Box office: Badhaai Ho becomes Ayushmann Khurrana's first film to score Rs100 crore

Actor Ayushmann Khurrana experiencing new heights in his career after delivering his maiden Rs100-crore hit. The social comedy, Badhaai Ho, that traces the journey of a family, in the wake of the middle-aged mother’s accidental pregnancy, has won over the Indian audiences. It has crossed Rs100 crore nett in the domestic box office.

Produced by Junglee Pictures and directed by Amit Sharma, Badhaai Ho made an impressive Rs9.50 crore nett in its third weekend to take its domestic business to Rs102.39 crore nett.

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Badhaai Ho was already Khurrana’s most successful film, but the record is now an icing on the cake.

“You don’t know what the public wants. Who would have expected Stree to make Rs130 crore nett. And now there is Badhaai Ho. We have witnessed two big successes with the likes of Rajkummar Rao and Ayushmann Khurrana, who were not even stars. The backbone of any success has to be the engagement and entertainment factor that the story provides. Stree, Andhadhun, Badhaai Ho are examples of it,” film exhibitor Akshaye Rathi told Cinestaan.com.

Made at an estimated budget of Rs30 crore, Badhaai Ho was released in more than 2,000 screens in India.  

Khurrana has enjoyed a good last two years, with the good run starting with Bareilly Ki Bareilly followed by Shubh Mangal Saavdhan last year. The two films were a modest success, and the real turnaround happened with Andhadhun, that was released on 5 October.

The dark comedy, produced by Viacom18 Motion Pictures and Matchbox Pictures, became the first Khurrana film to reach Rs50 crore nett at the box office. Directed by Sriram Raghavan, Andhadhun has so far collected Rs2.05 crore nett in its fourth weekend to take its total to Rs66.58 croe nett thus far. Made at an estimated budget of Rs25 crore, Andhadhun was released across 800 screens in India.

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While Andhadhun has grown gradually, Badhaai Ho has had a smooth ride to the Rs100-crore mark. Badhaai Ho is the third successive successful film for the young production house Junglee Pictures. It started with Bareilly Ki Barfi, and the production house has enjoyed good successes with two successive films that have made Rs100-crore this year.  

Alia Bhatt-starrer spy story Raazi that was co-produced by Dharma Productions, went on to make Rs122 crore nett in domestic business.  

Badhaai Ho’s success only doubles the delight for Junglee Pictures.