Jai Santoshi Maa has been talked about in the first line which collected 5 crores with an initial budget of 6 lakhs (later on 300 prints were added to the film starting with 15 originally. So the additional cost of printing elevated the budget to around 50 lakhs but still the profit of the film was humungous).
Ek Dooje ke Liye (1981), Pyar Jhukta Nahi (1985) and Nagina (1986) were all made on a budget of roughly 50 lakhs. Ek Dooje ke liye ended up earning 5.75 crores, Pyar Jhukta Nahi 4.5 crores and Nagina also 4.5 crores. At the same time, N.Chandra made two major hits out of low budget films. Ankush in 1986 earned 98 lakhs on a 12 lakh budget and going even further his Pratighat (1987) earned 3.50 crores on a budget of 25 lakhs.
In recent times, Kashmir Files earned 248 crores nett on a budget of only 15 crores. Similarly, Kerala Story earned 243 crores on a budget of 15 crores.