SAIYAARA will join the list of biggest newcomer films in the history of Hindi cinema. There are seven films in the list so far and SAIYAARA will be the eighth but it has taken twenty five years for such a success with newcomers while the other seven films came in the preceding thirty years. The films generally have to be love story to reach such huge success with newcomers though PHOOL AUR KAANTE is the exception. But even here, there was a love story and it was the blockbuster music which was a huge driver of the film.

The music factor is there for all the films and there some films like LOVE STORY (1981) and QAYAMAT SE QAYAMAT TAK (1988) missing on the list which in terms of footfalls will be higher than SAIYAARA but in their time they were not as big as SAIYAARA is in todays time. BARSAAT (1995) also deserves a mention as that was the first time that the most costly film ever made was with newcomers and such is risk is unlikely to be ever taken again.

The films listed below are not only the biggest newcomers films but will be among the biggest Love Story genre films ever made even if we count films with established actors. MUGHAL-E-AZAM (1960) remains the biggest ever Love Story film ever made in India and if we take this film out, as it had huge scale and opulence, then it could be MAINE PYAR KIYA (1989).

Where SAIYAARA stands with the others in the list below is actually tough to say as admits is the measure but in each era admits have been up and down to due to various of reasons; at present, footfalls are down in the industry. The fact that the comparison of SAIYAARA in terms of its success is with these films shows how big the film has become.

The biggest films with newcomers of all time are listed below. There will be films below where the one the main artistes had some sort of role in another film earlier but generally the films are seen as debut films.

Bobby (1973)

Ek Duuje Ke Liye (1981)

Betaab (1983)

Hero (1983)

Maine Pyaar Kiya (1989)

Phool Aur Kaante (1991)

Kaho Naa Pyaar Hai (2000)