Inching close to Rs 200 crore, ‘
Badrinath Ki Dulhania’ has collected Rs 195 crore in worldwide collections, as reported by Boxofficeindia.com. This makes the
Varun Dhawan-
Alia Bhatt starrer the second biggest worldwide grosser of the year after
Shah Rukh Khan’s ‘
Raees’, according to figures reported by Boxofficeindia.com.
‘
Badrinath Ki Dulhania
’ is Varun and Alia’s third film together after their debut flick ‘Student of the Year’ and the first in the franchise ‘Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania’. Directed by
Shashank Khaitan, the film released ahead of the long Holi weekend on March 10.
Loaded with peppy dance numbers like ‘Badri Ki Dulhania’ and ‘
Tamma Tamma’, the film’s music is composed by Amaal Mallik, Tanishk Bagchi and Akhil Sachdeva.
Alia Bhatt has also sung a version of the soulful song ‘
Humsafar’ which was originally sung by Pakistani singer
Atif Aslam.
Though ‘Badrinath Ki Dulhania’ is a love story, it touches upon pertinent social issues like the dowry system and patriarchy prevalent in some sections of the society.