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Outsiders who built their own Rs 100 crore success

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Mid-Day
Entertainment
By Aakruti Bagla
Published Sep 19, 2026

Fr years, Pankaj Tripathi played small, supporting roles. Mirzapur The Movie and OMG 2 became an important commercial milestone in that journey

Rajkummar Rao spent years establishing himself, then came Stree. The horror-comedy franchise changed the scale of his commercial journey

Ayushmann Khurrana created his own space in Bollywood by doing unconventional stories mainstream. Dream Girl was a major turning point for him

Among the newer generation of actors, Abhay Verma`s success with Munjya is particularly remarkable. The film introduced him to a much larger audience

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