India’s highest-grossing female-led film was delivered by this actress, not Shraddha, Alia, Deepika
The number game in Bollywood is quite intense. Celebrities strive hard to attain box office success. The entry of films in Rs 500 crore and Rs 1000 crore clubs is now considered to be a benchmark of a blockbuster hits. Jawan, Pathaan, RRR, and many more films have entered these clubs. The latest one has been Stree 2 starring Shraddha Kapoor, Rajkummar Rao and more. With this, celebs with highest-grossing films also remain in the news. But…
Do you know who is the actress who delivered India’s Highest-grossing Female led film?
Deepika Padukone, Kareena Kapoor Khan, Rani Mukerji, Alia Bhatt and many more divas have featured in female-led films but they aren’t the ones to have registered the highest-grossing films to their name. Beating them all is an actress who was a newcomer when she managed to achieve this feat.
We are taking about Zaira Wasim. Her film Secret Superstar that also starred Aamir Khan remains to be the highest-grossing female led film even now. As per the reports, Secret Superstar made around was made on a budget of Rs 15 crore. The film released in 2017 and it was a story of a girl who very talented and passionate about singing. However, she suffers opposition from her father. Breaking the barriers, she finds a way to achieve her dreams. With an interesting storyline and good reviews, Secret Superstar performed well at the Indian box office. However, once the film made its way to theatres in China, the cash registers could not stop ringing. The lifetime box office collection of Secret Superstar is reported at Rs 905 crore. Zaira Wasim was just 16-year-old when the film hit the theatres.
Zaira Wasim, however, decided to quit Bollywood for her religious beliefs. She decided to quit Bollywood as it was interfering with her faith and religion. Her decision to retire from films came as a surprise to many and remained to be a topic of discussion in entertainment news for a long time.
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Other actresses who have highest-grossing female-led films to their name are Adah Sharma (The Kerala Story), Alia Bhatt (Gangubai Kathiawadi), Kangana Ranaut (Tanu Weds Manu Returns) and more.
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