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How a flop beat K3G, Devdas at box office: The redemption arc of Sanam Teri Kasam, India's highest-grossing re-release

A film with a small budget and no big stars managed to beat even Devdas and Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham at the box office upon its re-release.

Updated on: Feb 26, 2025, 10:29:12 IST
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Beginning last year, Indian theatres have seen a wave of old films re-releasing, ranging from Raj Kapoor's classics to cult favourites that did not make it big initially. Among the latter, Tumbbad and Laila Majnu are seen as a testament to the success of re-releases in India. Tumbbad earned 32 crore in its second run, while Laila Majnu managed to earn 12 crore. These films even beat Shah Rukh Khan's Devdas and Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham's re-release numbers. Yet, a small film with no stars has yet again managed to beat them all. (Also read: Mawra Hocane reacts to Sanam Teri Kasam re-release success: ‘My husband is bringing in the luck’)

Sanam Teri Kasam re-release box office

Sanam Teri Kasam has earned  ₹45 crore upon its re-release.
Sanam Teri Kasam has earned ₹45 crore upon its re-release.

Sanam Teri Kasam has broken new ground at the box office nine full years after its release. The Harshvardhan Rane and Mawra Hocane film had fared rather badly upon release back in 2016, earning only 8 crore and ending up a box office bomb. But its re-release in 2025 has broken all records. The film was released with a smashing 4.25 crore opening upon its re-release and has now become the highest-grossing Indian re-release, beating another redemption story, Tummbad.

Sanam Teri Kasam stars Pakistani actor Mawra Hocane in the lead role.

According to Sacnilk, Sanam Teri Kasam has earned 33 crore upon its re-release, taking its total domestic net to 41.35 crore and worldwide gross to 53 crore, Of this, approximately, 45 crore has come upon re-release, an astounding figure.

How Sanam Teri Kasam beat Tumbbad

Directed by Radhika Rao and Vinay Sapru, Sanam Teri Kasam stars Harshvardhan Rane and Mawra Hocane in the lead roles. The romantic tragedy was originally released in theatres on February 5, 2016. In an interview with Faridoon Shahryar, the film's female lead Mawra Hocane reacted to the re-release success and said, "To be honest, if the film has waited nine years to achieve these numbers, I think it's my husband bringing in the luck for sure. Because the only thing that has changed since then is this (Mawra getting married). The film was always there, and everything was there. But I truly feel it's the marriage luck because it's literally the same dates."

 
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Abhimanyu Mathur

Abhimanyu Mathur is Deputy Editor, Entertainment at Hindustan Times. With almost 15 years of experience in writing about everything from films and TV shows to cricket matches and elections, he inhales and exhales pop culture and news. Currently, he watches movies and TV shows and talks to celebrities for a living, while occasionally writing about them as well. A journalism graduate of Delhi College of Arts and Commerce, Delhi University, Abhimanyu began his career with Hindustan Times at the age of 20, swapping classrooms for newsrooms at an early age. He began his journey in the early days of digital journalism, later switching to the madness of print journalism. Work has led him to far off places like Japan and Jordan, as well as to the interiors of Haryana and the Indo-Pak border. He dabbled in city reporting in places like Meerut, Gurgaon, and Delhi, covered the Olympics and Cricket World Cups, before finding his calling in entertainment and lifestyle during the pandemic. A Rotten Tomatoes Certified Film Critic, he is equally at home covering stories on ground as he is interviewing celebrities and studios, and sometimes prefers to shepherd teams in delivering traffic through the day. Even as his role has evolved from reporter to supervisor over the years, his first love remains writing (and of late, talking on camera). With a good understanding of cinema and its trends, and a keen eye for detail, he continues to spark conversations around showbiz for readers around the world.

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