Aditya Dhar’s Dhurandhar The Revenge entered the Rs. 1,000 crore club on its third Sunday, the fastest Indian film to achieve the feat after Pushpa 2 (2024). Even as the film continues its strong run, a section of viewers labelled it ‘propaganda’.

Reacting to the criticism, actor and Lok Sabha MP Ravi Kishan says that the film franchise “revived the industry and brought out facts in cinematic brilliance”.

“Calling it a propaganda film is very wrong! Actors from the South supported it openly; everyone should do that,” Kishan opines, adding, “A new trend has started of calling films propaganda; log yeh ek naya kabootar pakad liye hain!”

The actor, recently seen in Maamla Legal Hai season 2, compares the franchise to the 1975 blockbuster Sholay: “The writer picks topics from real news and incidents, and the team cinematically presents them on the screen. The truth needs to be brought in front of people.”

While the 56-year-old was not a part of the franchise, he has “no regrets”. “Someone somewhere must be writing a Dhurandhar for me. Log chal ke aate hain, main reng ke aaya hoon after 35 years and 750 films,” he laughs, adding, “But I’d like to work with Aditya or (filmmaker) Sanjay Leela Bhansali, like I got to work with (filmmaker) Karan Johar in (upcoming film) Naagzilla.”