Such a story hit the big screen 64 years ago, becoming India’s highest grossing film, selling more tickets than RRR and ‘Jawaan’.

New Delhi. Box office collections of films are often discussed worldwide. Which film earned how much and how many tickets were sold. In this way it is known which film has been very successful at the box office. Today we will tell you about a Hindi film which has earned more than Rs 3000 crores and sold more tickets than ‘RRR’ and ‘Jawaan’.

In the year 1960, a movie was made and released in theatres, which is still recorded in the history of Hindi cinema. The movie did a bumper business at the box office, but if we compare its earnings with today’s inflation and rising ticket prices, the collection is more than 3000 thousand crore rupees. The film we are talking about is called ‘Mughal-e-Azam.’

India’s highest grossing film
Directed by K Asif, ‘Mughal-e-Azam’ starred Dilip Kumar and Madhubala in lead roles. At that time the film grossed around Rs 10 crore and proved to be the highest grossing film of the year. If compared to today’s inflation, the total collection of ‘Mughal-e-Azam’ is Rs 3650 crores and the interesting thing is that till date no Indian film has earned this much.

Sold more tickets than ‘Jawaan’ and ‘RRR’
The most expensive movie ticket in the year 1960 was Rs 1.50. Today the average ticket price is more than 200 rupees. According to Box Office India, Mughal-e-Azam sold 10 crore tickets across the country, far exceeding Ram Charan and Jr NTR’s ‘RRR’ (4.4 crore) and Shah Rukh Khan’s ‘Jawaan’ (3.9 crore). There are only two films in India that have sold more tickets than ‘Mughal-e-Azam’, namely ‘Sholay’ and ‘Baahubali’.

‘Mughal-e-Azam’ earned bumper money. (Photo courtesy: IMDb)

The name of this cult classic film is number two.
After ‘Mughal-e-Azam’, ‘Sholay’ is in second place, earning Rs 2800 crore worldwide today. Aamir Khan’s ‘Dangal’ is at the third position with a collection of 2650 crores. Apart from this, there are four other films that have crossed the 2000 crore mark, including ‘Baahubali 2: The Conclusion’ (2170 crore), ‘Mother India’ (2120 crore), ‘Hum Aapke Hai Kaun’ (2100 crore). is crore) crore), and ‘Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge’ (2000 crore).

Let us tell you that ‘Mughal-e-Azam’ was a period-drama film that showed Mughal prince Salim rebelling against his father and Emperor Akbar because of the tawaif Anarkali.

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