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Meet the three young actors challenging the domination of the Bollywood big league

Salman 'Bhai' Khan has a home production, Bharat, releasing this year, but it has a daunting challenge in 2019-it has to surpass the Rs 245 crore collections of Uri: The Surgical Strike to be the year's highest grosser. But even with Salman's mass appeal, a patriotic title and its Eid holiday release date, Bharat will be hard pressed to rival Uri, which was made on a budget of only Rs 28 crore. Starring Vicky Kaushal, the high-octane action thriller was the actor's first Rs 100 crore grosser as a leading man.

Uri's reception was similar to what 2018's sleeper hits, Sonu Ke Titu Ki Sweety (SKTKS), Stree and Badhaai Ho, which earned over Rs 100 crore, received. All four

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