Mumbai: The Rohit Shetty directorial 'Simmba' has has surged into 200 crore club at the box office across the country, trade sources said on Monday.Ranveer Singh and Sara Ali Khan starrer 'Simmba' earned Rs 17.49 crore this Sunday, pushing its grand total to Rs 190.64 crore.
''Simmba refuses to slow down and touches Rs 200 crore mark. The movie emerged as the third highest grosser of 2018, after 'Sanju' and 'Padmaavat','' the sources said.'Simmba' is Ranveer's fourth film and Rohit Shetty's eighth film to cross Rs 100 crore mark.
'Golmaal Again', which was Rohit Shetty's 2017's release, collected over Rs 200 crore.'Simmba' is an action film directed by Rohit Shetty and written by Yunus Sajawal and Sajid-Farhad.
A spin-off of the 'Singham' franchise, the film is produced by Shetty under his banner Rohit Shetty Picturez and Karan Johar, Hiroo Yash Johar and Apoorva Mehta under the banner Dharma Productions.It stars Ranveer Singh, Sara Ali Khan and Sonu Sood, with Ajay Devgan reprising his role of 'Bajirao Singham'.
The film follows Sangram "Simmba" Bhalerao, a corrupt police officer hailing from the same town as Singham, who is forced to lead a more righteous path after tragedy strikes those near him.The film was released on December 28, 2018.'(UNI)