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From 1973 to 2018, 4 films released on May 11 – Ek Hasina was the luckiest for BOX OFFICE. 1973 To 2018 4 Films Release On 11 May Amitabh Bachchan Zanjeer To Alia Bhatt Razi See Box Office Record

Sanjeev Kumar | May 11, 2026 9:22 PM CST

In the 45 years between 1973 and 2018, on May 11, 4 such films were released in theaters, due to which the box office was shaken. One film made a hero's career, otherwise he is going to leave the film industry. How much did these four films earn and what was their budget, let us read in details…

1973 To 2018 4 Films Release On 11 May: Films are released every day in the Bollywood industry. Some of these do well at the box office while some become disasters. At the same time, let us tell you that between 1973 and 2018, 4 films Zanjeer, Life in Metro, Ishaqzaade and Raazi were released on 11 May. The magic of these films was worth seeing. Each movie won the hearts of the audience with its story line and action-thriller. Ek Hasina proved to be the luckiest at the box office. Come, let us know the details about these films...

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1. Amitabh Bachchan's film Zanjeer

The film Zanjeer was a 1973 action crime film directed and produced by Prakash Mehra. Its script was written by the duo Salim-Javed. Amitabh Bachchan, Jaya Bhaduri, Pran, Ajit, Om Prakash and Bindu were in lead roles in the film. Amitabh was not the first choice for this film. The movie was first offered to Dharmendra, Devanand and Rajkumar. However, all three refused to do the work and Big B's luck ran out. Before this film, all his films had flopped and he had decided to leave the industry. However, after this film became a hit, he never looked back. This film was made by Prakash Mehra with a budget of 90 lakhs and the movie earned 17 crores.

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2. Shilpa Shetty's film Life in Metro

Life in... Metro was a 2007 drama film co-produced, co-written and directed by Anurag Basu. This film was slightly inspired by Billy Wilder's romantic comedy film The Apartment (1960). It featured Dharmendra, Nafisa Ali, Shilpa Shetty, KK Menon, Shiney Ahuja, Irrfan Khan, Konkana Sen Sharma, Kangana Ranaut and Sharman Joshi in lead roles. This was a film narrating the life story of nine people living in Mumbai. Made with a budget of Rs 9.50 crore, this film did a good business of Rs 24.45 crore.

3. Arjun Kapoor's film Ishaqzaade

Ishaqzaade was a 2012 romantic action film written and directed by Habib Faisal. Aditya Chopra made it under the Yash Raj Films banner. Let us tell you that this was a remake of the Bengali film Dujone (2009). This was Arjun Kapoor's debut movie. In this, Parineeti Chopra, Gauhar Khan, Natasha Rastogi, Anil Rastogi and Shashank Khaitan were in lead roles. Set in the fictional city of Almore in Uttar Pradesh, the story revolves around Parma Chauhan and Zoya Qureshi from rival political families. The budget of the film was 20 crores and it did a business of 63.59 crores.

4. Alia Bhatt's film Raazi

Raazi was a 2018 spy thriller film directed by Meghna Gulzar. It was produced by Vineet Jain, Karan Johar, Hiroo Johar and Apoorva Mehta under the banners of Junglee Pictures and Dharma Productions. In this, Vicky Kaushal, Rajit Kapoor, Shishir Sharma and Jaideep Ahlawat were in lead roles along with Alia Bhatt. The film was an adaptation of Harinder Sikka's 2008 novel Calling Sehmat, the true story of a RAW agent. At her father's insistence, she marries into a family of military officers in Pakistan in order to pass information to India before the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971. Alia had looted the entire box office with her performance. This film with a budget of 40 crores had earned 207 crores.

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