'No Superstars' Yet These Bollywood Films Made it to 100 Cr Club

2. Ek Villain

Not only was a frenzied anticipation developed by the promo 'vibe', but the film fulfilled much more. The music was already a hit before release, and the fresh script, Sidharth Malhotra's loyal fan following, the redoubtable Riteish Deshmukh and the petite Shraddha Kapoor did the rest of the trick.

Of course, the ek hero was the director, who had to prove a point in his first film outside his home banner, which he stunningly did! Even the justified violence was endorsed because of the strong positive messages.

3. 2 States

Though based on the bestseller popular novel by Chetan Bhagat, this romantic comedy broke the jinx on Indian novels not becoming successful films. A newbie director, Abhishek garnished the brilliant script with high quality elements in romance, drama, comedy and emotions that appealed to all, slaloming Arjun Kapoor, Alia Bhatt and himself into the 100 crore league. Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy's music was strong too, as were all the main performances.