Clash of Titans at box-office: SRK vs Sunny Deol
Clash of Titans at box-office: SRK vs Sunny Deol
It is often observed that when there is a clash amid two titans, their results have always managed to garner maximum attention. each other. 2001 was the year of ‘Gadar’ when Sunny Deol scripted history at the box-office. The residual effect of the blockbuster film had an incredible impact on his next release.
Gadar was released on June 15, 2001 and four months later on October 26, 2001, the actor arrived with another film-‘Indian’. The Dharmendra produced crime drama clashed at the box office with SRK’S
much-anticipated period film Asoka!
Asoka featured Kareena Kapoor Khan in the lead which turned out to be much talked about. It was a 12 crore budget film. Ironically, the film had a disastrous run at the box-office.
Never even recovered its entire budget. Meanwhile, ‘Indian’, was almost a 13 crore film and was a hit at the box office, thanks to Sunny Deol’s newfound stardom after Gadar!
‘Indian’ and ‘Ashoka’ were released in the theaters on October 26, 2001. While, Asoka opened to a disastrous 97 lakh, Indian registered 88% higher opening at the box office with 1.74 crore coming in!
Over the weekend, India earned 5.1 crore at the box office, widening the gap with Asoka, which could bring only 2.82 crore box office collection over the weekend.
Asoka was on a budget of 12 crore and earned only 11.42 crore in its lifetime, turning a disastrous experiment for Shah Rukh Khan & Kareena Kapoor Khan.
Meanwhile, Sunny Deol’s Indian, with a budget of 13 crore, earned 24.09 crore at the box office, grossing a disaster. As against a profit of almost 84.62%, clearly winning this box office clash!
Interestingly, it was Sunny Deol‘s second Khan clash that year as he locked horns with Aamir Khan’s Lagaan and his Gadar, and clearly, it was his year of victories!
News Edit KV Raman
