Varun Dhawan the top Bollywood male star in the first half of 2017

Varun Dhawan the top male star in the first half of 2017

14 hours ago14 Commentsby Indicine Team2 min read


The unthinkable has happened. The first half of the year had movie releases featuring four of the Top 5 established superstars in the industry Salman Khan, Shah Rukh Khan, Akshay Kumar and Hrithik Roshan. Only Aamir Khan didn't have a movie release.

Yet, it's Varun Dhawan, who hadn't even made his debut at the beginning of the decade, who tops the first half of the year. His film Badrinath Ki Dulhania' is not only the biggest hit of the year so far, but also the most profitable Hindi film. Alia Bhatt too made her presence felt and Dharma Productions' is the banner behind two of the year's most successful films Bahubali 2: The Conclusion' and Badrinath Ki Dulhania'.

Shah Rukh Khan's Raees' was the first major release of the year and it remains one of the few films to get an excellent' initial at the box office.

Top 5 Movies that managed to make a mark, opening-wise:

Bahubali 2: The Conclusion (Hindi) Bumper, record-breaking opening.
Raees Excellent opening considering clash with another big film (Kaabil).
Badrinath Ki Dulhania Good opening at multiplexes, excellent at mass centres.
Sachin: A Billion Dreams For a docudrama, the opening can be categorised as excellent.
Half Girlfriend The competition was intense, Half Girlfriend got a good initial, faltered second day onwards.
Salman's Tubelight, Akshay's Jolly LLB 2 and Hrithik's Kaabil were amongst the films that opened below trade expectations.

Biggest hits of the year:

Bahubali 2: The Conclusion (Hindi) All Time Blockbuster, incomparable to any other film.
Badrinath Ki Dulhania One of the most profitable films for Dharma Productions in recent times, Varun Dhawan and Alia Bhatt carried the film.
Hindi Medium Surprise hit, went on to beat Half Girlfriend' and finish with lifetime business of 67 crore.
Jolly LLB 2 It was the first clean-hit of the year. Akshay Kumar continued his consistent run and delivered yet another 100 crore grosser.

WOW...Good job Varun...the boy will go places...looks like he is handling his career smartly up till now...keep it up Varun👍🏼👏

One thing I admire about Varun is no false link up with his co-stars to sell the movie (at least from his side), no PR overdrive.

No false articles about him doing big films or refusing them. So far he has been confirmed all or most he's been linked with.

And his sincerity and passion towards what he does. He gives his 100%

He may be still mocked mostly on this forums. But no one can deny his 100% success ratio at Box Office and his growing popularity and stardom.

More power to this guy. Judwaa 2 should open really well

Yay! Good for him. Works hard and smart and reaps the results 👍🏼

His upcoming films seem promising


- Shoojit Sircar's drama
- Nitesh Tiwari's (Dangal director) next about young entrepreneur
- Badlapur Returns
- Dhyan Chand Biopic

Great going till now Varun
He surely has the passion and sincerity needed to succeed

He was indeed good in Badri , actually better than Alia

Yay well done VD!!

He has the star aura in him, he is smart, committed to his work, passionate about what he does.

This boy has all the qualities to become future super star..

Hopefully Varun will be able to give 200crr blockbuster in Judwa 2 as the year is getting worse and even khans are flopping