‘Dangal’ zooms past Rs 100 crore mark in China

Bollywood superstar Aamir Khan’s ‘Dangal’ has zoomed past the Rs 100 crore-mark within four days of its release in China, breaking a record previously set by the actor-producer’s ‘pk’. He is touched with the love shown towards the film.

‘Dangal’, a story of a wrestler who trains his daughters to become world champions in wrestling, released in China as ‘Shuai Jiao Baba’ on May 5 which means ‘Let’s Wrestle, Dad’. The movie released in around 7,000 screens and minted over Rs 120 crore by Tuesday evening, said a spokesperson of Aamir Khan Productions.

Reacting to the overwhelming response to the movie, Aamir told IANS over email: “Me and the entire team of ‘Dangal’ are very touched with the love and affection that our film ‘Dangal’ is getting in China. I have been visiting Chinese social media websites and reading translations of the reactions. It is truly moving to see such a strong emotional bond that the Chinese have with our film.

“On behalf of our entire team, I would like to thank our Chinese audience and want them to know that we are all so happy. And I would like to thank our distributors in China for giving our film such a nice release.”