7 Critically Acclaimed Films That Earned A Lot Of Money

Bollywood is a commercially driven industry. And a major by-product of that is that many times formulaic films with big stars are made that more often than not earn decent amount of money. But the films that do get made via this approach are, at best, middling ones. 

Also, on the flip-side, many times good, innovative cinema does get made because it fails to attract public's attention (because their attention is on the aforementioned big commercial films).

But sometimes, just sometimes, some movies break both barriers by being commercial successes and critically acclaimed. Here's the list:

1. Vicky Donor

Budget- Rs 5 crore, Earnings- Rs 64.5 crore

2. Kahaani

Budget- Rs 8 crore, Earnings- Rs 104 crore

3. The Lunchbox

Budget- Rs 22 crore, Earnings- Rs 100.85 crore

4. Barfi!

Budget- Rs 40 crore, Earnings- Rs 248 crore

5. Tanu Weds Manu Returns

Budget- Rs 39 crore, Earnings- Rs 243 crore

6. Bajirao Mastani

Budget- Rs 125 crore, Earnings- Rs 357 crore

7. 3 Idiots

Budget- Rs 55 crore, Earnings- Rs 392 crore

*The following earnings represent worldwide gross and all the stastics used are based on internet research.

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