'Lucky Baskhar' in 15 days, collected ₹33.99 crore in Telugu, ₹15.53 crore in Malayalam, ₹10.7 crore in Tamil, and ₹0.05 crore in Kannada.
Published Nov 15, 2024 | 11:08 AM ⚊ Updated Nov 15, 2024 | 11:08 AM
'Lucky Baskhar' grosses over ₹100 crore. (X)
Dulquer Salmaan’s third Telugu film Lucky Baskhar has finally entered the elite ₹100 crore club.
The film directed by Venky Atluri, has grossed over ₹100 crore worldwide according to the makers. Meenakshi Choudhary plays the female lead opposite Dulquer Salmaan.
Lucky Baskhar is about a mid-level bank employee scamming the system to become rich. The Sitara entertainments production is set in 1980s Mumbai, coinciding with the times of Harshad Mehta, whose 1992 Indian securities scam collapsed the Indian economy.
Dulquer’s previous Telugu movies Mahanati (2018) and Sita Ramam (2022) missed the ₹100 crore mark by a small margin.
Sharing the update, the makers wrote: “𝟏 𝐁𝐈𝐋𝐋𝐈𝐎𝐍 𝐑𝐔𝐏𝐄𝐄𝐒 𝐆𝐑𝐎𝐒𝐒 𝐖𝐎𝐑𝐋𝐃𝐖𝐈𝐃𝐄. The 𝐌𝐄𝐆𝐀 𝐁𝐋𝐎𝐂𝐊𝐁𝐔𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐑 #LuckyBaskhar made it to the TOP, With a 100% strike rate at the Box-Office.”
𝟏 𝐁𝐈𝐋𝐋𝐈𝐎𝐍 𝐑𝐔𝐏𝐄𝐄𝐒 𝐆𝐑𝐎𝐒𝐒 𝐖𝐎𝐑𝐋𝐃𝐖𝐈𝐃𝐄 💰💵
The 𝐌𝐄𝐆𝐀 𝐁𝐋𝐎𝐂𝐊𝐁𝐔𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐑 #LuckyBaskhar made it to the TOP, With a 100% strike rate at the Box-Office. 🏦
Watch #BlockbusterLuckyBaskhar at Cinemas Near you! 🤩@dulQuer… pic.twitter.com/JYS05A9f05
— Sithara Entertainments (@SitharaEnts) November 14, 2024
Lucky Baskhar released during the Deepavali weekend on 31 October, collected over ₹60 crore in India according to the Sachnlik website.
The website, which tracks movie collections, further broke down the collections across the South Indian languages.
The film in the 15 days, collected ₹33.99 crore in Telugu, ₹15.53 crore in Malayalam, ₹10.7 crore in Tamil, and ₹0.05 crore in Kannada.
Featuring key roles by Sai Kumar, Maanasa Choudhury, Tippu Anand, Ramki, and Hyper Aadi, Lucky Baskhar is co-produced by Fortune Four Cinemas, with music composed by GV Prakash Kumar.
“Lucky Baskhar is a well-made heist drama that has all the elements to be a complete entertainer. Dulquer Salmaan’s performance is a major highlight of the movie, our review read.
Before Lucky Baskhar, Dulquer Salmaan was seen in the gangster drama King of Kotha (2023). He also appeared in the Hindi web series Guns & Gulaabs(2023), besides Nag Ashwin’s Kalki 2898 AD, in a cameo.
The actor is now co-producing Kaantha with actor Rana Daggubati.
(Edited by Sumavarsha)
