This is the list of Indian films that have been released in 2016.
The list of highest-grossing Indian films released in 2016, by worldwide box office gross revenue, are as follows:
Rank | Film | Director | Production Company | Language | Worldwide gross | Ref. |
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1 | Dangal | Nitesh Tiwari |
| Hindi | ₹1,968 crore (US$240 million)–₹2,500 crore (US$300 million) | [a] |
2 | Sultan | Ali Abbas Zafar | Yash Raj Films | Hindi | ₹631.25 crore (US$76 million) | [5] |
3 | Kabali | Pa. Ranjith | V Creations | Tamil | ₹500 crore | [6] [7] |
4 | Ae Dil Hai Mushkil | Karan Johar | Dharma Productions | Hindi | ₹239.67 crore (US$29 million) | [8] |
5 | Rustom | Tinu Suresh Desai | Hindi | ₹218.12 crore (US$26 million) | [9] | |
6 | M.S. Dhoni: The Untold Story | Neeraj Pandey |
| Hindi | ₹215.48 crore (US$26 million) | [10] |
7 | Airlift | Raja Krishna Menon |
| Hindi | ₹231 crore (US$28 million) | [ citation needed ] |
8 | Housefull 3 | Sajid-Farhad | Nadiadwala Grandson Entertainment | Hindi | ₹195 crore (US$23 million) | [11] |
9 | Fan | Maneesh Sharma | Yash Raj Films | Hindi | ₹182.33 crore (US$22 million) | [12] |
10 | Theri | Atlee | V Creations | Tamil | ₹150 crore (US$18 million) | [13] |
100 Crore Club is an unofficial designation by the Indian film trade and the media, related to Indian-language films that have net ₹100 crore or more in India after deducting the entertainment tax. By 2012, the ₹100 crore box office target had become "a new benchmark for a film to be declared a hit", and those affiliated with the 100 Crore Club were considered part of the "elite strata" within the Indian film community. Actors Salman Khan (17) and Akshay Kumar (16) are currently the highest holders.
Dangal is a 2016 Indian Hindi-language biographical sports drama film directed by Nitesh Tiwari and produced by Aamir Khan and Kiran Rao under Aamir Khan Productions with Siddharth Roy Kapur under The Walt Disney Company India. The film stars Khan as Mahavir Singh Phogat, a pehlwani amateur wrestler who trains his daughters Geeta Phogat and Babita Kumari to become India's first world-class female wrestlers. Fatima Sana Shaikh and Sanya Malhotra portray the adult versions of the two Phogat sisters, Zaira Wasim and Suhani Bhatnagar their younger versions, Sakshi Tanwar their mother, and Aparshakti Khurana adult version of their cousin, Ritvik Sahore his younger version, all of them except Shaikh, Tanwar and Sahore in their film debuts.
Secret Superstar is a 2017 Indian Hindi-language musical drama film written and directed by Advait Chandan, and produced by Aamir Khan and Kiran Rao under the studio Aamir Khan Productions. The film stars Zaira Wasim, Aamir Khan, Meher Vij and Raj Arjun. The film tells the coming-of-age story of a teenage girl who aspires to be a singer, uploading videos on YouTube while disguising her identity with a niqab, and her relationships with her mother, father and mentor. The film deals with social issues including feminism, gender equality and domestic violence. This marks the penultimate film of Wasim's career in Hindi cinema.
1000 Crore Club is an unofficial designation by the Indian film trade and the media, related to Indian language films that have grossed ₹1000 crore or more either within India or worldwide. The 1000 crore club is preceded by the 100 crore club. Baahubali 2: The Conclusion (2017) became the first Indian film to gross over ₹1000 crore worldwide. It grossed ₹1,430 crore across all languages in India and grossed ₹1,810 crore worldwide. It stands as the Highest-grossing film in India domestically till date. It was followed by Dangal, which is the Highest-grossing Indian film, expanding the club to 1900 crore, before creating the ₹2,000 crore (US$240 million) club, and becoming the fifth Highest-grossing non-English language film of that time. In 2022, two films released in the span of a month, RRR and KGF: Chapter 2, grossed over ₹1,000 crore at the global box office. The club expanded with movies like Pathaan (2023), Jawan (2023) and Kalki 2898 AD (2024).
Pathaan is a 2023 Indian Hindi-language action thriller film directed by Siddharth Anand and produced by Aditya Chopra under Yash Raj Films. Written by Shridhar Raghavan and Abbas Tyrewala on the basis of an original story by Anand, it serves as the fourth instalment in the YRF Spy Universe, and stars Shah Rukh Khan in the titular role, alongside Deepika Padukone and John Abraham, and Dimple Kapadia and Ashutosh Rana in supporting roles. The first instalment in the universe to observe a crossover among characters and officially instate the universe as a brand, it follows an exiled RAW agent, who works with ISI agent Rubina Mohsin to take down Jim, a former RAW agent, who plans to attack India with a deadly lab-generated virus.
Aamil Keeyan Khan is an Indian screenwriter, actor, and director known for his work in Hindi cinema. He has written screenplay and dialogues for Hindi films like Runway 34, Bholaa, Shaitaan and Drishyam 2 which earned him an IIFA Award - Best Story (Adapted).