#DhurandharTheRevenge Closing Report:
North America Closing Gross: $28.64M [₹275 Cr]
USA - $17.68M
Canada - $10.96M
Overseas Closing Gross: $47M [₹451 Cr]
All-Time Highest Grossing Indian Film in history by a margin!! All-Time Record in Canada. A sensational historic run for the record books🔥👌💥
To my action team on Dhurandhar - Aejaz Gulab, Sea Young Oh, Yannick Ben, Ramazan Bulut and Vishal Tyagi.
There’s a thin line between conviction and madness and on this film, I crossed it almost every single day. 😄
I would walk up to Aejaz bhai with ideas that even I knew sounded ridiculous the moment I said them out loud, a man being cooked inside an industrial pressure cooker, someone being dragged through the busy streets behind a bike with a noose around his neck, thirty men hanging upside down from fans and spinning at the push of a button. These weren’t just ideas, they were problems I was casually handing over to him. And every single time, the response was the same, no hesitation, no judgement, just, “Okay, let’s figure it out.”
That mindset is what defines all of you.
I still remember a point during the shoot where I told Aejaz bhai, “We’re running out of stuntmen, I’m seeing the same faces again.” And he just looked at me and casually replied, “There’s no one left, we’ve used almost everyone in Mumbai.” More than 400 stunt performers. Even now, that number sounds unreal. But that’s what it took.
What stayed with me even more than the scale was the precision and ownership each of you brought.
Mr. Sea Young Oh and his incredible team didn’t just design action, they choreographed the brilliant climaxes of both parts and built the breathlessness of the Jaskirat massacre in a way that you feel it in your chest.
Yannick and Ramazan brought controlled chaos to life, from the madness of the Arshad Pappu gang war to Babu Dakait’s annihilation, every frame wild but never random.
And Vishal (Baba SFX😁), the quiet backbone of so much of what we pulled off. The way you would break down an explosion, its scale, timing, height and make something so dangerous feel so precise gave all of us the confidence to push further.
And through all of this was Aejaz bhai, with the support of Abbas Ali Moghul and their entire team, holding everything together and constantly pushing for better.
What people won’t see is what went into making all of this possible. Mock sets built on studio floors. Days and days of rehearsals. Then reworking, then rehearsing again. We were under insane timelines, dealing with extreme conditions but the one thing we never compromised on was safety and preparation. That’s the only reason we could pull off what we did. Somewhere along the way, this stopped being just work for me. I found real friendships here.
Action has always been the part of filmmaking that feels most instinctive to me. It’s where I feel at home. And with all of you, I never felt like I had to fight to be understood, you just got it and then took it further.
You didn’t just execute what was written, you elevated it, challenged it, and made it better.
Dhurandhar breathes the way it does because of you.
Endless respect. Always grateful. ❤️
Here’s to Bishwadeep (Bishu Da) and Justin Sir, the heartbeat behind the sound of Dhurandhar and Dhurandhar: The Revenge.
I’ve known Bishu Da since my assistant days, when I was just a curious kid, constantly asking questions about every little detail of sound.
And not once did he lose patience.
He would sit with me and explain every nuance, every layer, every choice.
In many ways, that’s where my understanding of sound and cinema truly began.
Over the years, both Bishu Da and Justin Sir have been called “veterans” but honestly, they’re like kids when it comes to their craft. Inquisitive, experimental, always pushing boundaries. Give them space and they won’t just deliver, they’ll create something extraordinary.
From Uri to Dhurandhar, they’ve been my pillars. Not just collaborators, but constant guides, always smiling, always teaching, always treating me like a kid brother.
What they and their team pulled off on Dhurandhar still feels unreal.
Our last day of shoot for Part 1 was 2nd November 2025. The film released on 5th December 2025. In that short window, after the edit, BGM and locking of songs, the final directors mix of the entire film got only just 24 hours.
24 hours.
For a film of this scale, it sounds impossible.
But they made it happen.
And not once did the pressure reflect in the work. If anything, they raised the bar.
The same happened with Dhurandhar: The Revenge, the final mix got only just 30 hours. For context, Uri was done in 9 days.
I’ve seen them sit for days at a stretch, barely taking breaks, often without sleep, not just to finish the work but to do justice to it.
That kind of commitment, that kind of selflessness towards the craft, is rare.
What I’ll always cherish are those sleepless nights at Mariano Studios, the chaos, the learning, the laughter and the shared belief in what we were creating.
I genuinely cannot imagine making a film without them.
They are not just among the best we have, they are among the best in the world.
And I will always be grateful. ❤️
Writers & actors built careers on propaganda, and the industry stayed quiet like cats. Now the same clan mock Dhurandhar. You don’t get to call yourself liberal if your first instinct is to Mock.
Don’t know when truth started getting labeled as propaganda...... strange times.
COMING TO THE POINT.....
I want to tell @AdityaDharFilms & @RanveerOfficial yeh kaala drishti aise nahi jaayega... Muthi bhar ke laal mirch se kaam nahi chalega.... poora khet jalana padega 🔥
Watched #Dhurandhar2TheRevenge last night.... Outstanding film 🙏
The way #AdityaDhar is paying tributes to everybody who has contributed to #Dhurandhar's greatness is not just exemplary, it is also restoring a critical dimension of the civilization that has gotten pushed to the margins. That is pay your gratitude to those from whom you have received something significant in your journey.
It has to be heartfelt, truthful, authentic, meaningful and must connect as such with both the concerned individual and the larger society. Dhar's tributes tick every one of the boxes. Rather than viewing it as an act to be completed, he has elevated it to a process - which will end when it has to, giving every tribute the time and space it deserves. A wellpaid tribute is a lot more transformatory to the person paying one than to one receiving it. Its a ritual that requires its own time, process and personal touch. Dhar is bringing all these elements to the performance making it wholesome for those who are reading it from outside.
One of the 16 qualities that #Valmiki (Balakanda: Sarga 1: Shloka 4) seeks in a great Leader is कृतज्ञता । A धर्मज्ञ won't be one without being a कृतज्ञ | For - being able to offer the पाँच ऋण is a foundational aspect of the #Dharmika Parampara. Our ability to see Truth clearly is pivoted on our ability to be grateful to what we receive from others at all five levels.
It's great to see a next generation artist living up to a civilizational ideal in an exemplary fashion. At the same he is doing this with such an innovation that it forces others to innovate further if they want to even just match. A repeat of this by others is nearly impossible without that appearing a poor copy. Dhar is also cognizant of the artistic and cultural accomplishment of both #Dhurandhar series and his journey that necessitates/makes space for an elevated offering of #gratitude.
A whole new Ritual forming itself as an artistic endeavor - wonderful witness it.
Here’s to Mukesh Chhabra, the man who saw Dhurandhar long before I truly did.
There are people who come into a film and do their job and then there are people who quietly reshape the film itself. Mukesh was the latter.
From the very first narration, he believed in the scale, the ambition, the sheer possibility of Dhurandhar far more than I did.
Where I was cautious, he was fearless. Where I was thinking within limits, he pushed me to think bigger, not just in numbers, but in depth, in detail, in truth.
The casting of this film was never going to be easy. The sheer number of actors, the range of characters, the responsibility of getting every single face right, it was overwhelming.
But Mukesh and his team just went all guns blazing. My only brief to him was simple: bring me great actors, new or old, big or small, it doesn’t matter. And he turned that into a mission.
What followed were endless days and nights, sitting together, breaking down every character, debating, exploring, rejecting, discovering. Conversations that didn’t feel like work but like building something brick by brick with absolute honesty.
For him, casting was never about filling roles, it was about finding people who belonged. Even for the smallest part, he went just as deep, just as far, making sure every person on screen felt real, lived-in, and true to the world.
But beyond the craft, what I found in him was something even more rare, a friend, a well-wisher, a brother. Someone who stood by the film with complete faith, even when mine wavered.
I truly hope this film makes people realise the power of casting, one of the most crucial, yet often overlooked aspects of filmmaking.
It can make a film or break it.
And it’s unfortunate that our industry still doesn’t celebrate casting directors the way it should.
This film carries your choices in every single frame Mukesh!
Endless gratitude, respect and love for you.❤️
Here’s to Vikash Nowlakha, the eye, the instinct, and the soul behind Dhurandhar.
He was the last HOD to come on board Dhurandhar. Just a few days before we began. And knowing how deeply selective he is, that timing meant everything.
It felt less like onboarding a cinematographer, and more like destiny quietly stepping in at the right moment.
I still remember what he said after reading the script, “I’ve waited 30 years to do a film like this. I’ll give my life to it.”
And he meant every word.
What followed was not just work, it was devotion.
Through impossible schedules, through chaos that often felt unmanageable, through shooting what was essentially two films in the time and cost of one Vikash stood at the center of it all, steady and relentless.
Carrying the weight of the film quite literally on his shoulders, pushing through the burning heat of Amritsar and the harsh cold of Leh, he never once let the vision falter.
But what makes Vikash truly rare is not just his endurance, it’s the soul in his gaze.
His eye for detail, his emotional intelligence behind the lens, his ability to understand not just what a scene looks like, but what it feels like, that is where his genius lies. Every frame in Dhurandhar breathes because he allowed it to.
He didn’t just capture moments, he gave them life.
His inputs on set were never loud, but always precise.
Always truthful.
Always elevating the film.
There are many who shoot films.
Vikash lived this one.
And in doing so, he has given Dhurandhar something that cannot be manufactured, a soul.
I feel immense gratitude, respect, and affection for the artist he is, and the human being he brought into this journey.
This film carries his imprint forever.
And I know this is only the beginning, the stories we will tell together from here on will go even further, shine even brighter, and create something truly timeless. ❤️