{"id":184887,"date":"2023-09-11T07:41:37","date_gmt":"2023-09-11T07:41:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indiansapidnews.com\/?p=184887"},"modified":"2023-09-11T07:41:37","modified_gmt":"2023-09-11T07:41:37","slug":"when-south-directors-made-bollywood-blockbusters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiansapidnews.com\/tv-movies\/when-south-directors-made-bollywood-blockbusters\/","title":{"rendered":"When South Directors Made Bollywood Blockbusters"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tamil Director Atlee’s first Bollywood outing Jawan<\/em> is a mega blockbuster<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Over the decades, directors from the south have tried their luck in Hindi cinema with varying degrees of success.<\/p>\n

Though Priyadarshan has been the most successful director from the south with the maximum number of Bollywood hits to his credit, his Hindi film debut, Muskurahat<\/em>, was a damp squib.<\/p>\n

Mani Ratnam started his Bollywood journey with the classy, but unsuccessful, Dil Se..<\/em> and has only two Hindi hits to his credit: Guru<\/em> and Saathiya<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Joginder Tuteja<\/strong> looks at southern directors who started with a big bang in Bollywood.<\/p>\n

Jawan<\/strong><\/em>
Director: Atlee<\/strong>
Box Office Collection: Rs 500 crore+\/Rs 5 billion+ (expected)<\/strong><\/p>\n

What a smashing start for Atlee! Jawan<\/em> has crossed the Rs 200 crore mark in a little over three days.<\/p>\n

The director of popular Tamil films like Bigil, Mersal<\/em> and Theri<\/em> was hand-picked by Shah Rukh Khan for his second action film of 2023, and he delivered — and how!<\/p>\n

Just 37 years old, there is a lot Atlee can do in the years to come.<\/p>\n