Kangana Ranauts Tanu Weds Manu Returns Makes 2015s First Indian 100 Cr

This Bollywood bottom line is a thing of beauty. The Aanand L Rai-directed Tanu Weds Manu Returns has collected the year’s first Rs 100 crores at the home box office, an incandescent spot in an otherwise gloomy 2015 which has been less about profit and more about loss.

Monday’s business took the film past the finish line. Trade analyst Taran Adarsh tweeted:

#TanuWedsManuReturns crosses Rs 100 cr in India. Emerges the HIGHEST GROSSER of 2015 BIGGEST HIT of 2015 [so far]. Note: Hindi films.

— taran adarsh (@taran_adarsh) June 2, 2015

In a moment of pure Bollywood-like serendipity, the 100 crore day coincided with Tanu Weds Manu Returns‘ lead actor R Madhavan’s 45th birthday.

Tanu Weds Manu Returns stars Kangana Ranaut as both the female leads – the eponymous Tanu and her lookalike Datto – apart from Madhavan, Jimmy Sheirgill, Deepak Dobriyal and Swara Bhaskar.

The film had already made over Rs 100 crores worldwide last week, as have Deepika Padukone’s Piku and Akshay Kumar’s Gabbar Is Back.