Top 10 All Time Blockbuster Movies of Shahrukh Khan

Shah Rukh Khan, often known as Shahrukh Khan, is a name that is well-known not just in India, but all across the world. With his boy-next-door look and innate charisma and flamboyance, Khan introduced commercial Bollywood movies to viewers worldwide in the early 1990s and became a household brand. Despite being stereotyped as the ideal romantic hero, Khan began his career as an anti-hero, and a number of his earlier films with high IMDb ratings featured him in a negative avatar. It was the film Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge that launched his career as a romantic hero, earning him titles like “The King of Romance” and making him one of the richest actors in the world, bigger than some of his Hollywood counterparts, and without a doubt the biggest Indian superstar of his generation.

Here are the top 10 all-time blockbuster movies of King Khan.

Chak De! India ( IMDb 8.2)

Chak De! India

Former Indian National Men’s Hockey Team captain Kabir Khan has joined the National Women’s Hockey Team as a coach. The latter had been overlooked in favor of the men’s team throughout the years, and it is Kabir’s desire to rebuild the squad from the bottom up, reclaiming his lost glory in the process.

He is a strict taskmaster who quickly turns the girls against him. His stern ways, though, fostered the seeds of drive in a team that had previously been in the sixes and sevens. Coaching with an iron hand eventually pays off, as the ragtag squad makes the Women’s Hockey World Cup and goes on to win it despite being the underdogs.

Kabir, too, is finally able to restore his tarnished reputation and stays quietly in the background, his job done.

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Swades ( IMDb 8.2)

Swades

This is the story of Mohan Bhargav, a young NASA scientist who makes a visit to his elderly nanny in a little town in India, and whose life transforms when he discovers that his talents are much more needed in his homeland than overseas.

Mohan is emotionally moved by the rural community’s way of existence and comes up with the idea of constructing a hydroelectric power plant so that the hamlet may have its own supply of electricity. The film received widespread critical acclaim and remains the pinnacle of Shah Rukh’s career to this day.

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Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge ( IMDb 8.1)

Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge

This simple love story of two-second generation Indians born and raised in England is phenomenally popular and arguably the most beloved of Shah Rukh’s films. The film was released internationally and was one of the first to completely captivate global viewers.

The narrative of Raj and Simran continues to enchant audiences to this day, and it also has the distinction of being the country’s longest-running film, having run for almost 25 years with a single presentation in a unique Mumbai theatre. DDLJ, as it is called by fans all over the world, was a breath of fresh air, focusing on non-resident Indians as the key characters for the first time.

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My Name Is Khan ( IMDb 8.0)

My Name Is Khan

Another critically acclaimed film, My Name Is Khan, told the story of an autistic man, Rizwan Khan, who was caught up in the aftermath of the Twin Towers tragedy.

Rizwan is married to Maya, a Hindu woman, whose son from a previous marriage is viciously abused on a football field because he has a Muslim father.

The tiny boy dies as a result of his inside injuries, and Maya is saddened, even blaming her husband for her son’s untimely death. Rizwan then sets out to meet with the President of the United States to inform him that, while he is a Muslim, he is not a terrorist. The film is regarded as one of Shah Rukh’s greatest, departing from his typical “loving boy” persona.

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Kal Ho Na Ho ( IMDb 7.9)

Kal Ho Na Ho

The vivacious Aman falls in love with a young woman, Naina, but he is unable to express his feelings because he is dying from a terrible heart ailment. He then devotes all of his efforts to bringing Naina together with Rohit, a mutual acquaintance who is also in love with her.

Naina eventually marries Rohit, and Aman dies glad that Naina is with someone who would look after her and make her happy. When it was released in theatres over two decades ago, there were no dry tears.

Kabi Haan Kabhi Na ( IMDb 7.8)

Kabi Haan Kabhi Na

Sunil, a good-for-nothing young man, falls in love with Anna, who performs in a musical band with him. Anna, on the other hand, is in love with another of their friends, Chris. When Sunil discovers the truth, he goes to great lengths to divert Anna’s attention away from Chris, which lands him in Anna’s crosshairs.

Kabhi Haan Kabhi Na, a romantic comedy in which Khan plays a boy with questionable morals who wouldn’t mind lying through his teeth if it served his purpose, isn’t as well known as some of Khan’s previous films, but it remains a fan favorite nonetheless.

Darr ( IMDb 7.8)

Darr

Darr was Khan’s big break, in which he plays Rahul, an unstable and violent young man who gets fascinated with a young woman, Kiran, to the point of pursuing her and attempting to assassinate her fianceé so that he can have her for himself.

Darr garnered overwhelmingly good reviews from critics upon its initial release, with praise for the narrative, soundtrack, cinematography, and performances by the actors, with special mention given to Chawla and Khan. It was a box-office success, becoming the third-highest-grossing film of the year in India and the highest-grossing Indian film of the year in outside countries.

Veer-Zaara ( IMDb 7.8)

Veer-Zaara

In this epic romance, Shah Rukh plays Major Veer Pratap Singh, an Indian Air Force officer who falls in love with a Pakistani girl, Zaara, and helps to bridge the gap between the two neighboring countries. Veer and Zaara resolve to give up their love, but Veer is wrongly imprisoned as an Indian spy due to the manipulations of Zaara’s fianceé, and he spends the next 22 years in a Pakistani jail.

Veer-Zaara was published during the Diwali celebration on November 12, 2004. Veer-Zaara grossed over 976.4 million dollars globally, making it the highest-grossing Indian film of the year in both India and outside markets.

It earned overwhelmingly favorable reviews from critics, who praised the story, script, dialogues, soundtrack, performances, and sensitive depiction of India-Pakistan relations. Analysts regarded it as containing themes such as a shared Punjabi culture, secularism, and feminism, among others. The film is regarded as one of the best romance pictures in Indian cinema history.

Baazigar ( IMDb 7.7)

Baazigar

Baazigar is a dramatic vengeance thriller about Ajay Sharma, whose father was betrayed by Madan Chopra, a poor employee who evicted Sharma’s father and gained possession of his blossoming firm, eventually becoming a wealthy business magnate.

Ajay’s father died as a result of the shock, and he and his widowed mother were thrown into destitution. Khan plays a cold-blooded killer in the film, as well as another anti-hero role in the sequel, Darr.

Baazigar had its global theatrical release on November 12, 1993, which also happened to be Diwali.  The picture, which was made on a $20 million budget, was a box office smash, grossing over $140 million worldwide.

Aside from becoming a great financial success, the picture has become a cult classic throughout the years owing to its suspense, screenplay, story, soundtrack, and cast performances.

It was Khan and Kajol’s debut collaboration, and they went on to become one of India’s most popular on-screen couples. It helped launch Khan, Kajol, Shetty, and Malik’s careers in Bollywood, and the soundtrack has sold over 10 million units.

Devdas ( IMDb 7.6)

Devdas

Devdas is a timeless love story based on the writings of an Indian playwright, Sarat Chandra Chatterjee. It follows the eponymous character, who becomes addicted to alcohol after experiencing heartache when the lady he loves, Paro, marries another due to substantial socioeconomic distinctions between their two families.

Devdas premiered on May 23, 2002, at the Cannes Film Festival, and was released internationally on July 12, 2002. With a budget of 500 million (US$6.6 million), it was the most expensive Indian film ever made at the time.

When it premiered at Cannes, the picture earned mixed-to-negative reviews, but it fared better when it was distributed theatrically. The film was a commercial triumph, being the highest-grossing Indian film of the year, grossing $998.8 million (US$13 million) in both India and abroad.