Dhurandhar 2 Movie Release Highlights: Preity Zinta to Arjun Rampal, celebs attend special screening in Mumbai

On March 18, B-Town celebrities including Arjun Rampal, Celina Jaitly, Mukesh Chhabra, Anil Sharma, and others attended the special screening organised in Mumbai. Take a look at some of the pictures below:

Check more pictures from Dhurandhar Part 2 special screening here

According to a report by Live Law, the Madras High Court has issued an interim order against several internet service providers and cable operators to prevent the unlawful broadcast of the film Dhurandhar: The Revenge.

According to paparazzi account Viral Bhayani, Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty attended the screening of Dhurandhar: The Revenge in Mumbai along with her sister Shamita Shetty and their mother. While interacting with the paparazzi, Shamita Shetty described the film as "superb."

Filmmaker Aditya Dhar apologised to the audience after the Tamil and Telugu paid preview shows of Dhurandhar 2 were impacted due to non-availability. Sharing an update on the dubbed version shows of Dhurandhar: The Revenge, JioStudios wrote, "We truly apologise for the inconvenience. Your love for this film means the world to us, and we cannot wait to share it with you (sic)."

The much-anticipated second part of the spy thriller Dhurandhar, titled Dhurandhar: The Revenge, features an ensemble cast. Let's take a look at some of the cast members and their characters.

• Ranveer Singh as Hamza Ali Mazari, Jaskirat Singh Rangi
• Arjun Rampal as Major Iqbal
• Sanjay Dutt as SP Chaudhary Aslam
• R Madhavan as Ajay Sanyal
• Sara Arjun as Yalina Jamali
• Rakesh Bedi as Jameel Jamali
• Danish Pandor as Uzair Baloch

The social media platform X faced an outage on the evening of March 18, with users across India and globally unable to load posts or access the application and website. Users quickly turned the moment into a meme fest, with one user writing, "X is down so that we can't get #Dhurandhar2 spoilers - peak detailing by Aditya Dhar (sic)."

Ranveer Singh's Dhurandhar: The Revenge is currently featured on the top spot on the ticket-booking platform BookMyShow. As of March 18 evening, the platform shows that over 67.87K tickets were booked in the last one hour. Take a look below:

Famous YouTuber Gaurav Chaudhary, widely known as Technical Guruji, took to his X handle and shared a quirky update about the Dhurandhar 2 paid preview. In the video, he revealed that he took a flight from Dubai to Delhi just to watch the film. For the caption, he wrote, "What happens when you decide to take a flight from Dubai to Delhi just to watch a movie? (sic)."

Audiences who attended the Hindi paid preview shows of Dhurandhar: The Revenge on March 18, 2026, from 5 PM onwards have shared their first reactions on social media. The buzz around Dhurandhar 2 is hard to ignore, as it has already surpassed the entire opening day collection of the 2025 film Dhurandhar. According to industry tracker Sacnilk, the advance collections from the previews of Dhurandhar 2 stood at Rs 42.71 crore, higher than the opening day collection of the original Dhurandhar, which was Rs 33.60 crore.

Trade analyst Taran Adarsh, Dhurandhar The Revenge called Aditya Dhar's and Ranveer Singh's film "CINEMA AT ITS BEST". He says director AdityaDhar returns with a vision that is bigger, sharper and far more ambitious. he also praised Ranveer Singh and entire cast for their performances. Take a look at his X post below:

Filmmaker Ram Gopal Varma reviewed Dhurandhar 2, calling it the "birth of a new cinematic order." In his X post, he wrote, "After last nights watch of #Dhurandhar2 in terms of it’s sheer cumulative impact in every which way , whether on it’s expected collections , audience euphoria , social influences , cinematic grammar breaking , and above all the psychological audio visual impact , it will be a SHOLAY x 100 level magnificence and is bound to make all the greatest films made so far starting from MUGHAL E AZAM. onwards look like TV SERIALS This is the BIRTH of a NEW CINEMATIC ORDER and the ruthless extinction of everything that that ever existed before in the previous WORLD of CINEMA (sic)." 

He further added, "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 (sic)." 

The first-look teaser of Riteish Deshmukh's historical drama Raja Shivaji will be unveiled during the paid preview screenings of Dhurandhar: The Revenge. Sharing the announcement, JioStudios wrote, "Experience Raja Shivaji's first look teaser only in cinemas with Dhurandhar The Revenge. For the unversed, the film will be released on May 1, 2026, in Marathi, Hindi and Telugu languages. 

The audience who have booked the paid preview shows of Dhurandhar: The Revenge will be the first to catch a glimpse of Shahid Kapoor's Kriti Sanon, and Rashmika Mandanna's upcoming film Cocktail 2 in theatres.

JioStudios announced that all Hindi-version shows of Dhurandhar are running as scheduled from 5 PM onwards. They also stated that the Tamil and Telugu shows will begin from 9 PM onwards. As for the Malayalam and Kannada shows, due to unforeseen technical difficulties, they will start tomorrow morning.

Red Chillies Entertainment, the team behind Shah Rukh Khan's Jawan, appeared to join in on the Dhurandhar 2 craze by sharing an X post which is a GIF of SRK from Jawan with the caption, "We are always ready for this." Many fans interpreted it as a playful reference to a viral line from Dhurandhar 2: "Ladies and gentlemen, you are still not ready for this."

Ranveer Singh's film Dhurandhar: The Revenge will be released in multiple languages including Hindi, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada and Malayalam. 

Several theatres had to cancel their scheduled 5 pm premiere shows in Telugu. Reports indicate that delays in the delivery of the Tamil and Telugu versions, along with last-minute technical issues, led to the sudden cancellations.

Broadway Cinemas also confirmed on X that the Tamil preview shows were called off due to content not being available. "Dhurandhar: The Revenge - Tamil paid previews scheduled for this evening have been cancelled due to non-availability. Hindi paid previews will be scheduled instead. We are initiating the refunds shortly. We apologise for the inconvenience," the X post read. Netizens were furious about this.

The trailer of Dhurandhar: The Revenge was enough to generate the buzz it needed. This time, Aditya Dhar shared never-before-seen glimpses from the sequel.

On Aditya Dhar's birthday on March 12, makers dropped behind-the-scenes (BTS) photos from the Dhurandhar shoot. Take a look at the pictures here: 

Ahead of Dhurandhar: The Revenge's release, filmmaker Aditya Dhar wrote a long note, expressing gratitude for all the love Ranveer Singh's film received. He also requested fans not to reveal spoilers and not to "leave seats until the credits have stopped rolling". Take a look at the note:

As Dhurandhar The Revenge gears up for its much-anticipated release, the makers have dropped the film’s second track, Main Aur Tu. The song leans into a pulsating, techno-driven sound, mixing attitude with a sharp, contemporary vibe.

Composed by Shashwat Sachdev, Main Aur Tu brings together Jasmine Sandlas’ powerful vocals and an edgy rap segment by Reble. The lyrics, written by Jasmine Sandlas and Reble, add a layer of emotion while still keeping the track rooted in its high-energy groove.

A video shared by Finland President Alexander Stubb shows him jogging with Canada PM Mark Carney in London’s Hyde Park, where the two are heard casually discussing Dhurandhar. Stubb says his Instagram engagement in India “was huge” after mentioning the film and adds it made him realise it was “not a game at all.”

Aditya Dhar’s Dhurandhar had a strong global run, earning around Rs 1300 crore at the box office. The film is now available on Netflix, and viewers looking to revisit the story can stream it ahead of the sequel.

Ranveer Singh has been relatively low-key after the success of Dhurandhar, which released on December 5. At the music launch, the actor said, "Doston aapne Dhurandhar ko, humari film ko ek aithihasik mukaam tak pahunchaya hai aur yeh sirf aapke pyaar aur sammaan ki wajah se hai. Aaj pure vishwa ki cinema going audience ko, aap sabko, humari team se dhayanwad (Friends, you have taken Dhurandhar, our film, to a historic milestone, and this has only been possible because of your love and support. Today, we, as a team, thank the cinema-going audience across the world, you all, for this)."

He added, "Ab Dhurandhar: The Revenge release hogi jiska na sirf desh mein, pure vishwa mein be besabri se intezar hai. Humari puri team ko iss baat se itni khushi hai (Now, Dhurandhar: The Revenge will be released, and it’s being eagerly awaited not just in the country, but across the world. Our entire team is incredibly happy about this). We are so humbled and grateful for the response to the first part of the film. We are so humbled by the kind of excitement and anticipation that we are seeing for the second part. It is unprecedented. We are still processing it. It is such a rush.”

In its detailed list of changes, the film board directed the makers to mute abusive language and tone down violent visuals, including scenes of beheading, kicking, and attacks using a hammer and cement blocks. It also instructed them to replace certain words, though these were not specified in the certificate.

Ranveer Singh and Sara Arjun, who play each other's co-star in Dhurandhar: The Revenge, attended the film's music launch in Mumbai on March 17. Here are all the pictures from the event.

Paid preview tickets for Dhurandhar: The Revenge are reportedly priced as high as Rs 300 to Rs 2400 approx in some locations, making it one of the most expensive openings in recent times.

Dhurandhar: The Revenge paid previews are slated to take place in select cities on March 18, with early audience reactions expected to surface online. Initial buzz points to a strong turnout despite premium ticket pricing.