After a slow start, this Vijay Sethupathi-Anurag Kashyap film is set to cross Rs 100 crore in China, it is...

Headlined by Vijay Sethupathi and Anurag Kashyap, the Tamil crime drama Maharaja has emerged one of the biggest hits in China since its release in November 2024. It is now the highest-grossing Indian film in China since 2018. The suspense thriller is now set to cross the Rs 100-crore mark in China as it has earned Rs 91.55 crore in the foreign nation.

Yu Jing, the spokesperson for the Chinese Embassy in India, took to her X (formerly Twitter) handle on Sunday and shared the film's poster. Along with the same, she wrote, "Maharaja has become the highest-grossing Indian film in China since 2018, reaching Rs 91.55 crore. Well done." The last Indian film to perform this well at the Chinese box office was Secret Superstar.

Directed by Nithilan Saminathan, Maharaja also found its place in the lists of best Indian films of 2024 by several publications and critics. In this film, Vijay Sethupati plays the titular character of a barber who goes to a police station to report his missing dustbin. What follows next is mind bending series of events with tonnes of twists and turns. Anurag Kashyap plays the main antagonist.

Maharaja has become the highest-grossing Indian film in China since 2018, reaching Rs 91.55 crore. Well done pic.twitter.com/sq9SUY8D5F

— Yu Jing (@ChinaSpoxIndia) January 5, 2025

Talking about its worldwide collections, the Vijay Sethupathi-starrer has earned Rs 194 crore gross at the global box office and is now the fourth highest-grossing Tamil movie of 2024 behind Thalapathy Vijay's The Greatest of All Time, Sivakarthikeyan's Amaran, and Rajinikanth's Vettaiyan.

Apart from Sethupathi and Kashyap, Maharaja also features Mamta Mohandas, Natarajan Subramaniam, Abhirami Gopikumar, Divyabharathi, Singampuli, Aruldoss, Munishkanth, Sachana Namidass, Manikandan and Bharathiraja in pivotal roles. The film is streaming in the original Tamil language and dubbed versions in Telugu, Hindi, Malayalam, and Kannada languages on Netflix.