As of January 2026, Ranveer Singh's action-thriller Dhurandhar is the most profitable Hindi/Indian film of 2025, generating over ₹350 crore in profit. It achieved a worldwide gross of approximately ₹1,333 crore. Other highly profitable films in 2025 included Saiyaara, Chhaava, and Kantara: Chapter 1.
Bollywood witnessed a year of sharp audience verdicts in 2025, where authenticity and strong storytelling triumphed. While sequels and spectacle films like Dhurandhar and Chhaava found success, franchise fatigue was evident.
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Who is the no. 1 flop hero in Bollywood?
Mithun Chakraborty holds the dubious honour of giving the highest number of flop films among lead actors in Bollywood. The actor has 180 flop films in a career that has spanned over 40 years.
Allu Arjun's highest-grossers subsequently came with the Pushpa franchise which consists of Pushpa: The Rise (2021) and its sequel Pushpa 2: The Rule (2024), the latter of which ranks among the highest-grossing Indian films of all time.
While very few Indian films maintain a consistent 9.5+ IMDb rating with significant votes, you'll find highly-rated gems like the Kannada film Kantara (once hit 9.5), Tamil film Jai Bhim, Hindi film 12th Fail, and Malayalam cinema's Manichitrathazhu, alongside numerous short films and older classics with perfect or near-perfect ratings, though often with fewer votes, indicating extreme appreciation from a smaller audience.
Which Bollywood actor had the highest gross in 2025?
Who was the highest-grossing Bollywood actor of 2025? Ranveer Singh and Vicky Kaushal delivered the top 2 highest-grossing Bollywood films of 2025. But neither of them landed at the #1 spot among the top 10 highest-grossing Bollywood actors of 2025. It was Askhaye Khanna, who starred...
1. Shah Rukh Khan. Known for his trademark gelled spiked up crew cut with sunglasses, Shah Rukh Khan (SRK) is an Indian Bollywood movie star, movie producer, magazine model, showman, public speaker, author, philanthropist and television host/personality working predominantly in Hindi cinema.
Which is the 2nd highest grossing Indian film of 2025?
The second-biggest grosser of the year is Rishab Shetty's Kantara: Chapter 1, the much-anticipated prequel to his 2022 blockbuster Kantara. The period folk action drama enjoyed a phenomenal run at the box office earlier this year, grossing over 850 crores worldwide.
Movies with a 9.6 IMDb rating are exceptionally well-regarded, often including recent independent films like Nilakanta, Gopi Galla Goa Trip, and Adinaasam Vellapokkam, alongside potentially highly-rated series or specific episodes, with titles varying by platform and filtering (e.g., genre, country), but generally featuring acclaimed Indian cinema and niche productions alongside some of the all-time greats on IMDb's broader lists like The World at War or Band of Brothers (at 9.6/9.7).
