{"id":553210,"date":"2026-03-22T12:33:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-22T12:33:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/553210\/"},"modified":"2026-03-22T12:33:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-22T12:33:09","slug":"dhurandhar-2-ram-gopal-varma-crowns-aditya-dhar-the-real-hamza-crushing-indian-cinema-amid-box-office-storm-shares-pic-with-director-and-yami-gautam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/553210\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Dhurandhar 2\u2019: Ram Gopal Varma crowns Aditya Dhar the &#8216;Real Hamza&#8217; crushing indian cinema amid box office storm, shares pic with director and Yami Gautam |"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/129731095.jpg\" title=\"Ram Gopal Varma Drops Explosive Verdict On Dhurandhar 2: 'Old Bollywood Is Gasping for Air'\" imgsize=\"23456\" resizemode=\"4\" offsetvertical=\"0\" placeholdersrc=\"\" placeholdermsid=\"\" msid=\"\" type=\"thumb\" alt=\"Ram Gopal Varma Drops Explosive Verdict On Dhurandhar 2: 'Old Bollywood Is Gasping for Air'\" class=\"undefined\"\/> Director <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/ram-gopal-varma\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ram Gopal Varma<\/a> keeps voicing his fandom for the \u2018Dhurandhar\u2019 series and its sequel, spotlighting filmmaker <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/aditya-dhar\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Aditya Dhar<\/a>. Following a recent hangout with Dhar and his actor wife Yami Gautam, Varma uploaded their photo to social media, hailing the two as a &#8220;power couple.&#8221; On X (previously Twitter) this Sunday, he pointed out striking similarities between Dhar and <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/ranveer-singh\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ranveer Singh<\/a>&#8216;s Hamza role in the franchise.<a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/entertainment\/hindi\/movie-reviews\/dhurandhar-the-revenge\/movie-review\/129668141.cms\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\" target=\"_blank\">Dhurandhar: The Revenge Movie Review<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Aditya Dhar as real Hamza<\/p>\n<p>In the film, Hamza appears as a ruthless spy eliminating Pakistani foes, and Varma hinted that Dhar wields a comparable commanding influence in real-life cinema through his directorial prowess. He wrote, \u201cME with the POWER COUPLE. The reel HUMZA @RanveerOfficial destroyed the Pakistani terrorists and the real HUMZA @AdityaDharFilms is destroying the Indian film makers \ud83d\ude4f Terrorists can run to save their lives, but where will film makers run to save their films from his brilliance?\u201d. <\/p>\n<p>\u2018Dhurandhar 2\u2019 game-changer<\/p>\n<p>Lately, Varma dubbed it a game-changer for Indian cinema, noting its power to intimidate makers of exaggerated &#8220;masala&#8221; films packed with overblown action and superhuman heroes. He commended Ranveer for playing a realistic, imperfect human lead, one who bleeds, hurts, and isn&#8217;t idolized like a deity. Varma added that this realistic storytelling and action will render traditional cinema, with its phony stunts, impossible fights, and &#8220;invincible&#8221; protagonists obsolete.   <\/p>\n<p> Watch<\/p>\n<p> Ram Gopal Varma Drops Explosive Verdict On Dhurandhar 2: &#8216;Old Bollywood Is Gasping for Air&#8217; <\/p>\n<p>\u2018Dhurandhar 2\u2019 details<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Dhurandhar 2: The Revenge\u2019 is the sequel to the 2025 hit \u2018Dhurandhar\u2019, directed by Aditya Dhar with Ranveer Singh reprising his role as fierce spy Hamza Ali Mazari, a realistic hero who bleeds and hurts, alongside Arjun Rampal, Sanjay Dutt, R. Madhavan, Sara Arjun, Rakesh Bedi, and others. It was produced by Jio Studios and B62 Studios on a massive scale shot in India and Thailand. Released March 19, 2026, it went pan-India in Hindi, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, and Malayalam.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Director Ram Gopal Varma keeps voicing his fandom for the \u2018Dhurandhar\u2019 series and its sequel, spotlighting filmmaker Aditya&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":553211,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[35283,49,48,6182,144550,75,337,85155,6187],"class_list":{"0":"post-553210","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-movies","8":"tag-aditya-dhar","9":"tag-ca","10":"tag-canada","11":"tag-dhurandhar","12":"tag-dhurandhar-2","13":"tag-entertainment","14":"tag-movies","15":"tag-ram-gopal-varma","16":"tag-ranveer-singh"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/553210","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=553210"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/553210\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/553211"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=553210"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=553210"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=553210"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}