India, April 9 -- It was only two decades ago that the 100-crore club was established when Aamir Khan's Ghajini netted Rs.100 crore at the Indian box office. For about a decade, this remained the benchmark for Indian films. Then, as Baahubali 2 rewrote the rules, the 1000-crore club was born. Initially, the 'club' was small, with just two films (Dangal came after its China windfall). But post-pandemic, it has expanded with eight more films joining, the most recent of which are the two Dhurandhar films. This has led many actors - old and young - to become Rs.1000-crore superstars. And one of them accounts for 40% of all the films in the list, the most by any Indian actor.

One would assume that pan-India stars like Prabhas or a veritable s...