With the release of the second part of the commercially successful spy film Dhurandhar, starring Ranveer Singh and directed by Aditya Dhar, set for a release on March 19, filmmaker Ram Gopal Varma has written that the film has chances of "completely and permanently obliterating the pan-India south films movement".
On his X handle, the Satya director wrote that the film has high chances of establishing a "brand new benchmark with ultra realistic making, genuine character depths, etc. that actually engage the audience's brain while still delivering a raw visceral impact."
He remarked that the under-production 'big budget masala films' will have an uphill task to compete with the new standards set by Dhurandhar 2.
Launching salvos at the stars, RGV said that Dhurandhar 2 will also 'expose' the "superstars who were depending upon their god-like statuses resting solely on mindless hero worship."
He noted that Dhurandhar 2 will be an "asteroid strike that might end the dinosaur era of filmmaking, which is full of sheer volume, fake heroism and the so-called masala treatment."
Dhurandhar 2, also starring Sara Arjun, Arjun Rampal, Sanjay Dutt, R Madhavan, Rakesh Bedi and Danish Pandor, will focus on Hamza Ali Mazari (Ranveer) taking over the Karachi underworld after eliminating Akshaye Khanna's Rahman Dakait. The film will release alongside actor Yash's Toxic: A Fairy Tale for Grown-Ups.