Ajay Devgn’s National Award-Winning Films At Box Office: Except For Tanhaji’s Blockbuster Run, Other Two Have Been Big Commercial Flops With Combined Collection Below 12 Crores!

First of all, congratulations to Ajay Devgn on winning the third National Award as the best actor! The Bollywood veteran bagged the prestigious honour yesterday for his stupendous performance in Tanhaji. The film released in 2020 still remains to be unbeatable as no Bollywood film post-Covid has been able to cross its mighty box office total.

Leaving aside the mighty commercial success, Tanhaji getting recognised on the big stage is such a remarkable feat. We have often seen that blockbuster hits often get neglected for being too commercial. Speaking of Ajay himself, the actor has received three National Awards in total in the Best Actor category, of which two belong to critically acclaimed films that tanked at the box office.

Starting from the first, Ajay Devgn was honoured as the Best Actor for the 1998 release Zakhm. It was helmed by Mahesh Bhatt and was one of the most critically acclaimed films of the year. In fact, it’s said to be one of the most remarkable films in Ajay’s career. However, it failed miserably commercially. It wrapped up its theatrical run at mere 4.30 crores at the Indian box office and was declared a Flop.