MUMBAI: Rajkumar Hirani directorial Sanju starring Ranbir Kapoor in thelead has been ruling the box-office ever since its release. The biopic madeon the life of Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt has now become the highestweekend opener (Hindi films) of all time by grossing Rs 120 crore.
Falling right on its expectations, Sanju entered the 100 crore club in justthree days of its release. The film has smashed records set by all previousHindi film blockbuster. And if that wasn’t enough, the Dutt biopic has evenleft Baahubali 2 behind by grossing Rs 46.71 crore on Sunday itself.Baahubali 2 earlier held record of highest first day number.
The film hit the screens on June 29 and also stars Paresh Rawal, ManishaKoirala, Dia Mirza, Vicky Kaushal, Sonam Kapoor, Anushka Sharma, Jim Sarbhand Karishma Tanna. Sanju has not just performed incredibly well criticallybut commercially as well. The film’s lead Ranbir Kapoor is getting massivepraise for his outstanding performance.Sanju is expected to continue its great run at the box-office this week andwill soon cross the Rs. 200 crore mark too.