India, Jan. 9 -- Ranveer Singh's Dhurandhar rewrote record books during its glorious five-week run at the box office, as it not only held off new releases, but refused to see any major dip in earnings day after day. But like all good things, this run also came to an end. And it took a superstar of Prabhas' stature to do it. The Telugu star's recent release, The Raja Saab, has snatched the crown of the number 1 film at the Indian box office from Dhurandhar after 35 days. What is impressive is that it managed it before 10 am on the opening day itself.

The Raja Saab, Prabhas' first film in two years, is a horror comedy, the actor's first foray in this genre. By 10 am on Friday, the film's release day, trade sources said that the film had ea...