Javed Akhtar feels Ranveer Singh’s Dhurandhar is a ‘great film’, remembers calling Aditya Dhar after watching it

Javed Akhtar reviews Ranveer Singh and Akshaye Khanna's Dhurandhar after rejecting Border 2

Indian screenwriter and lyricist Javed Akhtar has been dominating the headlines ever since he revealed why he rejected Border 2. Javed ji was approached to write for the upcoming film, a sequel to J. P. Dutta’s 1997 film Border which stars Sunny Deol, Varun Dhawan, Ahan Shetty and Diljit Dosanjh. However, the famous poet, who penned lyrics for Border, believed it was ‘intellectual and creative bankruptcy’ to create a reworked version of an old popular song instead of making something new. Well, is there any new work in Indian cinema which managed to impress him in recent times? In a new interview, Javed ji has named Superboys of Malegaon and Dhurandhar.

Javed Akhtar and Ranveer Singh

In a chat with Zoom, talking about the content being made in recent times, Javed Akhtar shared, “Bohot achhe kaam ho rahe hain. Kuchh box office pe appreciate hote hain, kuchh nahi bhi hote hain. Lekin woh achhe hain. Mujhe toh pichhle dino mein yeh film jo thi, Superboys of Malegaon, bohot pasand aayi. I think it is available on some channel, and I will strongly recommend that. Then I saw Dhurandhar. It's a great film, bohot achhi banayi hui hai. And I found the number of the director (Aditya Dhar) and I called him and I congratulated that young man who has made that film. It's a very good film, very well-made film.”