Mumbai: In a scathing attack, popular YouTuber Dhruv Rathee called Aditya Dhar’s spy-triller ‘Dhurandhar’ a dangerous propaganda.
In his latest YouTube video titled ‘Reality of Dhurandhar’, Rathee criticised the film for being ‘jhootha and vahiyat’ propaganda (false and absurd propaganda), and called it ‘more dangerous’ than some of the ‘badly made’ films.
Admitting that ‘Dhurandhar’ was made well, the YouTuber argued, “Well-made propaganda is more dangerous. Films like The Taj Story and The Bengal Films were not dangerous, kyunki wo bakwaas films thi (because they were bad films). But Dhurandhar is an engaging film.”
“The problem is that Dhurandhar repeatedly shows you it
’s inspired by real events. It says so in the trailer. It shows the real footage from the 26/11 attacks. The real audio recordings of conversations between the terrorists and their handlers have been used. It also uses real-life gangsters and cops based in Pakistan’s Lyari.”
He further argued that setting the film in reality made it look more credible than any other spy-thrillers, such as ‘Pathaan’ or ‘Tiger Zinda Hai’.
Watch the video here:
On Saturday, Dhruv had vowed to ‘destroy’ a Rs 300 crore propaganda film in his new video.
‘Dhurandhar’, starring Ranveer Singh, Akshaye Khanna, R Madhavan, Arjun Rampal, and Sanjay Dutt, is inspired by real-life events.
As per reports, the film has collected Rs 800 crore worldwide in just 16 days.