This year, Ajay Devgan’s ‘Singham Again’ and Kartik Aryan’s ‘Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3’ are going to be released on Diwali, the audience is very excited about the clash of these two films. However, while people are thinking about the earnings of these two films, there was a time when only Amitabh Bachchan ruled the occasion of Diwali. He has given many great films, along with this his films have also earned a lot.
Amitabh Bachchan’s film ‘Muqaddar Ka Sikandar’ proved to be a blockbuster on the occasion of Diwali. Stars like Rekha, Vinod Khanna and Rakhi were also included in this film. This film was directed by Prakash Mehra, the songs of this film also became quite famous. ‘Salaam-e-Ishq Meri Jaan’ is also a song from this film. This film was released in the year 1978, Muqaddar Ka Sikandar was the highest grossing film of that year. Not only this, it was the third highest grossing Indian film after great films like ‘Sholay’ and ‘Bobby’.
‘Muqaddar Ka Sikandar’ came 46 years ago
‘Muqaddar Ka Sikandar’ was made on a budget of Rs 1.3 crore, which earned Rs 9 crore. The film had a worldwide collection of Rs 22 crore. This film has also won many Filmfare Awards. This film maintained its record for 7 years, although Amitabh himself broke his record after so many years. In the year 1985, the film ‘Mard’ came which became the highest profitable film on Diwali after ‘Muqaddar Ka Sikandar’.
‘Mard’ broke the record after 7 years
Talking about the budget of the film ‘Mard’, this film was made for only Rs 1 crore, which earned Rs 8 crore at the box office. Shahrukh Khan broke the man’s record after 17 years. Shahrukh Khan’s ‘Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge’ became the highest profitable film on Diwali and took the crown of ‘Mard’. ‘Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge’ was made on a budget of Rs 4 crore, which earned Rs 53 crore in lifetime.
