Dhurandhar 2: Actor Vivek Sinha plays kidnapper ‘Dhurandhar The Revenge’ and defends his dialogue; asks: ‘Should we hire a real terrorist?’ | Hindi Movie News

In “Dhurandhar”, actor Vivek Sinha has created a social media storm by portraying a kidnapper whose anti-Hindu rhetoric has sparked outrage despite his roots in Hinduism. He reached out to a critic via voicemail, defending the artistic choice to incorporate a character’s controversial beliefs into his performance. Read on to find out more details.

Vivek SinhaZahoor Mistry who played the role of the kidnapper Aditya DharThe film ‘Dhurandhar’ and ‘Dhurandhar: The Revenge’, recently spoke about a backlash received from a female audience on social media. The actor said he was slammed for accepting the role of a terrorist and reciting anti-Hindu dialogue, even though they belonged to the same community.

Vivek Sinha ‘Dhurandhar’ talks about getting an anti-Hindu interview message

In an interview to PTI, Vivek Sinha shared that a few days ago he received a message from a woman on Instagram saying that he should be “ashamed” of accepting the role in the franchise “Dhurandhar” for a few dollars. He said, “A lady wrote to me about how I talked about Hindus, being a Hindu myself. At first, I thought, should I answer him or should I walk away? So I thought, why not? Let me have my opinion and let it come to him. So I left him a voicemail.”

Vivek Sinha shares his answer

Vivek shared that a film is a mirror of society. He added that a film shows how the characters behave and if it has to portray a terrorist, it has to portray his ways and ideologies. The actor stated that he said to the person: “So when we have to show that character, should we call a Pakistani terrorist to shoot the film? We should do it alone, no? Let’s understand what he’s trying to say, to show how far he can go to be so cruel. If someone is dying in a movie, should we call the real killers from jail, and they still haven’t voiced it?”.

More about Vivek Sinha in “Dhurandhar” movies

In the abduction scene in ‘Dhurandhar’, where Sinha plays the character of Zahoor, he can be heard saying, “Hindu ek darpok qaum hai, pados me hi rehte hai hum, goodebhar ka zor laga lo aur bigaad lo joh bigaad sakte ho (Hindus are a cowardly community; we can confuse you with all your strength).

More about ‘Dhurandhar: The Revenge’

Directed by Aditya Dhar, the film stars Ranveer Singh, Arjun Rampal, Sanjay Dutt, Rakesh Bedi, R Madhavan and Sara Arjun. The film has collected more than 850 crores in the last 12 days of its release in India.The film opened in theaters on March 19, 2026.