Dhurandhar Trends At No 1 On Netflix In Pakistan Despite Theatrical Ban; Pakistanis Go Gaga Over “Best Ever Bollywood Movie”

Aditya Dhar’s Dhurandhar has emerged as one of Bollywood’s most successful films of recent time. In the last 60 days, the action spy thriller amassed a domestic net box office collection of Rs 836.95 crore and a worldwide gross of Rs 1303 crore. While the numbers are definitely impressive, the worldwide collection could have been much higher had the film released in Pakistan and the Gulf belt. In fact, a distributor claimed last month that the Ranveer Singh starrer lost around $10 million due to its non-release in these markets.

As the film released on Netflix on Friday, January 30, it seems the $10 million claim wasn’t too farfetched. As per a recent report, Dhurandhar is trending at number 1 on Netflix in Pakistan. Not just that, but many viewers have even taken to social media to try and understand why the film is being considered ‘controversial’.

Dhurandhar Trends At No 1 On Netflix In Pakistan

Ever since it’s digital release, Dhurandhar has been trending in Netflix’s ‘Top Film’ list. In fact, screenshots of the action thriller trending at #1 in films on Netflix Pakistan also surfaced on social media over the last couple of days. As seen in the screenshots, the Ranveer Singh-starrer left behind films like Tere Ishk Mein, Haq and The Big Fake to gain the No 1 spot.

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Hindustan Times independently verified the news and confirmed that Dhurandhar has indeed been trending on No 1 film on Netflix Pakistan since at Saturday. The film released on OTT on Friday, January 30, eight weeks after its theatrical release.

Pakistani Viewers Praise Dhurandhar

Several viewers who watched the film in Pakistan on Netflix took to social media and dropped positive comments and reviews. One user reviewed the film on Reddit writing, “As a Pakistani, it’s the best ever Bollywood movie i ever watched. First time i saw a film where actual research has been done and there’s no use of “adaab” “janaab” surma kajal topi and vest to show Pakistanis.” The same comment further read, “And thank you for showing a political party linked to crimes (I won’t take the name you guys will get it as it’s mentioned in movie ) and exposing them. I have high expectations from part 2 BUT PLEASE PLEASE LET CHAUDHARY ASLAM BE A POSITIVE CHARACTER IT’S MY REQUEST HE WAS NOT A NEGATIVE CHARACTER. Fantastic movie, casting, shooting, story everything’s on point.”

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Another Pakistani review read, “I’m Pakistani and I love Dhurandhar. Yall gotta stop creating this narrative that we hate you guys and vice versa. It’s all love from my side. Don’t be rude.” Another comment read, “The movie actually portrayed pakistan well (the weapon gangs and politics) and sprinkled opinion politics on India. There’s nothing against Pakistan people in the movie. But so much against Indian people lol. Excellent movie. Share the same opinion as kashyap on the movie.”

About Dhurandhar

Written and directed by Aditya Dhar, Dhurandhar is produced by Jyoti Deshpande, Aditya and Lokesh Dhar under the banners Jio Studios and B62 Studios. Alongside Ranveer Singh, the spy action thriller also starred Akshaye Khanna, Sanjay Dutt, R Madhavan, Arjun Rampal, Rakesh Bedi and Sara Arjun in pivotal roles. The film has been creating box office records both domestically and internationally. As per the reports, it is the highest-grossing Indian film at the domestic box office with an earning of Rs 890 crore. It worldwide collection currently stands at around Rs 1,400 crore.

Talking about Dhurandhar 2, the upcoming part will clash at the box office with Yash starrer Toxic. Both films will release in theatres globally on March 19. Unlike the first instalment, this part will release in five languages – Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Malayalam.

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