This story is from February 21, 2023
Though there is no official evidence for the collections, based on the popularity of the movies and popular Indian film trade and media approving it a few films are designated as Rs.1000 Crore club movies. And it all started with SS. Rajamouli’s ‘Baahubali2: The Conclusion’. Let us have a look at the Top 5 Indian film stars who are proudly associated with films that have entered the golden Rs. 1000 crore club.
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It is Prabhas and not Aamir Khan who tops the list. Though ‘Dangal (2016) was the first film to enter the 1000 crore club worldwide, it indeed made Rs 512 crore only in India where as Prabhas’s ‘Baahubali 2: The Conclusion’ made Rs 1429 crores in India which is almost three times and the first movie in the country to enter the 1000 crore club with domestic box-office collections.
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Yash’s ‘KGF2’ directed by Prashanth Neel is the next Indian actor who has got lots of love from the country post ‘Baahubali’ franchise because the film could able to get Rs 991 crores from the domestic box-office where Rs 207 from overseas. Therefore based on Indian collections Yash is in 2nd place in the 1000 crore club.
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‘RRR’ directed by SS.Rajamouli again finds 3rd place after 1st and the Tollywood actors JrNTR and Ramcharan stand at 3rd & 4th places respectively. Because The film again minted Rs 944 crores after ‘KGF: Chapter 2’ though both got released in the same year each could do this rare feat last year in 2022.
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The film star with next place is Bollywood’s King Khan Shahrukh Khan, whose 2023 film ‘Pathaan’ is said to be fastly marching towards Rs 1000 crore. But the sad part is the film did only Rs 585 crores at the Indian box office whereas it is said to have collected Rs 442 crores Overseas.
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Mr. Perfect Aamir Khan’s film ‘Dangal’ tops this list of highest-grossed Indian movies so far with a collection of whopping Rs 1525 crores from Overseas markets. The film, unfortunately, collected only Rs. 500 crores plus at the Indian box office. But again he is the only actor to have 2 900+ crores films as his ‘Secret Superstar’ was supposed to be in the 1000 crore club but slowed down at Rs 966 crores.
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One might ask how come Salman Khan is on this list. It is because his ‘Bajrangi Bhaijaan’ was so successful in Indian cinema for its content that the movie is prone to collect another Rs 50 crores easily if it is rereleased in theatres again in the future as it now stands at Rs 969 crores and will easily enter Rs 1000 crore club.
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