As many as 180 films hit the theaters in Telugu film Industry in 2021. But Stylish Star Allu Arjun, Rashmika Mandanna starrer rural drama Pushpa: The Rise and Power Star Pawan Kalyan, Nivetha Thomas, Shruti Haasan starrer court room drama Vakeel Saab, the remake of Hindi National award winning movie Pink, emerged as the first and second highest grosser of the year. Pushpa, helmed by Sukumar, bankrolled by Mythri Movie makers is still running successfully at the box office. Overall, Telugu film Industry has earned Rs 1070 cr gross with its business.
In Bollywood, as many as 55 films were released in 2021 and the industry earned Rs 760 crore gross. Akshay Kumar and Katrina Kaif starrer action drama Sooryavanshi was a blockbuster and the movie helped Bollywood move forward to a great extent. The dubbed Hindi versions of a lot of Telugu and Tamil films also contributed to the Indian box office.
Kollywood industry collected Rs 700 Cr gross in India in 2021. Thalapathy Vijay and Vijay Sethupathi starrer Master and Rajinikanth, Nayanthara, Keerthy Suresh starrer rural drama Annaatthe ruled the box office and both the movies grossed more than Rs 100 Cr in India alone.
Sandalwood and Mollywood movies grossed Rs 244 crore and Rs 170 crore respectively in 2021.
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