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Eid is one festival when Bollywood keeps us busy. Actors aim for releases around the festival and happen to bring out blockbusters. While Ajay Devgn’s Maidaan and Akshay Kumar’s Bade Miyan Chote Miyan have a friendly fight this Eid, there have been moments when the Khans have ruled the festival and Indian box office. Having said that, Eid feels incomplete without a release from a leading Khan of Bollywood. While Salman Khan mostly aims at theatrical releases on Eid, Shah Rukh has also shown his prowess with two movies around this time of the year. We haven’t yet received any Aamir Khan release around Eid, but never say never, right?
While Salman Khan dominates Eid, he did not release a movie this time. Instead, the actor has announced the theatrical release of his upcoming movie Sikandar on Eid 2025. Happy times ahead, All said and done, these releases never leave us disappointed. They keep us glued to our seats and make us feel different kinds of emotions, some almost unexplainable! But that is how we like it, because Eid is definitely incomplete without a Khan release in Bollywood.
On this Eid, we take a look at some of the best Eid releases in Bollywood that are full of Bollywood tadka and a pinch of every emotion imaginable.
1. Kabhie Khushi Kabhi Gham (2001)
Director: Karan Johar
Cast: Amitabh Bachchan, Jaya Bachchan, Shah Rukh Khan, Kajol, Hrithik Roshan, Kareena Kapoor Khan
Let’s say ‘shaava shaava’ and enjoy Eid, shall we? At least, that was the verdict in 2001 when Shah Rukh Khan starrer Kabhie Khushi Kabhi Gham released at this festival and fans could not keep calm! It felt like a celebration, as Bollywood’s biggest stars gathered together to act out love, disappointment, betrayal, heartbreak, and unity, and kept us thoroughly entertained. What trends on a regular basis on social media is Kareena Kapoor Khan’s dialogues from the movie as the P.H.A.T Pooh. Her chemistry with Hrithik Roshan was scintillating. However, we had our Shah Rukh-Kajol to keep us seated in terms of chemistry and romance.
The movie charted well and established Karan Johar one of the most popular Bollywood directors! It went on to collect 136 crores at the box office.
2. Dabangg (2010)
Director: Abhinav Singh Kashyap
Cast: Salman Khan, Sonakshi Sinha, Arbaaz Khan, Sonu Sood
Salman Khan’s Dabangg had an iconic cast, powerful scenes, and the most popular dialogues that are still remembered today. It happened to release on Eid and ruled the box office. Dabangg gave us the action hero Chulbul Pandey who has troubled relationships with his family. Chulbul falls in love with a woman named Rajjo (Sonakshi Sinha). Interestingly, Dabangg happened to be Sonakshi’s debut movie. Her iconic “thappad se darr nahi lagta sahab, pyaar se lagta hai,” has been used in memes and videos time and again. This movie collected 221.14 crores at the box office worldwide.
3. Ek Tha Tiger (2012)
Director: Kabir Khan
Cast: Salman Khan, Katrina Kaif, Ranvir Shorey, Girish Karnad
Another Salman Khan release, Ek Tha Tiger is one of those movies that has action, romance, suspense, and much more. This Eid release took the Indian box office by storm in 2012 and collected 334.39 crores at the box office. The movie had Salman Khan and Katrina Kaif in the lead roles. Khan portrayed the role of Tiger, a RAW agent who observes an Indian scientist in Dublin, who is suspected of sharing nuclear secrets with the ISI. Then enters Zoya (Katrina) with whom he falls in love. Tiger begins to discover his emotional side while gradually falling head-over-heels with Zoya. In the epilogue, Tiger and Zoya reunite after several obstacles and happen to roam about Venice, Cape Town, Zurich, and London.
4. Chennai Express (2013)
Director: Rohit Shetty
Cast: Shah Rukh Khan, Deepika Padukone, Nikitin Dheer
We wanted to board the Chennai Express as much as Meenamma and her four bodyguards. This Eid release was the talk of the town in 2013 and grossed 315.46 crores at the box office. Shah Rukh Khan and Deepika Padukone starred in the perfect action-comedy movie that kept us wanting more till the end. It also established the Shah Rukh-Deepika ‘jodi’ that went on to make several movies in the coming years. Chennai Express did not only trigger a laugh riot, but it also offered emotionally heavy scenes that stayed with fans for a long time. We can always trust SRK to know how to hit the right chords with romance and action.
5. Kick (2014)
Director: Sajid Nadiadwala
Cast: Salman Khan, Jacqueline Fernandez, Randeep Hooda, Nawazuddin Siddiqui
We were offered the privilege to witness the adventurous Devi Lal Singh for the first time on Eid. While Salman Khan’s Kick couldn’t do well at the box office, it definitely has its own fanbase. It grossed over 402 crores globally at the box office.
6. Bajrangi Bhaijaan (2015)
Director: Kabir Khan
Cast: Salman Khan, Harshaali Malhotra, Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Kareena Kapoor Khan
Pawan ‘Bajrangi’ Chaturvedi is not only a name, it is an emotion. The man helps a stranded Pakistani girl to reach home safely and rises above the bounds of religion and nationality. A perfect Eid movie, Bajrangi Bhaijaan shows how humanity persists, even though there are artificial boundaries made due to the over-practice of religions. Bajrangi Bhaijaan is an emotional movie and one that is very different from Salman Khan’s movie choices. However, it was well-received by Bollywood enthusiasts worldwide as it collected around 444.92 crores at the box office.
7. Sultan (2016)
Director: Ali Abbas Zafar
Cast: Salman Khan, Anushka Sharma, Randeep Hooda, Amit Sadh
A blockbuster Eid release, Sultan showed the uplifting story of a middle-aged wrestler who gave up the sport due to the death of his infant son. However, years later, he set out to revive his lost career for a cause. He fulfils his mission and regains the love of his estranged wife Aarfa Hussain (Anushka Sharma), who is also a wrestler. The movie went on to 417.29 crores at the box office.
8. Bharat (2019)
Director: Ali Abbas Zafar
Cast: Salman Khan, Katrina Kaif, Tabu, Disha Patani
Bharat is set on the premise of India-Pakistan Partition. A young boy, Bharat, keeps his family together during tough times. He takes on the responsibility to be the guardian of his family and skillfully navigates the ups and downs along the way. This movie collected around 251.27 crores in India.
These movies have their own fanbases. These Khans have entertained us for years and are continuing to do so.
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