In the special series 25 years of Indian Cinema, we will give you a quick snapshot of each year from 2000, the films that made the top grossing bracket, and the films which didn’t. But we will go beyond the box office and give you the films which stood out, and those which changed the game.
With Lokah Chapter 1, a female-led superhero film centred on a yakshi, portrayed as saviour of the marginalised, currently ranking as the highest-grossing Malayalam movie ever, the industry’s glory is at an all-time high.
If it hadn’t been for Allu Arjun and his second go-round in Pushpa 2, bigger and louder than the first part, roaring in Telugu, Hindi, Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam and Bengali, the biggies wouldn’t have been able to save any face.
The year Bollywood tried to prove it wasn't going to go under the South juggernaut which had nearly steamrolled over it in the past two years, with Kantara, RRR and KGF.
25 Years of Indian Cinema: 2022 was nearly as dismal as 2021, with films like Aamir Khan’s Laal Singh Chaddha and Ranbir Kapoor-starrer Brahmastra falling short of expectations.
The Covid-induced lockdown resulted in shuttered theatres, production slowdown and delayed releases. 2021 was one of the weakest years for films all over the globe, and Bollywood was no exception.
2019 saw an OTT boom -- The Family Man, Delhi Crime, Made in Heaven and Gullak -- starting a fight for eyeballs between theatres and streaming platforms.
Sacred Games was a watershed in the year of a handful of well-told hits rose above the general dross, which was topped by the so bad it's terrible Thugs Of Hindostan (Aamir Khan), with Anand L Rai’s Zero (Shah Rukh Khan) coming a close second.
25 years of Indian Cinema | Of the other big hits--Tiger Zinda Hai, Golmaal, Raees, Toilet Ek Prem Katha, Secret Superstar, Kaabil, Badrinath Ki Dulhaniya, Judwa 2-- only Toilet claimed difference in its plot point.
Sultan is that rare Salman Khan outing which actually submits to a plot. This is not just Bhaigiri, but being a character, in which he fails, falls, and gets up again, showing us the sweat and blood that goes into winning.
Ram Charan’s Peddi defies the odds to blast past Rs 400 crore globally in just 14 days
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Ram Charan's sports drama Peddi, directed by Buchi Babu Sana, has become a massive success, earning over Rs 400 crore worldwide in just 14 days. It has broken records for the actor, becoming his highest grossing solo film and the second to cross Rs 200 crore domestically. Despite controversy, Peddi has been a significant milestone in Ram Charan's career.
