Dhurandhar 2 has been collecting celebrity admirers almost as fast as it has been collecting box office crores. The latest and perhaps most high-profile additions to that list are Virat Kohli and Anushka Sharma, who watched Aditya Dhar's four-hour spy epic together on Monday night and promptly took to Instagram to share their thoughts.
The response from both was unequivocal - and the internet has been buzzing ever since.
Virat Calls It a 'Unique Cinematic Experience'
Kohli, who rarely weighs in publicly on Bollywood films, made an exception for Dhurandhar 2, and he did not hold back. In a series of Instagram Stories posted late Monday, the former Indian captain described the film as a unique cinematic experience unlike anything he had previously seen in India. He singled out director Aditya Dhar for special praise, calling his vision and confidence extraordinary and going as far as to call him a genius, a word Kohli does not appear to use lightly.
On Ranveer Singh's performance, Kohli was equally effusive. He wrote that Ranveer had reached an entirely new level with this role, describing it as "absolutely wow." He acknowledged the rest of the cast as well, but made clear that Singh's work stood apart. For a nearly four-hour film, Kohli noted, he did not find himself bored for a single moment - high praise from someone whose own profession demands an exceptional tolerance for sustained concentration.
Aditya Dhar's Emotional Response
The director did not let Kohli's words pass without acknowledgement. Resharing the stories on his own profile, Dhar wrote that the praise felt genuinely overwhelming, adding that he had been a fan of Kohli since his Under-19 World Cup days. He described watching a "once-in-a-generation legend" show that kind of support as something that hits differently, and closed with a note that his films would always aim to make India proud.
It was a warm, personal exchange - the kind that tends to go viral quickly, and this one was no exception.
Anushka Calls Ranveer's Performance Flawless
If Kohli's review got people talking, Anushka Sharma's was no less striking - particularly given her history with Ranveer Singh as a former co-star. She praised the film's storyline and reserved particular admiration for what Dhar had pulled off in structural terms. Making a film of nearly four hours and keeping audiences gripped throughout, she wrote, demands enormous conviction - and she felt Dhar had delivered exactly that. She described him as a "fiercely original and assured filmmaker."
On Ranveer, she was direct: she wrote that he had seized a once-in-a-lifetime character and delivered a performance that was solid and flawless. She also took care to mention R. Madhavan, Arjun Rampal, and Rakesh Bedi, noting that every performance in the film lands perfectly and that the film would be unthinkable without each of them.
Dhar Thanks Anushka
Responding to Sharma's post, Dhar said the praise from someone of her talent felt truly overwhelming. He added that it pushed his team to aim higher and to keep telling stories with honesty, heart, and purpose - stories that genuinely move people.
The Bigger Picture
This wave of celebrity endorsement arrives at a moment when Dhurandhar 2 is already deep in record-breaking territory. The film has crossed Rs 1,000 crore net at the Indian box office - the first Bollywood production to do so - while its worldwide gross has surpassed Rs 1,600 crore. It currently sits fourth on the all-time worldwide collection list for Indian cinema, behind only Dangal, Baahubali 2, and Pushpa 2.
Whether the Kohli-Anushka effect nudges fence-sitters back into theaters this week remains to be seen. But for a film already performing at this level, the timing of their reviews could not have been better scripted - even by Aditya Dhar himself.
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