India, April 23 -- The term 'India's biggest box office hit' could mean so many things. It could be the one that earned the most money or the one that sold the most tickets. A layman would think these two are the same thing, but inflation factors in here. The rising cost of tickets means that a big hit selling 1 crore tickets today earns roughly Rs.200 crore. Half a century ago, that would have been just Rs.3-4 crore. Perhaps the easiest way to judge a film's success is to adjust its box-office gross for inflation, creating parity across eras and markets. This brings blockbusters of yesteryear into competition with pan-India successes from the 21st century, and one epic takes the crown, with a jaw-dropping inflation-adjusted earnings of a...