Ayushmann Khurrana‘s ‘Andhadhun‘, one of the most talked about thrillers of 2018 released in China which is emerging as a notable market for Bollywood films, with the title ‘Piano Player’. The film is running successfully in the theatres in China and has collected ₹200 crores at the Chinese Box Office since its release.
Movie critic and trade analyst Taran Adarsh shared the box office numbers of the film on Twitter and called it “Power of solid content!”
#AndhaDhun crosses $ 30 million / ₹ 200 cr in #China… Biz on [second] Sat and Sun is *higher* than [first] Sat and Sun… [Week 2] Fri $ 2.03 mn, Sat $ 4.45 mn, Sun $ 3.78 mn. Total: $ 30.06 mn [₹ 208.17 cr]… Power of solid content!
— taran adarsh (@taran_adarsh) April 15, 2019
In his other tweet, Taran made a list of top 5 highest grossing Indian films in China. He wrote that ‘Andhadhun’ will soon surpass the lifetime earning of ‘Hindi Medium’, which stands at number 4, and become the fourth highest grossing Bollywood movie in China.
Top 5… Highest grossing *Indian films* in China…
1. #Dangal
2. #SecretSuperstar
3. #BajrangiBhaijaan
4. #HindiMedium#AndhaDhun is all set to surpass *lifetime biz* of #HindiMedium and emerge the fourth highest grossing film in #China.— taran adarsh (@taran_adarsh) April 15, 2019
The film is produced by Viacom18 Motion Pictures and Match Box pictures, The movie features Tabu as a former actress, Ayushmann Khurrana as a blind Pianist, and Radhika Apte. It is a story about the blind pianist, who fakes his disability, witnesses a double murder, but could not complain about it for the sake of his own safety, but eventually ends up in a life-threatening situation.
‘Andhadhun’ tops the IMDb list of the best Indian movies of the year. It is one of the lowest budget movie, who made it big due to its unique storyline and the great performance by the cast.
The film is directed by Sriram Raghavan, it is the first time Raghavan’s film is releasing in China and he is very excited about to present his work to a new audience.
‘Andhadhun’ also opened at the 17th edition of the Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles, which ran from April 11 to April 14.