Sunny Deol’s ‘Gadar 2’ beats Aamir Khan’s ‘Dangal’, becomes 4th highest-grossing Hindi film

Sunny Deol and Ameesha Patel starrer ‘Gadar 2’ has broken yet another record. The Anil Sharma directorial has surpassed the lifetime business of Aamir Khan’s blockbuster sports drama, ‘Dangal’.

Trade expert Taran Adarsh took to social media and revealed that ‘Gadar 2’ is now eyeing the Rs 400 crore club. The film earned Rs 13.50 cr on August 21, pushing the total box office collection to Rs 388.60 crores. The film has already beaten Salman Khan’s ‘Tiger Zinda Hai’ and Aamir Khan’s ‘PK’.

‘CROSSES ‘DANGAL’, NEXT ‘KGF 2’… #Gadar2 remains an UNSTOPPABLE FORCE, refuses to slow down on [second] Mon… Crosses *lifetime biz* of #Dangal… Is now FOURTH HIGHEST GROSSING #Hindi film in #India… [Week 2] Fri 20.50 cr, Sat 31.07 cr, Sun 38.90 cr, Mon 13.50 cr. Total: ₹ 388.60 cr. #India biz. #Boxoffice,’ the trade expert shared.

According to Bollywood Hungama, ‘Dangal’ earned a lifetime box office business of Rs 387.38 cr in India.

‘Gadar 2’, which was released on August 11, is set against the backdrop of the 1971 Indo-Pak war.

Speaking about the film’s success, Sunny told Zoom, ‘I am indeed very happy. When we did the second part of Gadar, we never knew it would be so loved by the audience. Two whole generations have gone by since we did the first Gadar. And still, people are as excited as they were the first time. I am amazed and very very happy. We need some hits to keep the film industry on its feet.’

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