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Aamir Khan’s Laal Singh Chaddha becomes the highest grossing 2022 Hindi film at the international box office

Aamir Khan’s Laal Singh Chaddha becomes the highest grossing 2022 Hindi film at the international box office

The movie faced a lot of backlash in India and was almost removed from theatres due to its poor performance.
23 Aug, 2022

Boycotts, protests, lawsuits and other legal troubles haven’t been able to stop Aamir Khan’s Laal Singh Chaddha from soaring at the international box office. Despite a poor run in India, the film has beat Alia Bhatt’s Gangubai Kathiawadi and Anupam Kher’s Kashmir Files to become the highest grossing Hindi language film at the international box office this year.

Though the film is lagging far behind at the local box office — it made INR 480 million in the first six days of its release — for the second week, it sure has picked up the pace internationally. According to Bollywood Hungama, Laal Singh Chaddha broke a significant record at the worldwide box office. With $7.5 million raked in in over a week of release, it surpassed Bhatt’s film that made $7.47 million and Kartik Aaryan and Kiara Advani’s Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2 which made $5.88 million. However, the film is still far behind Telugu film RRR that made nearly $20 million in the international market.

The film was produced on a reported budget of INR 1.8 billion but unfortunately has been rejected by Indian audiences as they have been campaigning to boycott the film for allegedly disrespecting Hindu sentiments and the Indian army. Since the film hasn’t been doing well in local cinemas, Indian media reported on August 16 that Laal Singh Chaddha was expected to be removed from cinemas as 70 per cent of the shows had been cancelled.

Work on the film began before the pandemic but came to a halt due to the outbreak in India. The movie was then filmed in portions over the last three years.

The film has yet to secure screening in China where Khan is popular and his previous films have been screened. His films Secret Superstar and Dangal were major hits in the country but Thugs of Hindostan, which released in 2018, flopped in China as well.

Laal Singh Chaddha is directed by Advait Chandan and stars Kareena Kapoor Khan, Mona Singh and Naga Chaitanya alongside the PK actor. It is touted as the official Hindi remake of Tom Hanks’ 1994 classic Forrest Gump.

Comments

Dr. Salaria, Aamir Ahmad Aug 23, 2022 02:31pm
Who cares?
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Danial Aug 23, 2022 03:11pm
Yes copying Tom Hanks acting.
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NYS Aug 23, 2022 03:12pm
"When intentions are pure you don't lose anyone." My belief Keep it up Amir Khan InshaAllah you will get positive response from China too
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Raju Kher Aug 23, 2022 03:20pm
@Dr. Salaria, Aamir Ahmad majority except a few (and you are one of them).
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noor Aug 23, 2022 03:29pm
It's simply a bad film. If its done well abroad, that may be because of Aamir Khan's clout, but the film is a bad remake.
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Leo Aug 23, 2022 03:37pm
Wrong information. Mr Khan is very depressed seeing the performance of the film.
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Hubli Aug 23, 2022 03:39pm
Joke of the Century
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Josie Aug 23, 2022 03:42pm
Maintain the remarkable work !! Lovin' it! link
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Syed Hasni Aug 23, 2022 03:52pm
Can Amir tell me who played Forrest Gump? T.hanks
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Bon Aug 23, 2022 04:08pm
@NYS thank you
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Bon Aug 23, 2022 04:08pm
Thank you
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Neeli Aug 23, 2022 04:25pm
What is grossing??
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Fastforward Aug 23, 2022 04:42pm
@Dr. Salaria, Aamir Ahmad Surprisingly Pakistanis care. Bollywood seems to be an obsession with Pakistanis. Every newspaper in Pakistan covers Bollywood extensively exploiting public obsession
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Hyra Aug 23, 2022 05:01pm
@Dr. Salaria, Aamir Ahmad you care. Because you read and write who cares religioulsy for all such news pieces. Funny.
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Sam Aug 23, 2022 05:41pm
It's flopped film..get the facts right..
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Mr. Realist Aug 23, 2022 05:50pm
Fact Check: Much better than anything Lollywood has ever produced. Aamir Khan is truly Bollywood's iKKA
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joke Aug 23, 2022 06:46pm
This has to be the joke of the century
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Reality Aug 23, 2022 07:19pm
Whatever records to make u happy Aamir..no future
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Masood Aug 23, 2022 07:49pm
Aamir khans acting is superb and inspiring Extremely talented and unique . Always emanates positivity
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Omair Javed Aug 23, 2022 08:22pm
Amir Khan......lacking originality on this one. Your projects like Lagaan , Mangal Pandey, 3 idiots, PK w inspired bollywood Internationally.
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KJ Aug 24, 2022 04:03am
Aamir Khan has no future in India... that is his own doing. Who would want to watch a remake of some old movie, which has no creativity of its own.
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Multani Aug 24, 2022 05:04am
Amir is the greatest actor but if the movie hurts their religious sentiments it will do poorly, if it happened here we probably react much worse. I think is copied and not well made film.
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Zandee Aug 24, 2022 10:01am
If it doesnt do well in India, it means nothing.
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