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More than a quarter of a century in the industry and still counting – that’s how the journey of Akshay Kumar and Ajay Devgn has been in Bollywood. Beginning their career right at the beginning of the 90s and soon gearing up to complete three decades each in the industry, both Akshay and Ajay have been maintaining their superstar status alive and kicking amongst the mass as well as class audiences.
Now 2019 is set to be special as between the two men, there would be as many as seven major releases in a matter of just 10 months.
Let’s talk about Akshay Kumar first. He would be beginning his 2019 campaign with Kesari in March. The Holi release would be followed by a hat-trick of films that would arrive in quick succession starting with the month of August. Mission Mangal is an Independence Day weekend arrival, Good News arrives in September and then Housefull 4 releases on Diwali weekend in October.
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No wonder, he retains his status as a one-man industry who gave a business of close to 400 crores through 2.0 (Hindi), Gold and PadMan, a huge number considering the fact that all of Bollywood films brought in around 3500 crores in 2018. Going by this ratio and adding an incremental element to it, one expects around 21% of Bollywood business to be generated just by Akshay Kumar through his four confirmed releases in 2019.
On the other hand, Ajay Devgn had a relatively quieter year in 2018, what with Raid as his only major release where he was the central protagonist. The film went on to enter the 100 Crore Club. Later his appearance in Simmba brought in huge accolades as well and contributed well to the 200 Crore Club Blockbuster that it turned out to be.