Ranveer Singh's Dhurandhar 2 Smashes Records, Defies Backlash with 50M Viewers

Despite the online backlash around the live-streaming format, Dhurandhar The Revenge drew a massive audience following its OTT debut. | Bollywood

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Actor Ranveer Singh's Dhurandhar The Revenge has made a massive impact on the streaming platform JioHotstar, despite initial backlash from viewers. The spy drama drew a massive audience, clocking over 50 million viewers in its opening weekend.

The film, which was streaming in Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, and Kannada, reached 50 million viewers within its opening weekend. Notably, 60% of the film's total watch-time came from connected TV devices, highlighting strong co-viewing behaviour.

JioStar's Head of Hindi and English Entertainment Business, Alok Jain, praised the film's debut on streaming, stating that the response has been 'extraordinary' and reinforces the growing appetite for immersive, event-led entertainment on streaming.

The first instalment of Dhurandhar had witnessed over 32 million video views in the first three days of the title drop on the platform. The film has been made available for regular streaming since June 5.

Ranveer Singh, Akshaye Khanna, Sanjay Dutt, Arjun Rampal, R Madhavan, Sara Arjun, Rakesh Bedi, Gaurav Gera, and Danish Pandor star in the two films, which tell the story of Jaskirat Singh Rangi, alias Hamza Ali Mazari, sent to Lyari in Pakistan to bring down a terror unit.