2022 has been a rather tough year for the Hindi film industry as only a handful of films have seen success at the box office in the first half. Among the two biggest hits of this year so far are The Kashmir Files and Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2.
At a time when even the biggest of films are struggling to do decent numbers, Anupam Kher’s social drama and Kartik Aaryan’s horror-comedy went on to collect in the excess of Rs 250 crore and Rs 180 crore respectively, at the domestic box office.
Highlighting the same, Anupam took to social media to name himself and Kartik as the two ‘SUPERSTARS’ of the year. The veteran actor shared an elongated note in which he talked about how an actor is considered a superstar on the basis of how much money he makes at the ticket windows.
“SUPERSTARS: Since the criteria of calling an actor (however good he/she is) a #SuperStar depends on the money their movies make, I am sharing with you all a pic of two SUPERSTARS. At least this year for me! My film #KashmirFiles made 350crores worldwide and @kartikaaryan’s #BhoolBhulaiyaa2 earned close to 250 crores,” wrote Anupam.
Stressing that the audience is evolving, he added, “Time is changing and so is the audience’s taste and the system. Who had ever imagined that a day will come, when my film like #KashmirFiles in the lead will do business of 350cr. It is a good churning! I welcome the change. Hope you all do too!”
Lastly, Anupam heaped praise on Kartik for coming a long way in the industry on his own.
“It was such a pleasure to meet #Kartik recently! He is going to be here for a long long time. Both, as an actor and a superstar. मैं तो लगभग पिछले 40 से दौड़ रहा हूँ।और भी बहुत साल अभी दौड़ना है और कार्तिक जैसे नौजवानों के साथ कम्पीट करना है! जय हो!! (I have been running for almost 40 years now. I still have many more years to run and compete with youngsters like Karthik! Jai Ho!!),” concluded the Kaagaz 2 actor.
