{"id":603235,"date":"2026-04-14T10:57:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-14T10:57:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/603235\/"},"modified":"2026-04-14T10:57:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T10:57:09","slug":"did-ranveer-singh-take-a-dig-at-dhruv-rathee-in-new-ad-with-father-in-law-prakash-padukone-fans-call-it-peak-detailing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/603235\/","title":{"rendered":"Did Ranveer Singh take a dig at Dhruv Rathee in new ad with father-in-law Prakash Padukone? Fans call it &#8216;peak detailing&#8217; |"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/ranveer-ad.jpg\" alt=\"Did Ranveer Singh take a dig at Dhruv Rathee in new ad with father-in-law Prakash Padukone? Fans call it 'peak detailing'\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/> <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> has emerged as one of the most biggest stars this year, riding high on the back-to-back success of the Dhurandhar franchise. Adding to the buzz, the actor has now surprised fans by sharing screen space for the first time with his father-in-law, former badminton legend Prakash Padukone, in a new advertisement. While the commercial is packed with clever references to Ranveer\u2019s personal life, many viewers believe it also subtly mocks YouTuber Dhruv Rathee.This ad features Ranveer explaining to Prakash how the app can be used for payments across a range of places, from toy stores and gyms to theatres. In one particular scene set inside a cinema hall, a poster of Ranveer appears in the background with the title Bavandar: The Tornado. This detail quickly caught the attention of fans, who linked it to Rathee\u2019s earlier videos where he criticised Dhurandhar and Dhurandhar: The Revenge using a fictional film titled \u201cOperation Bhavandar.\u201d In those videos, the YouTuber had labelled the films as \u201cpropaganda\u201d aligned with the ruling party.  <\/p>\n<p> Watch<\/p>\n<p> Dhruv Rathee calls Dhurandhar 2 \u201cWhatsApp-inspired\u201d, sparks massive fact vs fiction debate Social media users were quick to react. One fan wrote, \u201cNever mess with Hamza.\u201d Another commented, \u201cThis is so meta joke\u2026 Bhavandar\u2026\u201d while a third added, \u201cRanveer Singh in his latest ad roasted Dhruv Rathee\u2019s Bhavandar which he made for criticising Dhurandhar. Peak detailing by Ranveer\u2026..\u201dBeyond the perceived dig, fans also noticed several thoughtful touches in the ad. A scene featuring Ranveer and Prakash at a gentlemen\u2019s club with badminton rackets pays tribute to Padukone\u2019s illustrious career. In another moment, Ranveer affectionately calls him \u201cPappa,\u201d mirroring how <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/deepika-padukone\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Deepika Padukone<\/a> addresses her father. The commercial also includes a playful scene at an ice cream shop, where Ranveer holds a colourful unicorn\u2014seen by many as a sweet nod to him being a girl dad.Meanwhile, &#8216;Dhurandhar 2&#8217; has crossed Rs 1000 crore in India and Rs 1300 crore worldwide. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ranveer Singh has emerged as one of the most biggest stars this year, riding high on the back-to-back&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":603236,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[228131,49,48,13435,76069,6182,144550,205417,75,337,228132,6187,11605],"class_list":{"0":"post-603235","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-movies","8":"tag-bavandar","9":"tag-ca","10":"tag-canada","11":"tag-deepika-padukone","12":"tag-dhruv-rathee","13":"tag-dhurandhar","14":"tag-dhurandhar-2","15":"tag-dhurandhar-franchise","16":"tag-entertainment","17":"tag-movies","18":"tag-operation-bhavandar","19":"tag-ranveer-singh","20":"tag-social-media-reactions"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/603235","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=603235"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/603235\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/603236"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=603235"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=603235"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=603235"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}