Arjun Rampal has offered a striking glimpse into life after Dhurandhar, and it has little to do with loud victory laps. The actor says the runaway success of the Aditya Dhar franchise has left the team awash with gratitude, with the filmmaker himself marking the moment through temple visits rather than industry-style celebration.
Rampal, who played Major Iqbal in the espionage saga, described a unit still absorbing what the films have achieved. His comments framed the response not as routine post-release excitement, but as an emotional comedown from a phenomenon that has hit the team with unusual force.
Arjun Rampal On How The Dhurandhar Team Is Processing The High
Speaking in an interview with NDTV, Rampal said, “I’m still pinching myself; you know what I mean? I think for the whole team, it has been phenomenal. Way, way, way beyond anybody’s wildest dreams or imagination. It just throws you into a sense of gratitude.”
He then described how the people behind the franchise have responded to that wave. “They’re all dudes, man. They’re all ‘Dhurandhars’. Everybody’s in shock. There’s so much dopamine going on. Vikash, I know, has joined some monastery because he wants to get grounded. Aditya is going to temples because he loves spending time there. The beautiful thing is that everybody from the team just wants to get grounded. It’s such a wonderful, beautiful high that we’ve all received, and now you just want balance. It’s very important,” he said.
Rampal added that he handled the aftermath in his own way, stepping away from the noise and heading back to Goa to spend time with family and reconnect with nature. That detail gave his remarks a personal texture, showing how intensely the experience landed on a cast and crew who mounted one of Hindi cinema’s biggest action spectacles.
That emotional reset also makes this moment particularly meaningful for Rampal. Dhurandhar, backed by Jio Studios and B62 Studios, arrived as a major ensemble event led by Ranveer Singh, with Rampal sharing screen space with Sanjay Dutt, R. Madhavan, Akshaye Khanna and Sara Arjun. In a career built on reinvention, this franchise has handed him one of his most visible mainstream highs in years.
The first film collected ₹1300 crore worldwide, while the sequel made over ₹1500 crore and is running in theatres.
Why Dhurandhar Marks A Defining New Chapter For Arjun Rampal
Rampal’s recent filmography shows an actor moving restlessly across genres and industries before landing in the middle of a full-scale blockbuster chapter. In 2022, he appeared in The Rapist and Dhaakad, followed by the Telugu film Bhagavanth Kesari in 2023. He was then seen in Crakk in 2024, continuing a run that mixed darker parts, action-heavy appearances and multi-industry visibility.
In 2025, he added Nikita Roy and the first Dhurandhar film to that stretch, before returning with Dhurandhar: The Revenge in 2026. The sequel now stands as his latest screen release and a clear reminder of the space he continues to occupy in big-canvas commercial cinema. At a time when many actors chase reinvention, Rampal has found it through scale, ensemble power and a franchise that has pushed him back into the thick of the mainstream conversation.
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