Box Office Opening of Bollywood actors on Debut

While no other actor has managed to make the kind of impact that Hrithik Roshan made with his debut film, the current decade has given the industry quite a few promising stars. The next few years will decide who among these will take it to the next level and attain super-stardom.

Band Baaja Baarat (Ranveer Singh): Anushka Sharma was a star after the release of Shah Rukh Khan’s Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi, but Maneesh Sharma’s Band Baaja Baarat gave the industry a promising star in Ranveer Singh. The film collected just Rs 1 crore on its opening day, but carried excellent word-of-mouth and went on to attain ‘hit’ status.

Vicky Donor (Ayushmann Khurana): The film, which had a quirky title, marked the acting debut of Ayushmann (who had a youth following due to TV-show Roadies) and Yami Gautam. The opening day collections of Rs 2.06 crore fell in the ‘acceptable’ range because the reports were excellent.

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Ishaqzaade (Arjun Kapoor): Dark films are always risky on debut, but Arjun Kapoor delivered what remains the best performance of his career and the extremely talented Parineeti Chopra was excellent too. Ishaqzaade had a good story to tell and more importantly had a soul. The film opened at 4.55 crore and finished with lifetime collections of 49 crore.

Student Of The Year (Varun Dhawan, Sidharth Malhotra, Alia Bhatt): Karan Johar’s first film without Shah Rukh Khan gave the industry three promising stars. Varun hasn’t had a failure since, Sidharth remains popular and Alia is one of the most popular female stars we have in the industry today. SOTY opened very well, collecting Rs 8.25 crore on Day 1, it finished with Rs 70 crore also becoming the highest grossing film featuring debut actors.

Heropanti (Tiger Shroff, Kriti Sanon): It was a typical masala film made to cater to the masses. Tiger Shroff impressed with action and dancing skills, the music was good and the film had a beautiful leading lady too. Heropanti opened at 6.52 crore and finished with net box office collections of 51 crore.

Hero (Sooraj Pancholi, Athiya Shetty): Salman Khan planned a dream debut for Suniel Shetty’s daughter Athiya and Aditya Pancholi’s son Sooraj. The music was good, but the film failed to live upto expectations. Salman’s backing ensured a fairly good opening, but the newcomers failed to impress the audience.

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Kai Po Che (Sushant Singh Rajput): Sushant, a popular star on television (Pavitra Rishta), made his debut in Abhishek Kapoor’s critically acclaimed Kai Po Che. The film opened fairly well (3.75 crore) and finished with collections of 45 crore. Sushant hasn’t really been consistent at the box office, but acting talent is likely to be one his strengths going forward.

Lekar Hum Deewana Dil (Armaan Jain, Deekha Seth): Disastrous is the word for the fourth-generation kid of the Kapoor clan. Armaan Jain failed to impress. The film opened very poorly and was declared a disaster on the first day itself.

Kis Kisko Pyaar Karoon (Kapil Sharma): It’s unfair to compare Kapil Sharma with some of the other debut stars, because he commanded a huge following because of his television show ‘Comedy Nights with Kapil’. The film opened very well (10 crore) and finished with lifetime collections of 45 crore net.

Mirzya (Harshvardhan Kapoor, Saiyami Kher): Expectations were high as Rakyesh Om Prakash Mehra was launching Anil Kapoor’s son Harshvardhan, but the film turned out to be a damp-squib at the box office. The first day collections (2.2 crore) is disastrous and reports are extremely poor too.

Which are your favourite performances and films of debut actors? Tell us in the comments section below:

MovieDebut ActorOpeningTotalVerdict
Band Baaja BaaratRanveer Singh1 cr24 crHit
Vicky DonorAyushmann Khurana
Yami Gautam
2.06 cr43 crHit
IshaqzaadeArjun Kapoor4.55 cr49 crHit
Student Of The YearVarun Dhawan
Sidharth Malhotra
Alia Bhatt
8.25 cr70 crHit
HeropantiTiger Shroff
Kriti Sanon
6.52 cr51 crHit
HeroSooraj Pancholi
Athiya Shetty
6.85 cr32 crFlop
Kai Po CheSushant Singh Rajput3.75 cr45 crHit
Lekar Hum Deewana DilArmaan Jain
Deekha Seth
0.65 cr3 crDisaster
MirzyaHarshavardhan
Saiyami Kher
2.2 cr--
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77 Comments

  • No other actor has managed to make the kind of impact that Hrithik Roshan made with his debut film.
    Good point by Indicine

  • Varun, Tiger & Ayushman are my favorites. SSR has talent but yet to prove his mettle with Box Office, MSD success is not solely belongs to him. Ranveer is just lucky n getting big banner offers. Rest are so so.

  • Varun leads & have edge over others. Tiger need to get multiplex audience though he is already a star at single screens. Ayushma is very good actor & multi talented, down the 5 years I see him among best method actors of India.

  • Abhishek’s refugee was opened to way better response than Hrithik’s KHPH .Both Released in same year .
    Refuge made ..1.50 CR while KHPH only 50 lakhs. SHOCKING…it was only because of Papa Roshan other became a blockbuster.

  • SOTY, BBB & Ishaaqzaade are best debut movies in recent times. Vicky Donor was different & good too. Heropanti was a perfect launchpad for Tiger.

  • Shraddha have more fan following than Aalia. Aalia is queen of multiplex audience among youths. Kriti is beautiful & Yami Gautam is amazing, you can’t take off your eyes from both Kriti & Yami !!!!!!!!!

  • Who is armaan malik? It should be sooraj pancholi in your poll..

    And honestly I don’t see any young actor that can match likes of salman Akshay…Some lacks heroism while others lacks that charm.

    Only Ranveer Singh is A complete package and maybe varun.

  • I don’t think anyone would achieve what Hrithik did with KNPH. I don’t see it coming in near future.

  • Only Tiger’s Heropanti came close to KNPH but still he was no match for Hrithik Roshan craze.

  • Where is Amy Jackson ? She is quite popular…why pooja is there? Ppl don’t even know her name yet.

    Top
    Alia
    Vaani
    Kirti/Amy

  • sushanth hasn’t been consistent at d bo?? 4 films 3 hits with Dhoni scoring 130cr+…!! U don’t find it consistent record? ?? Ridiculous

  • @Indicine

    Hang on a second…What is Ranveer Singh name doing up there with those boys??

    If its unfair to put Kapil sharma name there it is also unfair to slot in Ranveer Singh name there too.

    “The current decade has given….” Your quote…by according to you guys Decade starts from 2011 right? 2001? right? Let’s not even go into details …..Band Baaj Barat
    was in 2010 so pls I think Ranveer Singh belongs to the same decade Ranbir Kapoor emerged from. Even if you feel stubborn to equate him with your favorite RK,fact is …Ranveer Singh is a Big Boy! he ain’t no promising star rather he already is an established star. Thanks .

    NB: “Sushant Singh is not consistant..” Well according to his track record he is the 2nd promising guy with successful movies…

    Kai po Che & Shuddi Desi romance back to back Hits 2012….semi and a Hit.
    Pk….Atbb
    Detective B flop
    Ms Dhoni …minimum Hit…he has a beautiful track record based on the number of movies he appeared in…

    Finally …SOTY verdict Hit? Lifetime 70crs really???? Indicine 70crs is the adjusted gross net….its lifetime was somewhere around 63crs with a Budget of 57crs…

  • When it comes to debut. ..no match to hrithik ‘ S debut…He was a phenomenon at that time….important thing was he was not a proper star son…rakesh roshan was not a successful actor and as a director he was known only for karan arjun. ..so there was no hype regarding hrithik’s debut. ..all the hype was created for abhishek bachan and kareena kapoor …….and then explosion happened. ..hr debut. ..rest is history. …look where hrithik is…and where other actual star son’s are.

  • Frankly hritik debut is highly overated because in his debut hr beat khans n kumars but failed to sustain popularity, real debut was Salman game ATBB Amir gave Blockbuster and srk 1year after debut indicates they were going to start new era in bollywood. I personally feel with the debut of Aryan Khan Ibrahim Khan and Arav Kumar new era of bollywood start

  • Sushant Singh rajput has tremendous acting potential, Varun has charisma of a star. While, Ranveer Singh and Ranbir kapoor possesses both.
    It will be a 4 way battle for supremacy going forward.

    • @Bollywood, Kapil Sharma has not been included because he hasn’t really shown any intention of becoming a star in the industry. He continues to concentrate on television.

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