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After making headlines for his reported fallout with Deepika Padukone over Spirit, filmmaker Sandeep Reddy Vanga has now spoken highly of her husband, Ranveer Singh. Praising Ranveer’s performance in Dhurandhar, the Animal director described the film as being “built like a man who doesn’t talk much and carries a strong masculine spine,” highlighting the restrained yet powerful nature of the character and the film.

Vanga took to his X account and wrote, "DHURANDHAR is built like a man who doesn’t talk much & carries a masculine spine.... DHURANDHAR The title fits because the film moves with dominance & fierce. The depiction is very clear with zero chaos. Music, performances, screenplay & direction are on the top. #AkshayKhanna sir and @RanveerOfficial erased into air & just disappeared into characters effortlessly… Thank you @AdityaDharFilms for making everyone experience the true weight of untold sacrifices."

Responding to Vanga’s post, Aditya wrote, "Thank you, my Dearest Sandeep. Coming from you, this means a great deal. I’ve always admired the fearlessness with which you stand by your cinema and your faith in unapologetic, masculine storytelling."

"Dhurandhar was shaped with sincerity, restraint, and conviction—your words give that journey its quiet validation. Grateful for voices like yours that keep Indian cinema honest, rooted, and strong. Two filmmakers, different paths – yet walking as brothers toward a stronger cinema and a braver tomorrow for our country. Cinema remembers the brave, not the agreeable," he further added.

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Dhurandhar is a 2025 Indian Hindi-language spy action thriller written, co-produced, and directed by Aditya Dhar. Backed by Jyoti Deshpande’s Jio Studios and Aditya and Lokesh Dhar’s B62 Studios, the film features an ensemble cast led by Ranveer Singh, Akshaye Khanna, R. Madhavan, Arjun Rampal, Sanjay Dutt, Sara Arjun and Rakesh Bedi, with Manav Gohil, Danish Pandor, Saumya Tandon, Gaurav Gera and Naveen Kaushik in supporting roles. It serves as the first instalment of a planned two-part series.

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The film follows a decade-long Indian intelligence mission centred on an undercover operative infiltrating Karachi’s criminal and political underworld. Principal photography was carried out between July 2024 and October 2025 across Thailand, Punjab, Mumbai, Ladakh, and Himachal Pradesh. The music is composed by Shashwat Sachdev, with cinematography by Vikash Nowlakha and editing by Shivkumar V. Panicker. While classified as fiction by the CBFC, Dhurandhar draws inspiration from real-life geopolitical events, including the 1999 IC-814 hijacking, the 2001 Indian Parliament attack, the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks and R&AW’s infiltration during Operation Lyari.


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