The Big Picture: Bollywood in 2022
New Indian ExpressBollywood has also had to contend with a tough challenge from South cinema. 37% of the Hindi box office in 2022 was generated through Hindi dubbed versions of Telugu, Tamil & Kannada language films. The biggest hit in 2022 is the Kannada film KGF: Chapter 2, amassing an eye-popping Rs 970 crore at the domestic box office in all the versions, followed by Telugu RRR at Rs 869 crore, Kannada Kantara with Rs 346 crore and Tamil Ponniyin Selvan: PS I with Rs 323 crore. This year, films like Top Gun Maverick, Dr Strange in Multiverse of Madness, The Batman, and Avatar: The Way of the Water fared better than many big Hindi releases. The National Cinema Day observed in India in September when film tickets were sold across the country for Rs 75 met with success for this reason.