Aamir's 'Dangal' beats his 'PK' as highest Hindi grosser
Mumbai,
Jan 9
With 'Dangal' registering a collection of Rs 345.3 crore,
Bollywood star Aamir Khan has created a new record for the highest Hindi grosser,
beating the business of his own movie 'PK'. The film's makers are overwhelmed.
The sports drama film, directed by Nitesh Tiwari, took a leaf
out of wrestler Mahavir Singh Phogat's real life.
'Dangal', which released on December 23 last year, collected
Rs 14.33 crore on January 8, taking the cumulative total to Rs 345.3 crore (nett
India box office), read a statement issued on behalf of the makers.
Amrita Pandey, Vice President, Studios, Disney India, said:
''Dangal' is an extremely special film for us at Disney, Aamir Khan and the
entire cast and crew of the film. This is our ninth film with Aamir Khan, and
with 'Dangal' we've broken our own record of 'PK'. Aamir has set new benchmarks
with each of his movies.'
'Dangal' has been lauded by the audiences for its powerful
portrayal of the story of Phogat, who, much to the disapproval of his wife and
his whole village, trained his daughters Geeta and Babita to wrestle.
Christmas has turned out to be lucky for Aamir since the past
few years. Even 'PK', 'Dhoom: 3' and '3 Idiots' released around the festival
and their success gave the actor more reasons to celebrate.
According to Pandey, ''Dangal' is breaking and setting new
distribution circuit benchmarks all over India, in centres in key south markets,
in Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Rajasthan and Central India. Even in key international
markets like North America and Australia, 'Dangal' is setting new benchmarks.'
'In fact, in North America, the movie is set to be the highest
grossing foreign language movie for 2016. 'Dangal' is also the highest performing
Hindi movie dubbed in Tamil language, beating the previous record of 'The Jungle
Book'.'
Mumbai,
Jan 9
With 'Dangal' registering a collection of Rs 345.3 crore,
Bollywood star Aamir Khan has created a new record for the highest Hindi grosser,
beating the business of his own movie 'PK'. The film's makers are overwhelmed.
The sports drama film, directed by Nitesh Tiwari, took a leaf
out of wrestler Mahavir Singh Phogat's real life.
'Dangal', which released on December 23 last year, collected
Rs 14.33 crore on January 8, taking the cumulative total to Rs 345.3 crore (nett
India box office), read a statement issued on behalf of the makers.
Amrita Pandey, Vice President, Studios, Disney India, said:
''Dangal' is an extremely special film for us at Disney, Aamir Khan and the
entire cast and crew of the film. This is our ninth film with Aamir Khan, and
with 'Dangal' we've broken our own record of 'PK'. Aamir has set new benchmarks
with each of his movies.'
'Dangal' has been lauded by the audiences for its powerful
portrayal of the story of Phogat, who, much to the disapproval of his wife and
his whole village, trained his daughters Geeta and Babita to wrestle.
Christmas has turned out to be lucky for Aamir since the past
few years. Even 'PK', 'Dhoom: 3' and '3 Idiots' released around the festival
and their success gave the actor more reasons to celebrate.
According to Pandey, ''Dangal' is breaking and setting new
distribution circuit benchmarks all over India, in centres in key south markets,
in Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Rajasthan and Central India. Even in key international
markets like North America and Australia, 'Dangal' is setting new benchmarks.'
'In fact, in North America, the movie is set to be the highest
grossing foreign language movie for 2016. 'Dangal' is also the highest performing
Hindi movie dubbed in Tamil language, beating the previous record of 'The Jungle
Book'.'
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