Meet filmmaker with most ₹100-crore hits, made ₹3000 crore at box office; it's not Rajamouli, Bhansali, Rajkumar Hirani

This Bollywood filmmaker has given ten films that have entered the ₹100-crore club, the most for any director in India.

Published on: Nov 5, 2024, 21:16:21 IST

By Abhimanyu Mathur

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The ₹100-crore club came into existence in Indian cinema in the late 2000s when Ghajini became the first Indian film to earn ₹100 crore net in India. Since then, 125 other films have joined this club, long considered a benchmark for a film's box office success. And while a few big names have dominated this club over the years, nobody has had the strike rate this one filmmaker has. Ten of his last 11 films have crossed the ₹100-crore mark, making him the king of this club. (Also read: Singham Again worldwide box office: Ajay Devgn, Rohit Shetty film crosses ₹200 crore mark)

Filmmaker with the most ₹100-crore hits

Rohit Shetty has the enviable record of delivering ten ₹100-crore hits over the course of his career, the highest by any Indian director. He started this sequence with his 2010 hit Golmaal 3 and followed it up with Singham (2011), Bol Bachchan (2012), Chennai Express (2013), Singham Returns (2014), Dilwale (2015), Golmaal Again (2017), Simmba (2018), and Sooryavanshi (2021). The latest entrant in the club is his most recent release Singham Again, which hit the screens last Friday. The only Rohit Shetty film in the last decade that failed to earn ₹100 crore was the 2022 box office bomb Cirkus. Collectively, Rohit Shetty's 16 films have earned over ₹3000 crore at the box office, again a record for any Bollywood filmmaker.

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How Rohit Shetty beat other titans

Other filmmakers have had multiple films in the ₹100-crore club, including Karan Johar (4), Sanjay Leela Bhansali (4), SS Rajamouli (4), Rajkumar Hirani (5), Kabir Khan (4), and SS Shankar (5). Rohit Shetty managed to outdo them all by being more prolific and frequent with his releases. Between 2008 and18, Shetty had 11 releases, one every year. No other director of big-budget films was this frequent.

Rohit Shetty's franchise-building record

Over the course of his career, Rohit Shetty has built two impressive film franchises - the Cop Universe and the Golmaal series. Both are among the most successful film franchises in Indian cinema. The Cop Universe has earned over ₹1250 crore in five films, and the number is still increasing as Singham Again is currently in theatres. Similarly, the five Golmaal films have collectively earned ₹669 crore at the box office. Shetty has announced another Cop Universe film - featuring Salman Khan and Ajay Devgn - which means his streak may continue longer.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR
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.Read More

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