs 71.85 Cr.
1998 Kuch Kuch Hota Hai-directed by Karan Johar, starring Shah Rukh Khan, Kajol, Salman Khan, Rani Mukerji, did business of Rs 106.75 Cr.
1999 Hum Saath Saath Hain– directed by Sooraj Barjatya, starring Salman Khan, Tabu, Monish Bahl, and others, it did business of Rs 81.70 Cr
2000 Mohabbatein– directed by Aditya Chopra, starring Amitabh Bachchan, Ashwariya Rai, Shah Rukh Khan, it did business of Rs 90 Cr.
2001 Kabhi Khushi Kabhi Gham– directed by Karan Johar, starring Amitabh Bachchan, Shah Rukh Khan, Kajol,& others, it did business of Rs 135.50 Cr.
2002 Devdas-directed by Sanjay Leela Bhansali, starring Shah Rukh Khan, Ashwariya Rai, Madhuri Dixit, it did business of Rs 102 Cr.
2003 Kal Ho Na Ho– directed by Nikhil Advani, starring Shah Rukh Khan, Preity Zinta, Saif Ali Khan, it did business of Rs 86.10 Cr.
2004 Veera Zaara– directed by Yash Chopra, starring Shah Rukh Khan, Priety Zinta, Rani Mukerji, it did business of Rs 97.65 Cr.
2005 No Entry– directed by Aneez Bazmi, starring Anil Kapoor, Salman Khan & others, it did business of Rs 97.7 Cr.
2006 Dhoom 2– directed by Sanjay Gadhvi, starring Hrithik Roshan, Ashwariya Rai, Abhishek Bachcha,, it did business of Rs 151.4 Cr.
2007 Om Shanti Om– directed by Farah Khan, starring Shah Rukh Khan, Arjun Rampal, Deepika Padukone, it did business of Rs 150 Cr.
2008 Ghajni– directed by AR Murgudass, starring Aamir Khan, Asin, Jiah Khan, it did business of Rs 232 Cr.
2009 3 Idiots-directed by Raju Hirani, starring Aamir Khan, R Madhvan, Sharman Joshi, Kareena Kapoor, it did business of Rs 460 Cr.
2010 Dabangg– directed by Abhinav Kashyap, starring Salman Khan, Sonakshi Sinha, Vinod Khanna, it did the business of Rs 220 Cr.
2011 Don 2– directed by Farhan Akhtar, starring Shah Rukh Khan, Priyanka Chopra, Lara Dutta, it did business of Rs 280 Cr.
2012 Ek Tha Tiger-directed by Kabir Khan, starring Salman Khan, Katrina Kaif, it did business of Rs 334.40 Cr.
2013 Dhoom 3-directed by Vijay Krishna Achraya, starring Aaamir Khan, Katrina Kaif, Abhishek Bachchan, it did business of Rs 589 Cr.
2014 PK– directed by Raju Hirani, starring Aaamir Khan, Anushka Sharma, Boman Irani, it did the business of Rs 832 Cr.
2015 Bajrangi Bhaijaan-directed by Kabir Khan, starring Salman Khan, Kareena Kapoor, Nawazuddin Siddiqui, it did business of Rs 969 Cr.
2016 Dangal– directed by Nitesh Tiwari, starring Aamir Khan, Sanya Malhotra, Fatima sana sheikh, it did business of Rs 2024 Cr.
2017 Bahubali 2– directed by Rajamouli, starring Prabhas, Anushka Shetty, Tamannah Bhatia, it did business of Rs 1810 Cr.
2018 2.0 –directed by S Shankar, starring Rajanikanth, Akshay kumar, Ashwariya Rai, it did the business of Rs 800 Cr.
2019 War– directed by Siddharth Anand, starring Hrithik Roshan, Tiger Shroff, Vani Kapoor, it did business of Rs 475 Cr.
2020 Tanhaji– directed by Om Raut, starring Ajay Devgn, Kajol, it did business of Rs 366 Cr.
2021 Pushpa– directed by Sukumar, starring Allu Arjun, Rashmika Mandhana, it did business of Rs 365 Cr.
2022 KGF Chapter 2-directed by Prashnath Neel , starring Yash, Sanjay Dutt, Raveena Tandon, it did the business of Rs 1200 Cr.
Please note that the figure shown are for the business done by the film worldwide. The figures of 2020, and 2021 are very less as they were affected by Covid pandemic.
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Anil Malik
Mumabi, India
21st April 2023