India, April 5 -- It was less than two decades ago that the term '100 crore club' was coined. The occasion was Aamir Khan's Ghajini, which earned Rs.100 crore net at the domestic box office. Prior to that, films like Disco Dancer, Hum Aapke Hain Koun, and Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge had earned Rs.100 crore, but always with the additional help of overseas collections. For an Indian film to touch Rs.100 crore purely at the Indian box office was unthinkable.

So it is crazy to think that in just 18 years, a Hindi film is now touching the Rs.1000-crore mark domestically. Dhurandhar: The Revenge has crossed Rs.1000 crore net in the Indian market on April 5, its 18th day in the theatres. This marks its entry into an elite club that houses only ...