Ranveer SinghDirector: Dhurandhar: The Revenge Aditya DharSince its debut on March 19, it has become a massive worldwide phenomenon. The action drama reportedly grossed over 1.8 billion worldwide, making it the second highest grossing Indian film ever.While Indian audiences await the film’s OTT release on June 4, the film has already released in Pakistan, and if viral claims are to be believed, the frenzy surrounding the film allegedly became so intense that Netflix servers crashed within minutes of its release.
The viral video claims that OTT failed in Pakistan after the release of Dhurandhar 2
Pakistani content creator Maviya Umer Farooqui, who runs the Instagram page @kaam_wali_baat, shared a video saying that the OTT servers crashed shortly after the film dropped in Pakistan at midnight.On the viral, he said, “Pakistan mein aaj hi Dhurandhar release hui hai aur server crash ho gaya. Pakistanis wait hi kar rahe the ki kab raat ke 12 baje Netflix film daalein aur sab ek saath milke click karein. Iss tarah Dhurandhar ka shauk dekha gaya hai idhar.”He also added that despite the propaganda surrounding the film, many people in Pakistan were still curious to watch it and judge for themselves.“Ab sach ya jhooth kuch bhi dikhaya gaya ho, woh alag baat hai, lekin Pakistanis yeh dekhna chahte hain ki film bani kaise hai. Ranveer Singh ka character kaisa hai, yeh toh sabko pata hai. Lyari mein sach mein aisa hua tha ya nahiat hai, woh baad ki ba hai.”The content creator basically said that Pakistanis eagerly waited till midnight for the OTT platforms to release the film and went to watch it together. He further said that regardless of whether the film showed the “truth” or not, Pakistani audiences were curious to see how the film was made, how Ranveer Singh portrayed the character and whether the incidents shown in Lyari really happened.
Aditya Uppal reacts to the viral video
Interestingly, the viral video was also liked by Aditya Uppal, who played Lyari Task Force cop ASP Omar Haider in Dhurandhar: The Revenge opposite Sanjay Dutt.The film has a large ensemble cast including R Madhavan, Sanjay Dutt, Arjun Rampal, Gaurav Gera, Rakesh Bedi, Sara ArjunDanish Pandor, Udaybir Sandhu and Manav Gohil among others.
