Aditya Dhar

Aditya Dhar isn’t your average Bollywood filmmaker—he basically exploded onto the scene with “Uri: The Surgical Strike” in 2019, which was all anyone talked about for months. You’ve got Vicky Kaushal, Yami Gautam, and Paresh Rawal delivering some seriously punchy performances, and the whole thing was shot in Serbia of all places, on a budget that’s pocket change compared to most blockbusters. Despite that, it raked in an insane amount of money—like, Rs. 2.4 billion just in India, and worldwide? Try Rs. 3.5 billion, which is just wild. No surprise, Aditya took home a ton of shiny awards, including the National Film Award for Best Director and the Filmfare for Best Debut Director. Not bad for a first-timer, right? After that, he didn’t just kick back and relax. He set up B62 Studios with his brother, Lokesh—named it after their old house in Delhi, which is pretty sweet if you ask me. Fast forward to 2024 and 2025, and he’s churning out hits again—producing and writing “Article 370,” which basically crashed the box office, and then teaming up for “Dhoom Dhaam,” a Netflix comedy that landed on Valentine’s Day and sent everyone into a binge-watching frenzy. Now, the buzz is all about “Dhurandhar,” his next big directorial venture. We’re talking espionage, spies, and a stacked cast—Ranveer Singh, Sanjay Dutt, Akshaye Khanna, R Madhavan, Arjun Rampal… the list goes on. This one’s backed by B62 and Jio Studios and dropping in late 2025. People are already hyped, and honestly, who can blame them?