Emraan Hashmi praises Dhurandhar’s box office success, calls it ‘a boost for Hindi cinema’

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• Dhurandhar becomes highest-grossing Hindi film, entering ₹1,000-crore club
• Emraan Hashmi praises Dhurandhar's success and impact on the film industry
• Emraan promotes his Netflix crime drama Taskaree: The Smuggler’s Web

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Bollywood actor Emraan Hashmi has been speaking out about the resounding success of Dhurandhar — the Ranveer Singh-starrer that has broken box-office records and become the highest-grossing Hindi film ever domestically, entering the Rs 1,000-crore club and surpassing other major releases.

In a recent interview with India Today, Emraan has acknowledged the film’s impact on the industry, praising the scale of its success and the way it has drawn audiences to theatres in unprecedented numbers for a Hindi film. "Whenever a film does a certain amount of business, firstly, you're happy. [However,] There is a crap mentality in our industry. People like [to] run-down films. But I'm of the opinion that if something does well, you should celebrate that. Because that really... the more films do well, it gets for the industry, and the cash flow comes in. It helps everyone. So, that crap mentality shouldn't be there," he said.

Emraan praised the film for its successful marketing and positive word of mouth, which contributed to its strong performance in theaters. Though he hasn't had the chance to watch it himself, he expressed amusement at the audience's willingness to sit through a relatively longer runtime.

"But it's great for the makers. I think it's a great film. The marketing of the film, the way it's... I've not seen the film, but it's audacious when you have two parts like that. And a film that is almost three and a half hours but it's doing that kind of business. I was telling someone right now that the cinema experience would be four hours, but people are going and seeing it at 12 o'clock shows, even early in the morning. And that's the power of cinema, and word of mouth. It's caught on like wildfire," Hashmi added.

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Amid this backdrop, Emraan is also promoting his upcoming Netflix crime drama Taskaree: The Smuggler’s Web, his first collaboration with acclaimed filmmaker Neeraj Pandey. Calling the show “interesting and new”, Emraan shared that the script and the world it portrays — focusing on customs officers and international smuggling routes — offered him a fresh creative challenge.