"Chennai Express" with Shahkrukh Khan became the most box office in the history of Bollywood

The fees of the new Bollywood film "Chenna Express" with Shahkukh Khan and Dipika Paducoso in the main roles exceeded 2 billion rupees ($ 40 million) today, making this melodrama an absolute record holder for fees in the Indian rental, ITAR-TASS reported on Twitter Observer Indian film market Taran Adarsh.

The picture, still walking in the Indian film distribution, has already bypassed the box office of the previous Bollywood record holder - the Three Idiots tragicomedy with Aamir Khan - for 40 million rupees (80 thousand dollars). Thus, while these two ribbons became the only films in India that managed to step over 2 billion rupees in the local rental psychologically important for Bollywood. In third place in the training camp is the Zhil-Tiger Living-Thal, who has earned 1.9 billion rupees ($ 38 million).

The film "Chennai Express" tells the story of a guy from Mumbai (Khan), who goes on a trip to the city of Rameshvars in the south of India and falling in love with the southerner (Paducos), due to which a number of embarrasses occur with him. The film was set by the director Rochit Shetti, on the account of which the comedy "Funny Fraudsters" (Golmal: Fun Unlimited) also listed.

The most profitable Hollywood film at the Indian box office is James Cameron's Avatar. The tape raised 1.4 billion rupees ($ 24 million).