Bollywood star Ayushmann Khurrana has scored his fifth century at the Indian box office with the Diwali blockbuster “ Thamma ,” which has crossed the INR100 crore mark ($11.3 million) and is poised to become the highest-grossing origin film in the Maddock Horror Comedy Universe.

The supernatural horror-comedy, directed by Aditya Sarpotdar and produced by Dinesh Vijan and Amar Kaushik, stars Khurrana alongside Rashmika Mandanna , Nawazuddin Siddiqui, and Paresh Rawal in the fifth installment of the expanding universe.

The film follows Alok Goyal, a journalist who transforms into a vampiric creature called Betal after encountering a mysterious woman, and must save humanity from the bloodlust of an ancient evil.

The INR100 crore number has long been considered a yardstick of box offi

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