Mumbai: Even after three-and-a-half weeks of its release, Aditya Dhar’s blockbuster spy-thriller ‘Dhurandhar’ is going strong in theatres.
As the film crossed Rs 1000-crore mark worldwide on the 21st day, filmmaker Ram Gopal Varma claimed he has seen parts of ‘Dhurandhar 2’ and it is going to terrify the South filmmakers, who have invaded Bollywood.
“THE FIRE BALL of the SOUTHIES invasion into BOLLYWOOD has been KICKED back by @AdityaDharFilms left foot, named #dhurandhar and now his right foot getting ready with #dhurandhar 2 … From what I saw of the 2nd part, if the 1st SCARED them, the 2nd will TERRIFY them,” RGV wrote on X.
THE FIRE BALL of the SOUTHIES invasion into BOLLYWOOD has been KICKED back by @AdityaDharFilms left foot, named #dhurandhar and now his right foot getting ready with #dhurandhar 2 … From what I saw of the 2nd part , if the 1st SCARED them , the 2nd will TERRIFY them
— Ram Gopal Varma (@RGVzoomin) December 29, 2025
Heaping praise on ‘Dhurandhar’, RGV had said earlier that the Ranveer Singh-starrer has threatened the film industry, which mainly relied on VFX and item songs.
“Whenever a path-breaking and monstrous hit like #dhurandhar comes, the industry people will wish to ignore it because they will feel threatened by it due to their inability to match its standards ..So they will think of it as a nightmare, which will vanish when they wake up in their own films,” RGV stated.
“This is even more true of all the so-called pan-India biggies which are right now under various stages of production. They were all written and mounted, modelled on the films made before #dhurandhar, which is the exact opposite of what they all believed will work. What’s even more worrisome is that #dhurandhar, apart from being a omega hit, is also the most discussed film since the last 50 years,” expressed the director of films like ‘Rangeela’, ‘Satya’, ‘Company’ and ‘Sarkar’.
“Everyone of us experienced an incident like we going to visit someone’s house and we see a large scary looking dog which keeps staring at us .. Inspite of the owner assuring it’s harmless and advises us to ignore it, the tension will remain and will keep growing and we can’t resist seeing it from the corner of our eyes .. #Durandhar will be like that monstrous dog which will be invisibly pacing around in every production office wherever the upcoming biggies are being made,” RGV continued.
“They will try their level best to even avoid uttering the dog’s name, but it will keep loitering in all their minds ..To that extent #dhurandhar will actually be like a HORROR film for all those makers who believed in the earlier template of VFX ridden, expensive sets, item song ridden and the Hero worship template ..And now in #dhurandhar with the film being worshipped instead of the star, they would be getting crucified in their own self created dungeon of masala films .. But no matter how much they wish the dog won’t go away .. it will be here to bite whenever their next film releases,” he concluded.
Whenever a path breaking and monstrous hit like #dhurandhar comes , the industry people will wish to ignore it because they will feel threatened by it due to their inability to match it’s standards ..So they will think of it as a nightmare, which will vanish when they wake up in…
— Ram Gopal Varma (@RGVzoomin) December 25, 2025
‘Dhurandhar 2’ will hit theatres in March 2026.
