{"id":27608,"date":"2026-06-26T18:06:24","date_gmt":"2026-06-26T18:06:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/?p=27608"},"modified":"2026-06-26T18:06:24","modified_gmt":"2026-06-26T18:06:24","slug":"sanjay-gupta-lauds-aditya-dhars-conviction-for-four-years-for-making-dhurandhar-no-shortcuts-filmmaking-is-not-playing-shooting-shooting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/?p=27608","title":{"rendered":"Sanjay Gupta lauds Aditya Dhar&#8217;s conviction for four years for making Dhurandhar: &#8216;No shortcuts, filmmaking is not playing shooting shooting |"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"e9jwa\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"GfdvZ\">\n<section class=\"_bIDB  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  E9tg9 \" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"_bIDB\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"ypVvZ\">\n<div class=\"WGttI\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-132019465,imgsize-236573,width-400,height-225,resizemode-4\/aditya-dhar-sanjay-gupta.jpg\" alt=\"Sanjay Gupta lauds Aditya Dhar's conviction for four years for making Dhurandhar: 'No shortcuts, filmmaking is not playing shooting shooting'\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8216;Dhurandhar&#8217; and &#8216;Dhurandhar: The Revenge&#8217; have changed the perspective towards Hindi cinema. So much so, that a large part of the audience is also now comparing every film to this <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/aditya-dhar\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\">Aditya Dhar<\/a> directorial because a new benchmark is set. Veteran filmmaker <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/sanjay-gupta\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\">Sanjay Gupta<\/a> has heaped praise on director Aditya Dhar for staying true to his vision while making &#8216;Dhurandhar&#8217;, revealing that the filmmaker refused to take shortcuts despite facing years of hurdles. <!-- -->Sharing his admiration on X (formerly Twitter), Gupta recounted a conversation with a crew member who had witnessed Dhar&#8217;s relentless commitment throughout the film&#8217;s journey.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"8\"\/>According to Sanjay, a member of the &#8216;Dhurandhar&#8217; team spoke about how Aditya remained steadfast during every phase of the project, from pre-production to post-production. Sharing the anecdote, he wrote, \u201cYesterday I met a crew member from Dhurandar, who watched Aditya Dhar fight for his vision every single day of pre-production, shoot &amp; post. <!-- -->No shortcuts. It was conviction vs. convenience. That&#8217;s the difference.<!-- --> Filmmaking is not playing &#8216;SHOOTING-SHOOTING&#8217;.\u201d<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"14\"\/><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"16\"\/>Earlier, during an appearance on the &#8216;InControversial Podcast&#8217;, Sanjay had opened up about the effort that went into bringing &#8216;Dhurandhar&#8217; to life. He revealed that Aditya spent nearly four years mounting the ambitious project before it eventually went on floors.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"18\"\/>\u201cIt is very evident that Aditya Dhar is inspired by filmmakers of the 80s and 90s. I can clearly see those influences and that style of world-building. There is no doubt that Aditya Dhar is an exceptionally intelligent filmmaker. But having said that, he spent four years trying to put this project together. That\u2019s how difficult it is, irrespective of whether your last film was a hit or not,\u201d he had said.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"20\"\/>Directed by Aditya Dhar, &#8216;Dhurandhar&#8217; stars <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/ranveer-singh\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\">Ranveer Singh<\/a>, <!-- -->Sanjay Dutt<!-- -->, R. Madhavan, Arjun Rampal, <!-- -->Sara Arjun<!-- --> and <!-- -->Rakesh Bedi<!-- --> in pivotal roles. The action drama emerged as a massive commercial success, earning around \u20b91,306 crore worldwide at the box office, according to Sacnilk.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"30\"\/><\/p>\n<div data-type=\"in_view\" class=\"  \">\n<div class=\"sQLTU timeline_pollWrapper_as  \" data-scrollga=\"scroll#poll_view\">\n<div>\n<p>Do you believe that  dedication of Aditya Dhar to his vision has set a new standard for Hindi cinema?<\/p>\n<div class=\"iN00Z\">\n<div class=\"eG6Oq\" aria-live=\"polite\">\n<div class=\"W30C0\">\n<p>3k+ users shared opinion today<!-- --> <span class=\"vIYbn\"\/><\/p>\n<p>5k+ users already voted today<!-- --> <span class=\"vIYbn\"\/><\/p>\n<p>3k+ users shared opinion today<!-- --> <span class=\"vIYbn\"\/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/polls\/do-you-believe-that-dedication-of-aditya-dhar-to-his-vision-has-set-a-new-standard-for-hindi-cinema\/pollopinions\/132021399.cms?src=articleshow\" class=\"pd_MH\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\">Share Opinion<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/entertainment\/hindi\/bollywood\/news\/sanjay-gupta-lauds-aditya-dhars-conviction-for-four-years-for-making-dhurandhar-no-shortcuts-filmmaking-is-not-playing-shooting-shooting\/articleshow\/132019408.cms\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8216;Dhurandhar&#8217; and &#8216;Dhurandhar: The Revenge&#8217; have changed the perspective towards Hindi cinema. So much so, that a large part of the audience is also now comparing every film to this Aditya Dhar directorial because a new benchmark is set. Veteran filmmaker Sanjay Gupta has heaped praise on director Aditya Dhar for staying true to his&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":27609,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27608","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27608","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=27608"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27608\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/27609"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=27608"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=27608"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=27608"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}