The Dhurandhar trailer has finally arrived… and unfortunately, so has the disappointment. What should have been a thunderous, career-defining comeback for Ranveer Singh ends up looking like a timid retreat disguised as a teaser. In fact, the earlier title track and first teaser had more punch, more identity, and more cinematic presence than this four-minute confusion reel. The trailer is supposed to elevate hype — instead, it exposes cracks so wide you could drive a convoy through them.
Let’s address the biggest shock first: Ranveer Singh practically disappears. For a man who once prided himself on overpowering the frame, he now seems scared to even stand in it. His screen presence — once electric — has fizzled into something that looks like chronic hesitation. This isn’t intensity; this is insecurity. The trolling he endured for mimicking Ranbir Kapoor’s Animal persona seems to have dug deep into his psyche, because here he moves like someone terrified of being compared again. The “beast mode” Ranveer used to parade has deflated into a whimper. For the first time ever, Ranveer Singh manages to look like a background extra in his own project.
As a trailer, Dhurandhar fails spectacularly. It’s visually loud but shockingly empty — a stitched-together montage of slow-motion shots, VFX-heavy silhouettes, and dark filters pretending to be grit. Instead of a narrative, we get a chaotic buffet of borrowed aesthetics: a little Animal aggression, a slice of KGF swagger, some gangster inspiration from real-life criminals, and then heaps of patriotism slapped on top like a desperate mask. The problem? Nothing blends. Nothing builds. Nothing hooks. It’s a style parade with zero story — a four-minute reminder that ambition without direction is just noise.
Aditya Dhar, once applauded for the grounded brilliance of Uri, seems almost unrecognizable here. Rather than a filmmaker crafting a vision, he feels more like a producer trying to cash in on whatever visual trend is hot this year. The trailer plays like a resume portfolio — “Here’s an action moment! Here’s a stylish walk! Here’s a patriotic punchline!” — but none of it forms a coherent identity. It’s not a trailer; it’s a panic attack disguised as a movie preview.
And then comes the most baffling part: the announcement that Dhurandhar will be a two-part film. Two parts? Of this? When the trailer itself can’t decide what it wants to be, talking about sequels feels almost comedic. The foundation is so shaky, so unfocused, that the idea of expanding it into multiple films doesn’t feel ambitious — it feels delusional. Before planning a universe, maybe start with delivering a trailer that actually knows its own tone.
At the center of this mess is Ranveer Singh, who urgently needs to rediscover who he is as an actor. Because right now, he looks lost — swallowed by fear, weighed down by comparisons, and overshadowed by the very confidence he once flaunted. Dhurandhar had the potential to be a redemption arc. Instead, this trailer makes it seem like Ranveer is running from his own shadow… and losing.