Dhurandhar 2 first review: Ram Gopal Varma says Ranveer Singh starrer will make films from 'Sholay to Mughal-E-Azam look like TV serials'

The much-awaited film is finally set to arrive. Aditya Dhar’s Dhurandhar: The Revenge, a sequel to the 2025 blockbuster Dhurandhar. Headlined by Ranveer Singh, the film features a strong ensemble cast including R. Madhavan, Sanjay Dutt, Arjun Rampal, Sara Arjun, Rakesh Bedi, and Danish Pandor. Special paid previews of the film will begin this evening (March 18). Ahead of the early screenings, filmmaker Ram Gopal Varma shared his first review

Ram Gopal Varma reviews Dhurandhar 2

Amid all the buzz, RGV took to X (formerly called Twitter) and shared that he watched Dhurandhar 2 last night and called it a 'birth of a new cinematic order'. He penned a long note praising the director and film and said, "Dhurandhar2 in terms of it’s sheer cumulative impact in every which way , whether on it’s expected collections , audience euphoria , social influences , cinematic grammar breaking , and above all the psychological audio visual impact , it will be a Sholay x 100 level magnificence and is bound to make all the greatest films made so far starting from Mughal-E-Azam onwards look like tv serials.



He further added, "the ruthless extinction of everything that that ever existed before.in the previous world of cinema, the very spelling of the word director will start from @adityadharfilms name , and it will be prudent and wise for even Steven Spielberg and Christopher Nolan to drop everything they are doing, and catch Dhurandhar2 first day first show"

More about Dhurandhar

The first movie Dhurandhar released in theatres in December 2025 and became the highest-grossing movie. It also became one of the year's biggest box-office successes. Now, the sequel Dhurandhar: The Revenge continues the story of undercover agent Jaskirat Singh Rangi, played by Ranveer Singh. In this upcoming film, he is deeply embedded in the criminal underworld under the alias Hamza Ali Mazari.

After the trailer was unveiled, the narrative hints that following the death of gangster Rehman Dakait—portrayed by Akshaye Khanna in the first film, Hamza rises through the ranks of Lyari’s underworld in Karachi, eventually emerging as the “Badshah of Lyari.”


Ahead of the big release, the makers also released the song Aari Aari from the film on director Aditya Dhar's birthday and announced that the original Dhurandhar will be re-released in theatres in India and overseas ahead of the sequel's premiere.