Director Siddharth Anand looks forward to the continued success of the blockbuster”Pathan“, featuring Shah Rukh Khan. The film’s earnings have surpassed those of the Hindi-language dubbed version of SS Rajamouli’s “Baahubali 2: The Conclusion” in recent days.

“Pathaan”, produced by Yash Raj Movies (YRF), grossed $126.7 million, beating the Hindi dubbed version of “Baahubali 2: The Conclusion”, which grossed $98.8 million in 2017.

‘Baahubali 2’, which was made in the Telugu and Tamil languages, grossed $278 million worldwide, making it the second highest-grossing Indian film of all time behind 2016’s Hindi-language ‘Dangal’ which raised $311 million worldwide (much of it coming from the continent). China). ‘Dangal’ has grossed $65.6 million in India and is now the fourth highest-grossing Hindi in the country after ‘Pathaan’ and the Hindi dubbed versions of ‘Baahubali 2’ and ‘KGF: Chapter 2’ .

The success of “Pathaan”, which also stars Deepika Padukone and John Abraham, is a boost for Bollywood, who had suffered from a shortage of hits in 2022. He also resisted the #BoycottBollywood narrative on social media.

“I am happy that ‘Pathaan’ has been a game changer for the industry. It’s amazing that ‘Pathaan’ is now the number one Hindi movie in India,” Anand said. Variety. “It was said that we had been boycotted by people. I’m happy that ‘Pathaan’ has become the answer to all this talk. The industry has heard enough. I’m glad we let our work do the talking.

Anand was tasked by YRF chief Aditya Chopra with starting two successful Bollywood properties – “War”, starring Hrithik Roshan and Tiger Shroff and “Pathaan”. Both blockbusters are part of YRF’s spy universe, which also includes the Tiger franchise, starring Salman Khan.

“What has always inspired me as a filmmaker is to push the limits and innovate. If you watch ‘War’ and now ‘Pathaan’, you will realize that even though I dabble in the same kind of action, I tried to explore by doing things that have never been seen before in India” , Anand said. “For example, the detail in ‘Pathaan’ is better than in ‘War’ and it will only get better in my future projects because I’m an avid director who strives for perfection in every film. That’s what drives me. , I will constantly innovate to disrupt.

Anand launched his production house named Marflix. His first film as a producer and director is ‘Fighter’ touted as India’s first aerial action franchisewith Roshan and Padukone.

“My aspiration with Marflix is ​​to build it as a production house that produces content on par with Hollywood. creating action artists as big as our Hollywood counterparts,” Anand said. “I’ve always believed the sky was the limit for our industry and we’re on our way to achieving global greatness consistently. I hope Marflix will contribute to this in the years to come.