Amid the tough competition from ‘RRR’, Vivek Agnihotri’s ‘The Kashmir Files’ has successfully minted Rs 250 crore at the domestic box office, the first Hindi film, post COVID-19 pandemic. The film is based on the exodus of Kashmiri Pandits from the Kashmir Valley in the early 1990s and was made on a budget of just Rs 15 crore.
On Monday, film trade analyst Taran Adarsh tweeted about the film crossing this landmark. He wrote, “#TheKashmirFiles is the first #Hindi film to cross ₹ 250 cr [post pandemic]… Absence of notable film/s this weekend helped biz grow on [fifth] Sat and Sun, despite limited shows and screens… [Week 5] Fri 50 lacs, Sat 85 lacs, Sun 1.15 cr. Total: ₹250.73 cr. #India biz.”
Meanwhile, the only other Hindi film to even cross ₹200 crores in this period is the Hindi-dubbed version of SS Rajamouli’s RRR. ‘The Kashmir Files’ total worldwide gross is Rs 337.23 crore, the only Hindi film to cross the Rs 300-crore barrier during the pandemic. Before it, Sooryavanshi was the highest with gross earnings of Rs 293 crore.