Sriram Raghavan's AndhaDhun crossed Rs. 300 crore on the Chinese box office, becoming the 3rd highest grossing Indian film in China. In addition to this, the film won four awards at the prestigious Film Critics Guild's Critics Choice Film Awards in Mumbai.
Produced by Sanjay Routray's Matchbox Pictures, the film starring Ayushmann Khurrana, Tabu and Radhika Apte among others, released in China on April 3, under the title - The Piano Player and has taken the Chinese Box Office by storm ever since. It has now grossed Rs. 303.36 cr ($43.45 million) becoming the 3rd highest grossing Indian film in China, and is looking at crossing the coveted $50million mark in the coming days.
The icing on the cake however came when the film won the Best Film, Best Director, Best Editor and Best Writing awards at the Film Critics Guild's Critics Choice Film Awards.
Earlier this morning, tweeting about Andhadhun's China performance, trade analyst Taran Adarsh wrote, "#AndhaDhun crosses ₹ 300 cr in #China... Eyes $ 50 million mark... Emerges the third highest grossing Indian film in #China... [Week 3] Fri $ 1.61 mn, Sat $ 3.45 mn, Sun $ 2.93 mn. Total: $ 43.45 million [₹ 303.36 cr]."
Producer Sanjay Routray, who helms Matchbox Pictures, said, " This is turning out to be an incredible April for all of us at Matchbox Pictures! We are both overjoyed and humbled that Sriram's vision and our film is being celebrated across the world, not just at the Box office but also by the critics. It validates our belief in driving good content without unnecessarily thinking about what is 'commercial' and what is 'niche'. Ultimately, a film is 'good' or' bad' and the audience decides that. Kudos to all members of the team who believed in this and gave Andhadhun their very best."