Top 5 Highest Grossing South Indian Movies

It's Friday, April 28 2017, and the release of the Biggest Movie in the Indian Film History. And Bollywood, the most famous and starry film industry in India, has nothing to do with it - except that Karan Johar's Dharma production came on board at a presenter when the first movie was about to release and has been in same capacity till date with the entire series.

BAHUBALI: The Series ia Telugu Language film series, made with cast and crew essentially from South India, a South Indian director who keeps on breaking boundaries unlike anything ever imagined and a production house again from South. Upon its release, the first part shook the nation and world with a fictional world only seen in LORD OF THE RINGS and HARRY POTTER series. BAHUBALI is original writing and the audiences lapped it in epic proportions, making it a global blockbuster unlike any response a Hindi film had also seen by that time.

As we go to watch BAHUBALI: THE CONCLUSION today, made at an estimated budget of Rs 250 crore and releasing in a record-breaking 8000 screens in just India, here's a look at the Top 5 Highest Grossing South Indian Movies:



1. Bahubali: The Beginning (2015)

Budget:           ₹180 crore
Box office: ₹650 crore (US$100 million)

Director: S.S. Rajamouli
Stars: Prabhas, Rana Daggubati, Anushka Shetty, Tamannaah Bhatia

In ancient India, an adventurous and daring man becomes involved in a decades old feud between two warring people.


2. Kabali (2016)

Budget:          ₹100 crore
Box office: ₹314 crore


Director: Pa. Ranjith
Stars: Rajinikanth, Winston Chao, Radhika Apte, Dhansika


Before Indian Independence, many Tamils from South India were sent to Malaysia as indentured laborers. Kabali, the protagonist, fights this oppression. After a lengthy imprisonment, he is more determined than ever to fight for his people.


3. Enthiran (2010)

Budget:          ₹132 crore
Box office: ₹314 crore

Director: Shankar
Stars: Rajinikanth, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Danny Denzongpa, Santhanam

An android constructed by a scientist falls in love with the bride-to-be of his creator.


4. i (2015)

Budget:          ₹100 crore
Box office: ₹225 crore

Director: S. Shankar
Stars: Vikram, Amy Jackson, Suresh Gopi, Upen Patel

Lingesan, a deformed hunchback who was once a body builder and a handsome model, seeks revenge on the people who ruined his life.


5. Khaidi No. 150 (2017)

Budget:       ₹50 crore
Box office: ₹164 crore

Director: Vinayak V.V.
Stars: Chiranjeevi, Kajal Aggarwal, Tarun Arora, Ali

A man (Chiranjeevi) on the wrong side of the law is moved by the plight of farmers to do the right thing.