Padmaavat Overseas

Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s visual spectacle Padmaavat, which has been dominating the worldwide box office with a stupendous run since its release on January 25 th, is poised to earn the top 2nd spot in the list of all time highest grossing Hindi films in North America.

As of this writing, the epic period drama, which is based on queen Padmini and glorifies the valour of Rajputs, has clocked $ 8M in North America and is inching towards becoming the all time second highest grossing Hindi film after Aamir Khan’s Dangal ( $ 12.3M)

Trade experts believe that Padmaavat will emphatically edge past Aamir Khan’s PK ( $ 10.5M) by the end of its full run to take the second spot among Hindi biggies. Despite marred with controversies, Padmaavat stormed the worldwide box office and collected more than 200 Crores share worldwide till now.

In a major boost to the film’s domestic collections, the Karni Sena, which has been demanding a ban, has decided to withdraw protests after finding no objectionable content in the film.

Padmaavat stars an ensemble cast in the form of Deepika Padukone, Shahid Kapoor and Ranveer Singh.