Ranked: Bollywood Directors With Maximum Number Of 100 Crore Movies

A number of Bollywood films are breaking box-office records almost every week now. As the number of multiplex-screens increases, the showtimes of films start as early as 9 AM and go on until the stroke of midnight. Most of the filmmakers and producers know the opening weekend itself is the best time to recover the production cost of a movie and whatever that comes next is nothing but profit.

Leading Actors and Actresses of Bollywood always book a slot for their film months and years in advance and try to capture maximum audience traction during the holiday or extended weekends. There are actors like the Khans, Akshay Kumar, Varun Dhawan who are known for churning out 100 Crore blockbusters. Similarly, there are a few rockstar directors in Bollywood who have directed a number of 100 Crore films. Here are Bollywood directors with the maximum number of 100 Crore films:

Rank 6- A.R Murugadoss: He has directed 2 Bollywood films which have grossed more than 100 Crores- Ghajini (114 Cr.) and Holiday (112 Cr.).

Rank 5- Rajkumar Hirani: He has given 2 100 Crore films in PK (339 Cr.) and 3 Idiots (202 Cr.).

Rank 4- Ali Abbas Zafar: He has directed 2 films that have grossed more than 100 Crores and both have starred Salman Khan- Sultan (300 Cr.) and Tiger Zinda Hai (338 Cr. and still running).

Rank 3- Sanjay Leela Bhansali: He has directed 3 films which have earned more than 100 Crores and all 3 films star Ranveer Singh and Deepika Padukone in the lead- Bajirao Mastani (184 Cr.), Padmaavat (166 Cr. and still running) and Ram Leela (110 Cr.).

Rank 2- Kabir Khan: He has directed 3 films which have earned more than 100 Crores and all 3 have starred Salman Khan- Bajrangi Bhaijaan (320 Cr.), Ek Tha Tiger (198 Cr.) and Tubelight (121 Cr.).

Numero Uno- Rohit Shetty: The ace director has directed 7 films which have entered the 100 Crore club. Since 2010's Golmaal 3 till now, all of his films have earned more than 100 Crores- (Golmaal Again, Singham, Singham 2, Golmaal 3, Chennai Express, Dilwale, Bol Bachchan).