Dream Girl Crosses The Rs 100 crore Mark; 10 Directors Who Achieved That Milestone With Their first film

Dream Girl starring Ayushmann Khurrana, Annu Kapoor and Nushrat Bharucha, has crossed the Rs 100 crore mark yesterday. Ekta Kapoor is ecstatic about it as she wrote on Instagram, "Woooooooohoooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!! Poojaaa has crossed 100CR ! My 2 Nd one after 5 years ( 1 st was #ekvillian) Thanku team #DreamGirl THANKU AUDIENCE."  It definitely is a joyous occasion for the industry because the profit percentage a film like this gives to it is profoundly larger than a big-star laced film. Dream Girl is reportedly made at a budget of Rs 30 crore and has already earned over Rs 100 crore. Dream Girl Song Dhagala Lagli Kala No More Available on Digital Platforms as it Violates Copyright Issues

It is Ayushmann Khurrana's second film to cross the mark after Badhaai Ho and this is director Raj Shandilya's first. In fact, Dream Girl is his debut film and he has already scored big. That got us thinking, who are the other directors who achieved the same feat with their debut films itself. Interestingly, we found quite a few!

Stree- Amar Kaushik

Box office: Rs 129.90 crore

All he needed was a chudail, Rajkummar Rao and some crazy punchlines to score a Rs 100 crore with his first film.

Toilet Ek Prem Katha - Shree Narayan Singh

Box office: Rs 134.22 crore

Who would have thought a topic that makes everyone flinch will be so sought after at the box office? Akshay Kumar obviously helped the cause immensely.

2 States - Abhishek Varman

Box office: Rs 102. 13 crore

This might come as a surprise to many but this on-screen adaptation of Chetan Bhagat's bestseller by the same name made waves at the box office. Alia Bhatt and Arjun Kapoor along with the music of the film made a lot of difference of course.

Bodyguard - Siddique

Box office: Rs 148.86 crore

It had Salman Khan in the lead, do we have to elaborate on how this film managed to enter this coveted club within days of its release?

Dabangg - Abhinav Singh Kashyap

Box office: Rs 138.88 crore

Again a Salman Khan film but this time it had him in a completely different set up which was rustic. Pandeyji is legendary and is continuing to spin hits albeit with different directors.

Ghajini - A R Murugadoss

Box office: Rs 114 crore

A R Murugadoss will always be remembered because he is the man who started the Rs 100 crore club in Bollywood with Aamir Khan's Ghajini. Everything else sounds pale in comparison! The filmmaker had directed movie in South before but this was his first attempt in Bollywood.

Kick - Sajid Nadiadwala

Box office: 231.85 crore

A devilish Salman Khan and a cheeky Nawazuddin Siddiqui on board, Sajid Nadiadwala managed to cruise into this club with his first film itself.

Kabir Singh - Sandeep Reddy Vanga

Box office: Rs 278.24 crore

We may have plenty of issues with the Hindi remake of Arjun Reddy with Shahid Kapoor in the lead, it still got Sandeep Reddy Vanga a Rs 100 crore film with his debut. Like Murugadoss, he too ventured into Bollywood from the South film industry and this was his debut directorial in B-town.

Mission Mangal - Jagan Shakti

Box office: Rs 201.81 crore

A proud filmmaker and a proud moment for the country...it's not surprising that the film earned so much at the box office.

Uri: The Surgical Strike - Aditya Dhar

Box office: Rs 245.36 crore

Another real-life incident on the big screen got great patronage from the audience. It even earned Vicky Kaushal his first National Award.

P.S. If we missed anyone, please feel free to add that to the list in the comments section below.

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