Can any actor break the 5 back-to-back blockbuster record of Salman Khan?

Question: Dabangg, Ready, Bodyguard, Ek Tha Tiger and Dabangg 2 were all back-to-back blockbusters. Something that no other actor has achieved in the history of Indian Cinema. Can any other actor break this record? Will there ever be another Salman Khan? - Ajay Bihari

Answer: Aamir Khan came very close – Taare Zameen Par, Ghajini, 3 Idiots and Dhoom 3 were all blockbusters or better, but he also had one not-so-successful film in between (Talaash). It just goes to show that attaining blockbuster status is incredibly difficult and doing so 5 times in a row speaks volumes of Salman Khan’s super-stardom.

Salman Khan waves his fans gathered outside his house

Salman Khan waves to his fans gathered outside his house

Also, the bigger problem is, when one or two films of an actor goes on to be a blockbuster, the cost-of-production, marketing and the actor’s fee also sky-rockets, which makes it increasingly difficult just to recover costs.

Having said that, the future is always unpredictable, which is what makes it exciting. Will there ever be another Salman Khan? Probably not, because the craze that he commands in the smaller towns and villages in India is unmatched. He is not loved in those parts, he is worshipped.

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99 Comments

  • Srkians will now talk about ‘hits’. Blockbusters and all time blockbusters are only a dream for their king.
    Salman and Aamir are playing with BLOCKBUSTERs while Srk is still playing with HITs.

  • Its so difficult to say about Salman’s record but i think there are two actor who can do it
    1 Hrithik
    2 Aamir

    If SRK start to make a movie with Blockbuster Rohit Shetty so i think there will be a little chance for SRK

  • The Big noooooooooo. only salman will break his own record. kick .BB. Prdp. sultan. Shuddi .will be going to biggest blockbuster. .

  • No one can be another Salman Khan – He has his own style. He never act (somebody says – he can’t act). In fact, he is same in real and reel life – that is called Salman Brand :)

  • its difficult but not impossible but only a superstar who relate to whole indian audience can do this. what i feel modern movies has lack of good thoughts in story also they dnt show poor guys as a hero in their movies so how poors of india can relate themselves with movies.

  • yeah, he is worshiped by rikshawalas and people of villages and small towns as literacy rate is poor in those areas..

  • I dont know what is the verdict of Bang Bang or what HNY will be – superhit/hit/blockbuster

    But currently no actor can pull off 5 straight blockbusters. I doubt that even for salman because BB may be a big Eid hit but his Diwali release PRDP is a difficult film. I mean times have changed. I doubt whether his own fans might accept a family drama. And the director hasnt made a single film in last 9 years.

    The strongest contender was undoubtedly Ranbir. But with a “Besharam” to his credit, and a movie gone wrong Bombay Velvet, he might have to wait for at least 5 years to come any way near this record.

    The khan trio are nearly 50 so if even one film of theirs like Talash/ra one/jai ho goes wrong they have no chance at all.

  • Only SALMAN Bhai can repeate or better that feat again…
    Other than Bhai no one can even give 2 back to back Blockbusters…

  • yeah…only salman khan & aamir khan to do this…no other actor like shahrukh,akshay,ajay,hritik would never done in near future…salman & aamir khan is the father of bollywood..

  • I think Akki had given 4 hits in 2007 and a blockbuster Singh is Kingg in 2008. I am not sure whether these 4 hits of 2007 were all blockbusters, but yeah he had 5 hits in a row to his credit.

  • brother of bollywood-salman khan
    Legend of bollywood-aamir khan
    king of bollywood-shahrukh khan
    khiladi of bollywood-akshay kumar
    only they r the gurus of bollywood and their nick-name..

  • Salman did masala films back to back that’s why. So other actors (srk, aamir) can break it if they do big commercial films back to back…

  • 5 in a row, very tough. But anyone can from current actors it has to be Hrithik and Aamir are favorites.
    Aamir is a genius in selecting films + audience have a great trust on him.
    As for Hrithik he is very young in comparison to Khans (almost 10 yrs) and infact he was no. 1 in bollywood before 2010 with films like Krrish Dhoom 2 Jodha Akbar in a row getting him no. as well as awards. He went down when Kites and Guzaarish failed and Salman started a new journey with Dabangg the same year. Some good roles in his way and he will be ruling it again.

  • only Salman khan could do this with his upcoming films.I have doubt about prdp but bb,sultan and shuddhi are sureshot blockbusters.

  • although sallu gave 5 bck to bck bb den why jai ho became flop ho… ok kick wz a bb bt y dt movie wz nt able to brk all tym records… kick opening wz 5 highest….

    srk’s don 2 nd mnik opening day wr 3rd highest at dt tym… nd dey became hits

    tell ur sallu to give 11 bck to bck hits forget blockbusters…

    ur Sallu cnt b compare to THE SRK… king of bollywood

  • if HNY becomes a Blockbuster .. then SRK can definitely better this feat.
    Stardom has to be consistent .. which SRK has mantained for the past 22 years, unlike some chilkut stars who have attained success only in recent years.

  • before these 5 and wanted he had something like 5 back to back disasters if he can recover from these horrible Time anyone can recover. how can indicine and other sites forget he was playing second lead to ajay before 2009 between the period of 2000 to 2009 where were these so called stardom.

  • Salman Khan can only break his BB Records. His upcoming films Bagrangi bhaijan, yrf’s Sultan, rajshri’s PRDP and Karan Johar’s Shuddhi will definitely get Blockbusters.

    Second to Real King Khan Salman, there is always Aamir khan.

    SRK only king khan on paper who is made by biased media. He is behind to Hritik,Akshay and Ajay devgan. He only gets HITS and Above Averages movies in his basket.

    Salman and Aamir are the real King Khans in bollywood history.

  • those who r talking bad about prdp dnt know that indian audience is same only they changed their lifestyle. prdp will earn highest grosser of the year 2015 sure it feels me like maine pyar kiya movie.

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