Dhurandhar

This is indeed one of Ranveer Singh's best performances of the year. This film is indeed one of the most engaging releases of this year. For the theatre going audiences, this film is a complete package and an absolute value for money.

Despite its length and unflinching violence, Dhurandhar grips you from start to finish and never lets go. Ranveer Singh returns to claim his number one spot in a layered, restrained avatar that plays to his strengths. The music and background score — weaving 70s and 80s Bappi Lahiri classics into modern soundscapes — are a triumph.

DHURANDHAR is a big-screen experience

Ranveer Singh, Akshaye Khanna and R Madhavan excel in this IC-814–era spy thriller, though its lengthy runtime dulls the climax.

Dhurandhar's three-and-a-half-hour length works against it, but Aditya Dhar's direction, aided by the performances - chiefly Ranveer Singh and Akshaye Khanna - elevate the film. Trim thirty minutes and this would have been a knockout. As it stands, it is a sturdy watch.

Feral Ranveer Singh and stellar Akshaye Khanna drive an indulgent spy thriller home.

The film's powerful core is diluted by overt jingoism, unnecessary subplots, and a tendency to dumb down its message for the audience. Despite these irritants, it remains a largely engaging, albeit flawed, tribute to India's heroes.

Ranveer Singh delivers a knockout punch in Aditya Dhar's high-voltage actioner, with the film offering intense action sequences and strong performances from its ensemble cast.

Dhurandhar is a semi-dragfest in the first half with gory bloodshed and action, but the film develops much-needed pace in the second half. Those who love action will find the film appealing if they can withstand the slow first half narrative.

Dhurandhar has been performed, written, and directed by those who haven't ever stepped a foot in Karachi, and perhaps never will. Ranveer Singh's film feels overwhelming for its length.

Extremely violent and gory Indian action epic on terrorism.

He may be Dhurandhar's most ruthless villain, but look closer and Akshaye Khanna's character reveals something unexpected—empathy, loyalty, emotional restraint, and a quiet devotion that turns a feared antagonist into an unlikely study in husband material.

By these parameters alone, Dhurandhar is not a great film. Dhurandhar is also unacceptably long (214 minutes, and this is only Part 1), narratively crowded (despite the Uri-like chapters), occasionally stylish, and overdoes the musicality-of-violence template to the point where it stops looking cool.

Dhurandhar is Aditya Dhar's most politically assertive film, tracing India's covert operations through real historical tragedies. Ranveer Singh leads with conviction, but Akshaye Khanna delivers the most compelling performance.