Saiyaara box office: Ahaan Panday-Aneet Padda starrer trumps Chhaava & Thudarum to become 2nd highest Indian overseas grosser of 2025

Ahaan Panday and Aneet Padda starrer Saiyaara is on the verge of completing its 2nd week, yet the romantic drama continues its record-breaking run not only at the domestic box office but also in the international markets.

Till now, the romantic drama has grossed $11.21 million in the international markets and is currently the highest Bollywood &  2nd-highest Indian grosser of 2025 at the overseas box office after L2: Empuraan ( $16.95 million), beating Thudarum ($11 million) and Chhaava ($10.25 million).

It is quite difficult for Mohit Suri’s directorial to surpass the business of Mohanlal and Prithviraj Sukumaran starrer; however, a romantic drama featuring newcomers has already surpassed several biggies, which is a very big deal.

Despite not going all out with the promotions, Saiyaara garnered unprecedented excitement among the cinegoers. Before the release of the movie, director Mohit Suri spoke about it and told Firstpost, “I’ve been inside the studio for the last one month. I have no idea. And unlike the past when people travel from one studio to another, this is everything inhouse at YRF. So I haven’t really gone out and met the world outside. Normally, when you are working on other films, you go out for the day; for sound, edit, and VFX. It was different different places.

And just hearing it now, it does feel it does feel very redeeming and validating because when I started off this film, I was quite discouraged by a lot of senior people saying that nobody would be interested in a young love story. Because at that time, larger-than-life films were being made and I just thought that my voice would be lost there when everyone was shouting. So I just went and tried to make a film which is very different from what others were doing. And to me, the fact that people are appreciating that the difference that it’s standing out means a lot.”