Bollywood's Most Expensive Films: 3 Blockbusters, 2 Box Office Disasters

• Mughal-e-Azam (1960) cost ₹1.5 crore, with ₹15 lakh spent on the 'Pyar Kiya To Darna Kya' set, becoming an immortal masterpiece.
• Sanjay Leela Bhansali's Devdas (2002) had a budget of ₹50 crore, with ₹12 crore dedicated to Chandramukhi's brothel set alone.
• Anurag Kashyap's Bombay Velvet (2015), starring Ranbir Kapoor, was made with a budget of ₹120 crore, recreating 1960s Mumbai in Colombo.
• Sooraj Barjatya's Prem Ratan Dhan Payo (2015) had a budget of ₹90 crore, with ₹13-15 crore spent on grand Rajasthan forts and locations.
• Aditya Dhar's upcoming Dhurandhar sequel, starring Ranveer Singh and others, is reported to have a massive budget of ₹250 crore.

Why It Matters: High budgets don't guarantee success; some Bollywood films soared, while others flopped despite huge investments.