A new teaser has confirmed the title of the next installment in the Dhurandhar franchise: Dhurandhar: The Revenge. The film, directed by Aditya Dhar, is set for a March 19, 2026 theatrical release and is being positioned as a pan-India launch in five languages.
The first look leans hard into retaliation: Ranveer Singh appears blood-soaked in the poster, while the teaser reprises a line associated with Dhar’s Uri: The Surgical Strike, signaling a familiar brand of chest-thumping action rhetoric. In story terms, the sequel continues the Karachi-set underworld-and-intelligence premise, with Singh’s character Hamza Ali Mazari operating as a cover for India’s foreign intelligence service.
Reaction has split quickly. Some fans praised the mood and scale; others argued the teaser recycles material that had already appeared at the end of the first film, calling it “post credits in the name of teaser” and labeling it a marketing misstep. A marketing executive, Varun Gupta of Max Marketing, framed the sequel’s campaign as a high-wire act, saying the “biggest challenge” is meeting “unprecedented expectations.”
The conversation has also turned political. Filmmaker Shazia Iqbal criticized the first film after it began streaming, calling it “sinister” and accusing it of encouraging hate and violence, a charge that now hangs over the sequel’s rollout as buyers, exhibitors, and audiences parse what kind of nationalist fantasy the franchise intends to sell next.
Commercially, the stakes are clear: the first film’s run and subsequent streaming release have kept the brand hot, while the sequel is set to clash on the same date as Toxic starring Yash, setting up a fight for premium screens in late March.
