This performance driven new age cinema was again made on a tight budget of Rs 10 crore, but it won rave reviews from the critics. With many calling it ‘poetry on canvas’, ‘Dhobi Ghat’, some say is amongst the most significant films in the history of Bollywood. Coming from Aamir Khan’s production, the perfectionist Khan proved with ‘Dhobi Ghat’ that even a class-appealing low budget film can be turned into a profitable venture.