SS Rajamouli reviews Dhurandhar 2: 'Takes guts to make, release 4hrs long film

The latest to praise Aditya Dhars directorial Dhurandhar 2 The Revenge is none other than filmmaker S S Rajamouli He lauded Dhars craft as a filmmaker and also praised performances by R Madhavan and Ranveer Singh He also spoke about the almost fourhour runtime of the filmSS Rajamouli praises Dhurandhar 2Taking to his social media account the ace filmmaker tagging R Madhavan wrote ldquoYou carried the helplessness and frustration of a nation so well that we felt your success as oursrdquoRajamouli then went onto appreciate the sequelrsquos scale and storytelling He said ldquoI loved Dhurandhar1 but The Revenge surpassed the original in both scale and soulrdquoHe added ldquoThe writing casting technical execution music world design and direction are flawlesshellip But itrsquos the emotional stakes that really ground itrdquoThe Baahubali director further added ldquoThe writing manages to weave plot twists that create genuine tension charged with emotion AdityaDharFilms you hit it out of the park It takes guts to make and release a film 4 hours long The audience is glued to the seat till the last framerdquoLauding the performances of the stars in the movie he added ldquoRanveerOfficial what a performance manhellip The sequence with the sister in the shed is a masterclass in acting From that beginning to the heartwrenching climax you mesmerized us both as Hamza and JaskiratrdquoTalking about Dhurandhar 2 The Revenge R Madhavan role and performance has added depth to the narrative further grounding the largerthanlife story in realistic sense and human vulnerabilityI loved Dhurandhar1 but The Revenge surpassed the original in both scale and soulThe writing casting technical execution music world design and direction are flawlesshellip But itrsquos the emotional stakes that really ground itThe writing manages to weave plot twists thathellipmdash rajamouli ss ssrajamouli March 21 2026Dhurandhar director Aditya Dhar responded to Rajamoulis appreciation with a moving note He replied Dearest Sir this means more than I can put into words Coming from you it feels like both a blessing and a responsibility As filmmakers we grow up learning from the worlds you build and the emotions you make us feel so to see Dhurandhar resonate with you at this level is deeply personalWe only tried to tell a story with honesty and conviction and push ourselves a little further in scale and more importantly in soul Your words reaffirm that Indian cinema can dream big feel deeply and speak to the world without losing its roots Grateful humbled and inspired to keep raising the bar Lots of Love he addedDhurandhar 2 box officeRanveer Singhrsquos muchawaited espionage drama Dhurandhar 2 has created a storm at the box office The film opened to massive numbers crossing the Rs 100 crore mark on its very first day Roadblocks like show delays and cancellations failed to slow its momentumAs per trade trackers the Aditya Dhar directorial minted Rs 10255 crore on opening day with the Hindi version contributing a lionrsquos share of Rs 9910 crore Interestingly the first instalment Dhurandhar the alltime highest Hindi grosser had opened at Rs 27 crore in December 2025 mdash meaning the sequel earned nearly four times more on day oneThe Kannada and Malayalam versions which could not hold paid previews due to technical issues and nonavailability of content collected Rs 08 crore and Rs 09 crore respectively The Tamil version earned Rs 116 crore from 958 shows in India while the Telugu version collected Rs 212 crore