Dasara box office: Nani’s blockbuster grosses Rs 100 crore worldwide, becomes actor’s biggest ever hit as leading man

Nani-starrer Dasara, directed by Srikanth Odela, has passed the Rs 100 crore gross mark at the worldwide box office. It is the highest-grossing film of the 'Natural Star's career as a leading man.

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Nani in Dasara.

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Nani’s latest film Dasara has passed the Rs 100 crore gross mark at the worldwide box office, producers SLV Cinemas announced on Thursday, just as the film completed a week since release. Mounted as a pan-Indian film, Dasara arrived in the wake of big south Indian hits such as Pushpa: The Rise and KGF: Chapter 2. Leading up to its release, Dasara was compared to both those films, but Nani dismissed these comparisons.

It should be noted that the traditional marker of box office success is Rs 100 crore nett in India. Going by this metric, industry tracker Sacnilk reports that the film has made under Rs 65 crore. This is just marginally ahead of Ajay Devgn’s Bholaa, which was also released on the same day, and has since grossed Rs 72 crore worldwide. Bholaa’s nett domestic total is Rs 56 crore.

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The Rs 100 crore worldwide gross is a personal record for Nani, whose previously starred as a lead in MCA and Gang Leader, both of which made around Rs 70 crore worldwide. Nani also starred in SS Rajamouli’s Eega, which made more than Rs 125 crore worldwide, but was led by Kichcha Sudeepa.

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Dasara is a period action film directed by debutant Srikanth Odela, and is set against the backdrop of the Singareni coal mines in Telangana. The film also stars Keerthy Suresh, Dheekshith Shetty, Shine Tom Chacko, Samuthirakani, Sai Kumar and Poorna, and reportedly cost Rs 65 crore to produce. Sacnilk said that the film should hit the break even mark within a week of release, and can therefore be declared as a ‘clean hit’. Hindustan Times reported prior to the film’s release that the producers had sold its theatrical and digital rights for over ₹29 crore and ₹48 crore, respectively.

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