Tarsem Singh became the first director of Indian origin in over six

Tarsem Singh became the first director of Indian origin in over six years to reach the number one spot at the U.S. box office as his adventure epic Immortals scored an opening weekend of an estimated $32 million to top the charts. Produced and released by Relativity Media, Singh’s 3D action film beat out new films from Hollywood’s A list including Adam Sandler’s comedy Jack and Jill and Leonardo DiCaprio’s biopic J. Edgar directed by Clint Eastwood.

His first feature film was The Cell which grossed about $100 million. His second one The Fall was hardly seen by anyone except at events such as the Toronto International Film Festival. Now with Immortals, he will be a very familiar name to movie lovers worldwide.

The last film by an Indian director to open at number one in the U.S. was 2005’s Dukes of Hazzard from Indian-American filmmaker Jay Chandrashekar. M. Night Shyamalan’s last top spot debut came in 2004 with The Village.