Mumbai: A viral video claiming that Ranveer Singh’s spy thriller ‘Dhurandhar 2’ is trending at No. 1 spot on Netflix Pakistan despite facing a theatrical ban in the country has sparked a buzz on social media.
Following the digital release of ‘Dhurandhar 2’ in Pakistan on May 14, a content creator alleged that heavy viewer traffic caused the platform’s servers to crash within minutes due to the overwhelming response to the film.
In a video shared on Instagram, Maviya Umer Farooqui said, “Pakistan mein aaj hi Dhurandhar release hui hai aur server crash ho gaya. Pakistanis wait hi kar rahe the ki kab raat ke 12 baje Netflix film daalein aur sab ek saath milke click karein. Iss tarah Dhurandhar ka shauk dekha gaya hai idhar (Dhurandhar released in Pakistan today itself, and the server crashed. Pakistanis were literally waiting for the clock to strike midnight so that Netflix would drop the film and everyone could click on it together at the same time. That’s the kind of craze Dhurandhar has created here).”
He added, “Ab sach ya jhooth kuch bhi dikhaya gaya ho, woh alag baat hai, lekin Pakistanis yeh dekhna chahte hain ki film bani kaise hai. Ranveer Singh ka character kaisa hai, yeh toh sabko pata hai. Lyari mein sach mein aisa hua tha ya nahi, woh baad ki baat hai (Now, whether the film shows the truth or not is a different matter altogether, but Pakistanis definitely want to see how the film has been made. Everyone already knows what Ranveer Singh’s character is about. Whether something like this actually happened in Lyari or not can be discussed later.)”
The viral video showed ‘Dhurandhar 2’ repeatedly buffering and freezing on Netflix, with the content creator claiming that the issue was not caused by his internet connection as his Wi-Fi was functioning normally.
In another Instagram post, he stated that the film had climbed to the number one spot on Netflix Pakistan.
‘Dhurandhar: The Revenge’ will be available on OTT in India when it premieres on JioHotstar on June 4.
The platform is also expected to host a digital fan event ahead of the spy thriller’s online release.
Netflix had earlier launched an international “raw and uncut” version of the sequel.
Directed by Aditya Dhar, ‘Dhurandhar 2’ hit theatres on March 19. The film stars Ranveer Singh, Akshaye Khanna, Sanjay Dutt, Arjun Rampal, R. Madhavan, Sara Arjun, Rakesh Bedi, Gaurav Gera and Danish Pandor in pivotal roles.