Aditya Dhar‘Dhurandhar’ and ‘Dhurandhar: The Revenge’ are receiving high praise for the “pinnacle” performances delivered by the actors. And not only the main stars, but also the character actors have nailed their performances. And one of them is Bimal Oberoi, who played the role of Baloch United Force (BUF) and arms manufacturer Shirani. In an exclusive interaction with ETimes, he spoke about how he got involved and his experience working with Aditya Dhar. Ranveer Singh.
Bimal Oberoi talks about how he got the role of Shirani
In an interaction with ETimes, Bimal Oberoi was asked about his first reaction when he was offered the role. The actor said, “Me career ke uss mod pe tha, jaha pe me kuch pick karu aise nahi tha.” He shared that if the role had been for just one scene, he would have turned it down.
Oberoi added, “When this call came from Mukesh Chhabra’s office, I was told that it was a very important character. It could be 10-15 or 20 days (shooting).” She revealed that the casting director’s office told her that Aditya Dhar had approved her photos. Bimal Oberoi revealed that the hearing lasted about 1-1.5 hours. This happened two or three times, and then he filled out the paper. The actor said he was hopeful of making it to the board. She said, “Because I knew that if I got to play this role, I would be very lucky.”
Bimal Oberoi talks about his experience working with Aditya Dhar
In an interview about Aditya Dhar, Bimal Oberoi called “Dhurandhar: The Revenge” a “landmark” film. Oberoi added to the list of other important films like ‘Gadar’, ‘Lagaan’, ‘Bajrangi Bhaijaan’, ‘Hum Aapke Hain Koun?’, Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge’, ‘Sholay’ and ‘Mughal-e-Azam’.Oberoi said, “Aditya Dhar is so young and he is not from the industry. He is an outsider, but he knows the pulse very well. He knows the technique so well. He knows the craft very well.”He said, “Mazak nahi hota, back-to-back tin chaar mahine me, even if you have filmed films together, aap aisi do filmein dede! Aur itne saare gaane dede (No joke, in three to four months back to back, even if you have filmed films together, you release two such films! And release so many songs)!”Oberoi added, “I feel like Aditya Dhar got a free hand, and he took it, because I think at one point everyone decided to let him do what he wanted, because he was so involved and he knows what he’s doing.”Further, Bimal Oberoi said that Aditya Dhar brought all the “Dhurandhars” from their respective areas to form a team to work on the project.Oberoi noted that Aditya Dhar incorporated various songs from different genres and eras into the song so aptly. Oberoi shared, “This does not happen, like ek din uthe, eureka moment hogaya ki me yeh gana idhar dalunga (This does not happen, like you wake up one day and suddenly ‘I will put this song here’) if you have a eureka moment).”As Oberoi added, “it only happens when you are involved in a film, in the process of making that film for years.” Shirani of ‘Dhurandhar’ expressed that Aditya Dhar ticked all the boxes of a successful film, along with working on his craft. He said, “Yeh koi Dhurandhar hi kar sakta hai. Woh Dhurandhar director hai. Unka naam Aditya DhuranDHAR hojana chahiye (Only a real Dhurandhar can do this. Dhurandhar is the director. His name should become Aditya DhuranDHAR).”
More about ‘Dhurandhar: The Revenge’
Directed by Aditya Dhar, the film stars Ranveer Singh, Arjun Rampal and Sara ArjunR Madhavan, Rakesh Bedi and Sanjay Dutt in pivotal roles. The film has crossed 840 million euros in India alone. The highest grossing film opened in theaters on March 19, 2026.
