Mumbai: After filmmaker Santosh Kumar RS alleged that ‘Dhurandhar: The Revenge’ was copied from his script, director Aditya Dhar is reportedly considering legal action.
Alleging that the Ranveer Singh-starrer spy thriller is copied from his 2023 script ‘D-Saheb’, Santosh had said that they “manipulated” his project, script and “exploited” him. He also claimed to have all the proof from the Screenwriters Association.
Hindustan Times reported, quoting a source, that Aditya Dhar has already issued a notice to Santosh Kumar through his legal team, refuting the allegations and requesting him to refrain from making false claims.
“Since Santosh continues to make baseless allegations, Aditya is in the process of initiating appropriate legal proceedings against him,” the source said.
However, Santosh stated that he had received a mail from the ‘Dhurandhar’ team, not a legal notice.
“It is not a notice, it is just a reply on my mail. They were harassing me, that I should not complain and that I am defaming them for my publicity. I told them don’t send me messages, come to court,” Santosh was quoted as saying by the news portal.
Talking about the similarities between ‘Dhurandhar The Revenge’ and ‘D-Saheb’, Santosh claimed, “The fictional main character has been copied. In my story, a young boy’s family gets attacked by criminals and he takes revenge. The son of a former Army officer, he kills 10 people and is arrested. But impressed with his courage, the national security advisor sends him to Pakistan as a RAW agent to finish terrorism. Aditya Dhar is very smart, he has taken only the main lines of my movie and added political propaganda.”
Writer Director Santosh Kumar RS accuses Aditya Dhar of being a
“Chindi Chor”..Says, he had written the script as a cinema entertainment back in 2023 but Aditya Dhar stole it and showed it as a Political Propaganda.. Dhurandhar pic.twitter.com/LkgIZCDkM5
— D (@Deb_livnletliv) March 31, 2026
He added, “I could not reach director Aditya Dhar. I contacted the production house, Jio Studios. They said we are just producers, you have to discuss this with B62 Studios. I am filing a case against them. The producers are harassing me for making the story public, ‘Why are you going public, saying bogus?’ I told them, ‘Come and legally answer me’.”
The source close to the ‘Dhurandhar’ team said, “All the allegations of Santosh, that his script is being stolen by makers of Dhurandhar or it amounts to infringement of his alleged rights, are baseless, false and untenable. The story of Dhurandhar is an original idea, brain child of Aditya who wrote it and registered the story with SWA in September 2023 itself. Meanwhile, Santosh claimed he registered his script with SWA only in November 2023.”
