Dangal Box Office: A still from the movie
Highlights
- Aamir Khan's Dangal hit screens last Friday
- Dangal broke the record of highest single-day earning
- Aamir Khan is currently holidaying with his family in Panchgani
has a lot of reasons to celebrate - A)
Dangal's box office numbers are almost Rs 200 crore (as reported by trade analyst Taran Adarsh) B) it is the week he celebrates his wedding anniversary with Kiran Rao C)
Dangal broke the record for the highest single day earning of any film with Rs 42 crore last Sunday. The record was previously held by Salman Khan's July release
Sultan, which is also a wrestling movie. Aamir told NDTV that Salman called to say how much he loved
Dangal. Salman also tweeted to say that his family members thought
Dangal was a better film than his own
Sultan.
Dangal features Aamir Khan as Haryanvi wrestler Mahavir Singh Phogat, on whose story the biopic is based.
Mr Phogat trained his daughters in wrestling.
Trade analyst
Taran Adarsh predicted that with no big releases this week,
Dangal will continue to rule box office. While sharing the collection figures on Twitter, he wrote: "#
Dangal's reign to remain unopposed, unchallenged for another week. Question is, when will it hit Rs 300 crore mark? Will it challenge #
Sultan?"
Here's a day-wise break up of how Aamir Khan's
Dangal fared at the box office, courtesy Taran Adarsh:
Directed by Nitesh Tiwari,
Dangal released in Hindi, Tamil and Telugu. Meanwhile, Aamir Khan, his wife Kiran Rao and part of Team
Dangalare holidaying in Panchgani, a hill station outside Mumbai. The vacation is to celebrate Aamir Khan and Kiran Rao's 11th wedding anniversary.
Aamir Khan's much-awaited
Dangal opened to packed theatres on December 23 and became the subject of rave reviews.
Dangal has also garnered celebrity endorsements from Anil Kapoor, Abhishek Bachchan and Saif Ali Khan, who
described Aamir's performance as 'phenomenal'. Saif also said that
Dangal was one of the best films he's seen, reported news agency IANS.
A day ahead of
Dangal's release, Amir Khan confessed that
he was very nervous in anticipation of the kind of response
Dangal would receive. "I'm really nervous. Yesterday I had literally been hiding in the store room of Yash Raj Films so that no one could see me. I have been constantly thinking about Dangal and it's driving me crazy. Numbers do not matter to me, neither do awards. The audience liking my film is equivalent to winning an award for me," Aamir said told reporters.
Well Aamir, your break is well earned.
Actresses Fatima Sana Shaikh and Sanya Malhotra feature
http://movies.ndtv.com/bollywood/aamir-khans-dangal-daughters-are-sharing-pics-on-instagram-you-dont-want-to-miss-1642733 as the Phogat sisters - Geeta and Babita in Dangal. Child actors Zaira Wasim and Suhani Bhatnagar star as the younger versions of Geeta and Babita in Dangal. Directed by Nitesh Tiwari,
Dangal also stars Sakshi Tanwar as the wife of Aamir's character.
Aamir Khan, 51, will next be seen in
Thugs of Hindostan, co-starring Amitabh Bachchan.