Aditya Dhar gives a heartfelt response to RGV for his praise of Dhurandhar

Ram Gopal Varma tweeted about Dhurandhar and praised the film, calling it a ‘quantum leap’ for Indian cinema.

Dhurandhar, directed by Aditya Dhar, has taken over the box office, creating new records and becoming an absolute blockbuster of Indian cinema. It has received massive praise from critics and audiences alike, including other artists and directors from the industry. Filmmaker Ram Gopal Varma (RGV) also joined in to praise Dhurandhar.

Ram Gopal Varma’s tweet on Dhurandhar.

RGV took to X to share his review of Dhurandhar. He wrote, “DHURANDHAR is not a film, it is a QUANTUM LEAP in INDIAN CINEMA. I believe that @AdityaDharFilms has completely and single handedly changed the future of Indian cinema, be it north or south .. That’s because Dhurandhar is not just a film..it is a quantum leap. What Dhurandhar achieves is not just scale, but a never before experienced vision not just in sight but in the mind. Aditya Dhar doesn’t direct scenes here… he engineers the states of minds of both the characters and us audience.” He added, “The film doesn’t ask for your attention..it commands it. From the very first shot, there’s a sense that something irreversible has been set in motion, and the audience is no longer a spectator but an accomplice to the happenings on screen.” Varma described the film’s tone and writing as bold and uncompromising, “This is a film that refuses to be polite. The writing cuts with intent, the staging breathes menace, and the silences are as weaponized as the thunderous sound effects. Dhar understands that power in storytelling is not volume… it’s pressure building. Every sequence feels compressed, like a spring being wound, never knowing when it will snap. And when it does, the impact is not just brutal, but it is also symphonically operatic.”

Aditya Dhar gives a heartfelt reaction to RGV’s praise for Dhurandhar.

Aditya Dhar replied, “Sir… If this tweet were a film, I would have gone to watch it on the first day, first show, stood in the last row, and come out changed. I came to Mumbai years ago carrying one suitcase, one dream, and an unreasonable belief that I would one day work under Ram Gopal Verma. That never happened. But somewhere along the way, without knowing it, I worked inside your cinema. Your films didn’t teach me how to make movies — they taught me how to think dangerously. To have you say that Dhurandhar is a quantum leap feels surreal, emotional, and honestly a little unfair… because now whatever I do next has to live up to this tweet. You were one of my favourite directors who made Indian cinema feel fearless, impolite, and alive. If Dhurandhar has even a fraction of that DNA, it’s because your films whispered (sometimes screamed) in my head while I was writing and directing it.” He added, “If I’ve assumed the audience is intelligent, it’s because you taught an entire generation that cinema should never apologize for its ambition. Thank you for this generosity, this madness, and this validation. The fan in me is overwhelmed. The filmmaker in me feels challenged. And the boy who came to Mumbai to work under RGV… finally feels seen.”