Filmmaker Anurag Kashyap has come out in praise of Aditya Dhar’s Dhurandhar. The Kennedy (2023) director took to Letterboxd to review the Ranveer Singh starrer stating that he loved the filmmaking but had problems with two scenes in the film.
“A spy can not be a spy if he doesnt have hate and angst against the enemy state . A soldier also can not be soldier if He doesnt have angst against the enemystate. . On those two counts I have no issues (sic),” wrote Anurag. “I have two sequences that I hava problem with. Madhwan saying - ek. Din aisa ayega jab jo desh ke bare me koi sochaga and another in the end when ranveer says ye naya India hai. Take those two asides it’s a good film . Infact a brilliant film that entirely set in Pakistan. (sic)”
The director further said that the politics shown in the film comes from Aditya’s experience of being a Kashmiri Pandit and he is “not an opportunist like others.” “I have known Aditya Dhar since his national award film film Boond. It’s his politics . Genuine politics . Agree or disagree with it. Man is honest. He is a Kashmiri pandit who has suffered. Either you argue with him or let him be.”
Anurag further went on to compare Dhurandhar with “Oscar winning propaganda films about the USA” like The Hurt Locker (2008) and Zero Dark Thirty (2012). “Fimmakin is top notch . If you love The hurt locker, zero dark thirty or house of dynamite . They are Oscar winning propaganda films about the USA. I ignored the two propaganda dialogues and loved the filmmaking and stubbborness of the film maker. And ranveer singh being my favourite performance. So secure.if I aa a filmmaker have to argue about the politics of it, I will call Dhar. But significant film (sic),” he concluded.
Dhurandhar is close to Rs 760 crore in domestic collections as per Sacnilk.com. The film also stars Akshaye Khanna, Arjun Rampal, Sanjay Dutt, R Madhavan and Sara Arjun in pivotal roles.
