Bollywood 'Feeling Threatened' By Dhurandhar? Ram Gopal Varma Says Industry Is 'Ignoring' Actioner

Dhurandhar is one of the most talked-about films of the year, but according to Ram Gopal Varma, it is being "ignored" by a section of the industry that feels threatened by its massive success. Days after sharing his positive review of the Ranveer Singh–led Aditya Dhar directorial, the filmmaker took to social media to claim the blockbuster has left many "worried." He said Dhurandhar is like a horror movie for filmmakers “who do not have the ability to make a film with such brilliance, intelligence, integrity, and craft.” Varma also took a jibe at so-called pan-India films and masala movies that rely on the same old formula of hero worship, item numbers, and VFX.Bollywood 'Feeling Threatened' By Dhurandhar?He wrote on X, "Whenever a path-breaking

and monstrous hit like #dhurandhar comes, the industry people will wish to ignore it because they will feel threatened by it due to their inability to match its standards... So they will think of it as a nightmare, which will vanish when they wake up in their own films. This is even more true of all the so-called pan-India biggies, which are right now under various stages of production... They were all written and mounted, modelled on the films made before #Dhurandhar, which is the exact opposite of what they all believed will work... what’s even more worrisome is that #Dhurandhar apart from being an omega hit, also is the most discussed film since the last 50 years."The Satya director compared Dhurandhar to a scary-looking dog outside someone’s house. "#Dhurandhar will be like that monstrous dog which will be invisibly pacing around in every production office wherever the upcoming biggies are being made... They will try their level best to even avoid uttering the dog’s name, but it will keep loitering in all their minds."RGV added, "To that extent #Dhurandhar will actually be like a HORROR film for all those makers who believed in the earlier template of VFX ridden, expensive sets, item song-ridden and the Hero worship template. And now in #Dhurandhar with the film being worshipped instead of the star, they would be getting crucified in their own self-created dungeon of masala films. But no matter how much they wish, the dog won’t go away. It will be here to bite whenever their next film releases."

He said that more than anything else, Aditya Dhar's film is forcing industry folks to look at their own films in comparison to "the beautifully made Dhurandhar."