Mahira Khan may have missed the promotion of her debut Bollywood movie Raees in India but she has defeated the likes of Alia Bhatt, Deepika Padukone and Yami Gautam to lead the charts of top performing actresses during the first quarter of 2017.
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Mahira Khan made her Bollywood debut with none other than Shahrukh Khan but because of some unfortunate incidences, she couldn’t attend the promotions of the movie. But still, her movie did exceptionally well on box office worldwide, except her own country where the censor board banned the film. According to a report, Raees box office collection was Rs 137.51 crore.
Other actresses in the race were Alia Bhatt for Badrinath Ki Dulhania, Deepika Padukone for xXx – Return of Xander Cage, Huma Qureshi for Jolly LLB 2, and Yami Gautam for Kaabil. Mahira Khan’s Raees defeated all of them on box office.
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Just behind Mahira was Yami Gautam, who’s Kaabil alongside Hrithik Roshan came second and collected Rs 130.27 crore on box office. Huma Qureshi ranked third as her film Jolly LLB 2 alongside Akshay Kumar earned 116.93 crore.
To our surprise, Alia Bhatt and Deepika Padukone came fourth and fifth respectively. Bhatt’s Badrinath Ki Dulhania alongside Varun Dhawan picked Rs 114.24 crore on box office while Deepika, who made her big Hollywood debut opposite Vin Diesel, came with on the charts. Her film failed miserably on box office and only collected Rs 31.01 crore on box office.
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This is indeed a cherishing moment for Ho Mann Jahaan actress Mahira Khan, who was unfortunately denied permission to promote and talk about her film. This came as a reward for herself and her fans in Pakistan and India as well.