Karan Johar reacts to Dhurandhar and Border 2 box office success: 'Bollywood is back'

Karan Johar praises Dhurandhar and Border

• "Dhurandhar" is 2025's top-grossing film, earning over Rs 1000 crore globally.
• Border 2 earns over Rs 100 crore in 3 days, stars Sunny Deol and Varun Dhawan
• Karan Johar celebrates Bollywood's comeback after two major box office successes

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Bollywood has produced two significant successes in just two months. When Dhurandhar debuted in theatres in December, it defied all predictions to become the highest-grossing movie of 2025. The Ranveer Singh starrer has earned over Rs 1000 crore worldwide. In just three days since its January release, Sunny Deol's film Border 2 has earned over Rs 100 crore.

The incredible success of these two Hindi cinema releases has made filmmaker Karan Johar ecstatic. On Sunday night, he posted a note about it on his Instagram Stories.

The filmmaker wrote, “The mega success of the two recent back to back mega Hindi film successes prove one thing… BOLLYWOOD (yes incorrect terminology but here to stay) is BACK!"

He added, “All DHURANDHARS will cross BORDERS of excellence when the film strikes emotional chords with a paying audience.”

Anurag Singh is the director and co-writer of Border 2, which is a follow-up to J.P. Dutta's famous 1997 war movie. T-Series Films and J.P. Films, Bhushan Kumar, Krishan Kumar, J.P. Dutta, and Nidhi Dutta produced the film, which expands the scope of the original and depicts a multi-front war tale including the Indian Army, Air Force, and Navy.

In addition to Sunny Deol, the movie features Varun Dhawan, Ahan Shetty, and Diljit Dosanjh. Important parts are also played by Mona Singh, Sonam Bajwa, Anya Singh, and Medha Rana. The movie is doing well in theatres.

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In Aditya Dhar's Dhurandhar, an Indian spy is dispatched to infiltrate a Baloch gang in Lyari, Pakistan. In the movie, Akshaye Khanna portrays gang leader Rehman Dakait, while Ranveer Singh plays spy Hamza Ali Mazari, also known as Jaskirat Singh Rangi.

It also stars Sanjay Dutt, R Madhavan, Arjun Rampal, Sara Arjun, and Rakesh Bedi. Dhurandhar 2, the movie's sequel, will be released in Hindi and all South Indian languages on March 19, 2026, in honour of Eid.