Naman Ramachandran Director Siddharth Anand is jubilant at the continuing success of blockbuster “Pathaan,” starring Shah Rukh Khan.
The film’s revenues have surpassed those of the Hindi-language dubbed version of S.S. Rajamouli’s “Baahubali 2: The Conclusion” in recent days. “Pathaan,” produced by Yash Raj Films (YRF), has grossed $126.7 million, beating the Hindi dubbed version of “Baahubali 2: The Conclusion,” which had grossed $98.8 million in 2017. “Baahubali 2,” which was made in the Telugu and Tamil languages, earned $278 million worldwide, making it the second highest grossing Indian film of all time behind 2016’s Hindi-language “Dangal” that collected $311 million globally (much of that from mainland China). “Dangal” collected $65.6 million in India and is now the fourth highest Hindi-language grosser in the country after “Pathaan,” and the Hindi dubbed versions of “Baahubali 2” and “K.G.F: Chapter 2.” The success of “Pathaan,” which also stars Deepika Padukone and John Abraham, is a boost for Bollywood, which had suffered a dearth of hits in 2022.
It also bucked the #BoycottBollywood narrative on social media. “I’m happy that ‘Pathaan’ has become a game-changer for the industry.
It feels incredible that ‘Pathaan’ is now the number one Hindi film in India today,” Anand told Variety. “We were said to have been boycotted by people.
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