The new trend of pan-India films seems set to be here to stay, when in actuality, they're nothing but South movies dubbed in Hindi as also other South languages. Truth be told, South films being dubbed, especially in Hindi, is nothing new, it's just that it's been done with a lot more propensity now. And since the core Hindi audience is being gullibly led down a rabbit hole into belief that all these pan-India movies are working like a charm across the board at the box office, we thought of bursting these bubbles and specifically outlying which have clicked in all multiple languages like RRR, KGF 2, Pushpa and which haven't like Vikram, Pooniyin Selvan and so on.
Pan-India films that worked in Hindi and other languages
It all began with Baahubali 1 and the Baahubali 2 firmly set the precedent for pan-India films. Jumping on the bandwagon, the films that worked after them as proper pan-India products are RRR, KGF, KGF 2 and Pushpa, that's it, with Kathikeya 2 showing some signs of life, and now, Kantara, joining the race in an effort to make its mark. A glance below at the Hindi language box office collection of these recent movies will give you a better idea of why they fit the ' pan India' tag:
KGF (2018): ₹44 crore nett - Semi-Hit
Pushpa (2021): ₹108 crore nett - Blockbuster
RRR (2022): ₹274 crore nett - Blockbuster
KGF 2 (2022): ₹435 crore nett - All-Time Blockbuster
Karthikeya 2 (2022): ₹31 crore nett - Hit
Kantara (2022): ₹8.25 crore nett till now - verdict pending, but fabulous trend
(Note: Collections and Verdicts only of Hindi version)
Pan-India films that didn't work in Hindi and other languages
Radhe Shyam: ₹19 crore nett - Disaster
Valimai: ₹2 crore nett - Disaster
Vikram: ₹7 crore nett - Disaster
Liger: ₹20 crore nett - Flop
Ponniyin Selvan: ₹20 crore nett - Flop
On the other hand, you have movies like Valimai, Vikram, Ponniyin Selvan, which did well in their local Tamil language, but failed to leave a mark in their other versions, especially in Hindi. Then you have, films like Radhe Shyam and Liger, which failed miserably in every language, including their own. Check out their box office collections in Hind above...
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Russel D'Silva
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