This Huge Leap In Movie Budgets Over The Years Will Show How Far Bollywood Has Really Come

Who would have thought an Indian film made on a massive budget of 250 crores would end up earning almost 2000 globally. Baahubali 2: The Conclusion made it absolutely clear producers shouldn’t be reluctant in investing money as long as they have faith on their product.

In 1960, when Dilip Kumar-Madhubala’s Mughal-E-Azam was made, it sent a lot of people in frenzy for it was made on a colossal budget of 1.5 crores. Back in the time, this figure was something nobody had imagined. 15 years later, a film like Sholay exceeded limits and doubled the figure by being made on a cost of 3 crores. This really is the trend our industry grew up on. From making every possible effort to save every penny in in the cost to having the heart now to invest billions, we have come a long way.

In this infographic, we reveal how budgets of Bollywood have evolved over the last few decades and how exactly we have come this far. Let’s take a closer look at Bollywood’s journey of budgets: