DISASTER Viewership of ART QUALITY Films

All the major films of 2016 have premiered on television, except the biggest blockbuster of the year - Aamir Khan's Dangal. We have the ratings of the other films and it's Salman Khan who yet again dominates the year, like he did with his 2015 release Sooraj Barjatya's Prem Ratan Dhan Payo which premiered in February 2016.

Sultan managed to beat all films in 2016, both on the day it premiered as well as on the 6th repeat run when it garnered viewership in excess of 98 lakhs.

What remains to be seen is if Dangal will eventually beat Sultan. If it does manage to do that, it's then going to be about whether or not the film can beat Prem Ratan Dhan Payo which amassed more than 2 times the viewership of Sultan.

The 2015 Sooraj Barjatya family film set records with viewership of 2,51,19,000 (2.51 crore) - a record that it continues to hold inspite of other blockbusters hitting television screens.

The top star aside, the younger stars who are appearing in films that are catering to the masses and audience in smaller centres, have managed to make a mark in 2016. Tiger Shroff has two major hits - A Flying Jatt which failed at the box office, but was a blockbuster on television. The other film, Baaghi, did very well both at the box office and on TV.

The other star is Varun Dhawan who managed to take Dishoom to nearly 1 crore, which only three other films managed in 2016 / 2017.

Note: All films that were premiered and released in 2016 have been included. The Jungle Book was one of the most watched films of 2016 too, with viewership of 75,51,000, but since it isn't from Bollywood or the Hindi Film Industry, we haven't included it in the list.

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