Shah Rukh Khan and Deepika Padukone's Chennai Express has been declared Bollywood's highest grossing film of all time.

The Rohit-Shetty directed project has overtaken Aamir Khan's 3 Idiots to hit the number one spot.

"Chennai Express is now officially No.1 film in all history of Hindi movies. Congrats to the whole team," confirmed writer Mushtaq Shiekh.

Chennai Express has grossed over 202.67 crores at the box office, surpassing the record of 202.47 crores previously held by 2009 release 3 Idiots.

Shetty also takes the title of most successful director in Hindi cinema with four films that have all joined the 100 crore club.

The project had previously broken records for biggest opening, fastest film to reach 100 crores and most successful international release.

Chennai Express is out now.

Watch Digital Spy interview the cast in London below:

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