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'Saiyaara': Ahaan Panday, Mohit Suri, Aneet Padda celebrate film's success in Singapore, actress refuses to pose for paparazzi at Mumbai airport- Watch
Ahaan Panday and Aneet Padda starrer Saiyaara, which has turned out to be a phenomenon at the Indian box office, has even surprised fans and experts with its blockbuster response in the international circuits.
It has turned out to be the highest grosser of 2025 for Bollywood in Nepal with 6.62 Crore NPR gross (4.14 CR INR), beating Housefull 5 — 4.92 crore (3.1 cr INR), Sitare Zameen Par — 3.22 crore (2 cr INR) and even Chhaava — 2.20 crore (1.4 cr INR).
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The team deserves to celebrate the blockbuster success and how! But not in India, they have flown all the way to Singapore as per reports to party and let their hair down. Padda was feeling shy and refused to pose for the paparazzi at the Mumbai airport.
It is quite heartening to see a film featuring faces surpassing the business of franchise and big stars in a country due to its emotional storyline and music, which has struck a chord with the audience. \_Saiyaara\_ is still going super strong in Nepal and is expected to rake in more moolah in the coming days.
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.
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