No Khan Here: A Female Star Is Leading Bollywood’s First Rs 100 Crore Film This Year
by The Daily Eye Team June 10 2015, 12:46 pm Estimated Reading Time: 0 mins, 46 secsKangana Ranaut isn’t a big fan of the Rs 100 crore ($16 million) club—a so-called benchmark of success reserved for Bollywood films that have a net earning of Rs 100 crore or more within India. “It’s a curse,” she said in a recent interview, “I don’t even pay attention to it.” That might be, but the 28-year-old actor’s latest release Tanu Weds Manu Returns has become the first movie in 2015 to make it to that elite club this year. This is also the first time a female star has led a film to earn more than Rs 100 crore, film trade analysts Taran Adarsh and Komal Nahta confirmed to Quartz. “And the success is well deserved. The film is excellently scripted, beautifully made and has extraordinary performances. The success indicates that times are changing,” Nahta said.