Sara Arjun thanks the entire crew of Aditya Dhar’sDhurandhar

The actress penned a note for the ‘unsung heroes’ of the blockbuster duology.

Whether it is Dhurandhar or Dhurandhar: The Revenge, the duology has created history at the worldwide box office, breaking all-time records. The sequel is still successfully running at the box office and shows no signs of slowing down. Amidst this, the duology’s female lead, Sara Arjun, has taken to social media to thank the entire film crew.

Sara Arjun pens a note for the ‘unsung heroes’ of Dhurandhar.

Sara Arjun, in her latest post, thanked the cinematographer, production designer, editor, costume designer, makeup designers, and stunt crews. The spy action thriller, directed by Aditya Dhar, starred Ranveer Singh in the lead role and was released in theatres on March 19. Since then, it has made history as the first Bollywood film to earn ₹1000 crore at the Indian box office. On Sunday, the film’s female lead, Sara Arjun, took to Instagram to pen a long note thanking the many ‘unsung heroes’ of the film, mainly the crew. Sharing a bunch of BTS pics from the shoot of Dhurandhar, she began in the caption, “The first time I ever met Aditya sir, there was a look in his eyes. I realised that he would do something special for cinema. At every single step of this journey, the sheer magnitude of that realisation revealed itself. But the peak detailing we all miss along the way hit me only when I looked back, after it was all said and done, and saw the army of people standing outside the frame. This post is dedicated to the unsung heroes of Durandhar 1 & 2.”

More on what Sara Arjun wrote in her thank you note.

She continued, “To the captain of the ship, @adityadharfilms and his direction team: the architects of our focus, who tirelessly worked to take this dream to the screen. To the producers and the production team, @dhar_lokesh, Jyoti ma’am, @officialjiostudios, @b62studios, weathering the storms so we could stand in the light. To our DOP, @vik_now and camera team, who captured scale and soul in every frame.” Sara Arjun added, “To our casting director, @castingchhabra and casting team, who set out looking for the right faces but ended up nailing the cast down to the very heartbeat. To the costume designer, @smriti.schauhan and makeup designers @preetisheel and their teams, who wove history into fabric and painted stories onto our skin, giving us identities that we immersed ourselves in.” She then thanked the music and VFX team, and wrote, “To @shashwatology, the singers, lyricists, and background score, who created the pulse of this film. To the editor, @shivkumarpanicker, and VFX team, as well as @ojas_gautam, who sculpted time and defied nature, taking our performances to the limits of reality. To the production design team, who built this sprawling universe from the ground up while the world wasn’t watching.”

The note further read, “To the safety and stunt crews, who traded their safety for ours, so we could look invincible on screen. To the lighting, sound, and spot teams, who were the first to arrive and the last to leave: the first light of dawn and the last glimmer as the sun sets. To the countless others, your names may not be listed, but your contribution is impossible to overlook.” Sara Arjun concluded the post with, “Actors get to be the faces on the poster, but you are the spine of this cinema. Let’s all applaud the sweat in the shadows just as much as the stars in the spotlight. Thank you to the entire crew of Dhurandhar. History has been made.”