Dabangg

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Dabangg is a 2010 Indian action film, directed by Abhinav Kashyap in his directorial debut and produced by Arbaaz Khan under the Arbaaz Khan Productions. In the film, Salman Khan and Sonakshi Sinha are in lead roles. The film marks the debut of Sonakshi as an actor, Arbaaz as a producer and Abhinav Kashyap, brother of director Anurag Kashyap, as a director. It also features Arbaaz Khan, Om Puri, Dimple Kapadia, Vinod Khanna, Anupam Kher, Mahesh Manjrekar and Mahie Gill in supporting roles while Sonu Sood plays the main antagonist. Malaika Arora Khan appears in an item number. The theatrical trailer of the film was released on 23 July 2010. Dabangg was released on Eid, 10 September 2010 across nearly 1,800 screens in India and abroad.


The film broke many records at the box office within the first week of its release. It went on to become the highest opening day grosser as well as the highest weekend grossing Bollywood film of all time, breaking the records earlier held by 3 Idiots. The film set another box office record, grossing 80.87 crore (US$18.03 million) in its first week, thus becoming the highest opening week grossing Bollywood film, overtaking the previous record of 3 Idiots. Made on a budget of  42 crore, the film went on to collect  212 crore worldwide. Box office India declared the film an all-time blockbuster in the second week of its release. It is currently the second highest-grossing Bollywood film of all time and the fourth highest grossing Indian film of all time adjusted for inflation. It is also the highest-grossing Bollywood film of 2010. The film also went on to win several awards, winning six Filmfare Awards, including the Filmfare Best Film Award, seven Star Screen Awards including the Best Actor Award for Salman, nine Zee Cine Awards and ten IIFA Awards. It also won the National Film Award for Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment.