No Star Heroine, Long Runtime, ‘A’ Certificate, Gore — Yet a Blockbuster: How Dhurandhar Rewrote Bollywood Rules0

• India, News
• December 27, 2025

A Film That Defied Bollywood’s Comfort Zone Bollywood usually prefers predictability. Familiar faces, safe certificates, shorter runtimes, and market-tested formulas often define what gets greenlit. However, Dhurandhar shattered every one of those unwritten rules and still emerged as a massive box office blockbuster. With no established heroine, a 3.5-hour runtime, an Adults-only certificate, and raw