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Laalo Team on Making History with Gujarati Cinema's First ₹100 Cr Film | InFocus | THR India

Anupama Chopra sits down with Ankit Sakhiya, Shruhad Goswami, and Karan Joshi to discuss the extraordinary journey of Laalo Krishna Sadha Sahayate - Gujarati cinema's first ₹100 crore blockbuster. What started as a passion project shot on a single borrowed camera with virtually no budget has become a cultural phenomenon that is making audiences across India weep in theaters. The team reveals how they survived on biscuits and chai during 21-hour shoot days, why the director still cannot watch his own fight scene, and how the film's most iconic dialogue was completely improvised on set.From a modest opening of just ₹33 lakhs in its first week to crossing ₹100 crore through pure word of mouth, Laalo has rewritten the rules for regional cinema in India. In this candid conversation, the trio shares deeply emotional stories from their theater visits - 98-year-olds experiencing cinema for the first time, grown men breaking down in tears, and strangers touching Shruhad's feet believing they have met Krishna himself. Now releasing in Hindi, the team discusses their mission to take this deeply personal story to audiences across India and beyond.