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This is a list of the most expensive Indian films, with budgets given in Indian rupees.
Current ranking
Key
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Historical timeline
Year
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Title
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Budget (est.)
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Language
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1933
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Savitri
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₹1 million (US$12,000)
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Telugu
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[4][5]
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1948
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Chandralekha
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₹3 million (US$36,000)
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Tamil
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[6]
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1957
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Mother India
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₹3.5 million (equivalent to ₹350 million or US$4.2 million in 2023)
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Hindi
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[7]
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1960
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Mughal-e-Azam
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₹10.5 million (equivalent to ₹940 million or US$11 million in 2023)
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Hindi
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[8][9]
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1975
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Sholay
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₹30 million (equivalent to ₹840 million or US$10 million in 2023)
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Hindi
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[10]
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1998
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Jeans
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₹200 million (equivalent to ₹900 million or US$11 million in 2023)
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Tamil
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[11]
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2001
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Lagaan
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₹250 million (equivalent to ₹1,000 million or US$12 million in 2023)
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Hindi
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[12]
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2002
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Devdas
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₹500 million (equivalent to ₹1.9 billion or US$23 million in 2023)
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Hindi
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[13]
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2008
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Dasavathaaram
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₹700 million (equivalent to ₹2.0 billion or US$23 million in 2023)
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Tamil
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[14]
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2009
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Blue
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₹800 million (equivalent to ₹2.0 billion or US$24 million in 2023)
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Hindi
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[15]
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2010
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Enthiran
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₹1.32 billion (equivalent to ₹3.0 billion or US$35 million in 2023)
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Tamil
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[2]
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2013
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Dhoom 3
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₹1.75 billion (equivalent to ₹3.0 billion or US$36 million in 2023)
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Hindi
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[1]
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2015
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Baahubali
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₹2.50 billion (US$30 million)
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Telugu
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[1]
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See also
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q "Highest Budget Movies All Time". Box Office India. Archived from the original on 25 November 2015.
- ^ a b "Sun TV Network Q3 Net up 48.40% at Rs 250.25cr". The Economic Times. Press Trust of India. 28 January 2011. Archived from the original on 4 February 2015.
- ^ a b "'Baahubali' (Hindi) 35-Day Box Office Collection: SS Rajamouli's Film Makes Decent Business in Fifth Week". International Business Times. 15 August 2015.
- ^ Bhagwan Das Garg (1996). So many cinemas: the motion picture in India. Eminence Designs. p. 86. ISBN 81-900602-1-X.
- ^ Narasimham, M. L. (7 November 2010). "SATI SAVITHRI (1933)". The Hindu. Chennai, India. Retrieved 8 July 2011.
- ^ Guy, Randor (December 2008). "... And thus he made Chandralekha sixty years ago". Madras Musings. XVIII. Archived from the original on 2 July 2013. Retrieved 2 July 2013.
- ^ "50 Years Later, the 'Mother India' Legend Endures". DNA India. 25 October 2007.
- ^ "Movie Review — Mughal-E-Azam (1960) — Indian Film Opens:' Mughal-Azam,' a Spectacle, in More Than 200 Theatres". The New York Times. 6 August 1960. Retrieved 1 July 2012.
- ^ "Shapoorji Pallonji Group: The Mughal-e-Azam Of realty business". The Economic Times. 24 November 2011. Retrieved 2 May 2013.
- ^ Chopra, Anupama (2000). Sholay – The Making of a Classic. Penguin Books, India. ISBN 0-14-029970-X. p. 143
- ^ "Tamil director Shankar's latest film, Jeans, costliest Indian production to date : FILMS - India Today". Retrieved 5 November 2015.
- ^ "Aamir Khan causes traffic jam". The Tribune. 1 June 2001. Retrieved 20 January 2008.
- ^ Chapman, James (2004). Cinemas of the World: Film and Society from 1895 to the Present. Reaktion Books. p. 346. ISBN 1861895747. Retrieved 12 August 2015.
- ^ "Dasavatharam: India's most ambitious film to date". The Economic Times. Retrieved 5 November 2015.
- ^ "Blue". Box Office India.
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