Varma’s birthday cake featured his iconic films. Varma has not shied away from showering immense praise on ‘Dhurandhar’ and also called Aditya Dhar his new ‘guru’. The film-maker had expressed, “My one line advise to all film students is “Leave your institutes and spend that money and time in #Dhurandhar2 theatres” For all film students out there , here is what I studied of how , Aditya Dhar did not direct , but weaponized cinema itself. Dhar fused raw visceral intensity with surgical precision, creating a film that feels like a live electric wire humming with tension and then exploding into cinematic brilliance. His techniques redefine the genre, blending Scorsese’s gritty realism with a Tarantino’s stylization, all while maintaining an iron grip on both pacing and hovering over emotional land scapes.” He added, “Heavy use of medium close ups and tight frames captures not only hyper masculinity, but also micro expressions, with smoldering intensity (especially in Ranveer’s eyes). Low angles, shallow depth of field, and occasional high frame rate/shutter speed shots heighten the tension without disorienting us from the drama.” Varma went on to appreciate the performances of Ranveer Singh and R Madhavan in the film and concluded, “Dhar’s world building is like a master chef mixing Geo politics , gang dynamics, espionage without once feeling lectured in grounding this larger than life revenge drama in a never before seen or experienced setting of a tangible and pulsating atmosphere created by Saini Johray. Dhar’s genius lies not in balance but in glorifying each aspect of his craft addictive and delicious and the food items prepared In the pre march 19 th 2026 era will be now stale and disease ridden. This isn’t direction. It’s surgical warfare on celluloid. #Dhurandhar2 should not be just seen but should be read like a textbook.”
