‘Dhurandhar: The Revenge’ Set to Release Tomorrow with ‘A’ Certificate After Cutting 94 Seconds
The film has already dominated the advanced booking at the box-office and caught praise from popular director Ram Gopal Varma
Aditya Dhar’s much-anticipated Dhurandar: The Revenge, set to hit the big screens on Thursday, March 19, has been running strong at the box office, topping advanced bookings. With paid previews scheduled for Wednesday, March 18, the film has already grossed around ₹38 crore, as per industry tracker Sacnilk. For Day 1, its domestic sales have crossed ₹24.50 crore, selling over 6.25 lakh tickets across the country.
The film’s overseas business has been pulling in great numbers too with pre-sales for the opening weekend expected to amass ₹60 crore. Combining the domestic and overseas advance booking collections, the film’s opening weekend pre-sales figure stands at ₹124 crore with block seats.
As per reports, the film which was initially certified with an ‘A’ certificate by the CBFC went through 21 modifications after going through the Examining Committee (EC). Abusive words have been muted and replaced, though CBFC didn’t provide details. Along with that, violent visuals, including reducing the visual of a hammer hitting a head, a cement block hitting a head and an eye getting smashed by a few seconds each. Further, visuals of beheading and kicking were shortened by 24 seconds. The EC also asked to make corrections about a historical event in the subtitles and the name of a city. The makers were also asked to add a disclaimer on drugs and another one addressing the violence that read, “This film includes disturbing content, and viewer discretion is strongly recommended.”
The sequel will also have chapters like the first part, titles of which makers were asked to write in Hindi. Animal Welfare Board certificate was submitted for any scenes with animals and an official permission letter for the was submitted for parts where it makes references to the Prime Minister and uses news footage. All the cuts and modifications come down to over 94 seconds which makes the film’s runtime 229 minutes. The first part was over 214 minutes long.
Meanwhile, filmmaker Ram Gopal Varma, who has been public in his appreciation of the first part, appears to have all good things to say about the sequel, appearing to have watched it pre-release.
The director thinks the release marks the ‘birth of a new cinematic order' and a takedown of everything that existed before the release of this film. Speaking of the director he said, “The very spelling of the word DIRECTOR will start from @adityadharfilms name , and it will be prudent and wise for even STEVEN SPIELBERG and CHRISTOPHER NOLAN to drop everything they are doing, and catch #Dhurandhar2 FIRST DAY FIRST SHOW”.
Written and directed by Aditya Dhar, the film stars Ranveer Singh, Sanjay Dutt, R Madhavan, Sara Arjun, and Arjun Rampal and is produced by JioStudios and B62 Studios.
The first part, Dhurandhar, was released in theatres on December 5 and has since become a blockbuster at the box office, continuing to run in theatres across India as the sequel is set to release tomorrow.