MUMBAI: Filmmaker Aditya Dhar, whose directorial ‘Dhurandhar: The Revenge’ has emerged as a box-office phenomenon, has called Tamil superstar Rajinikanth the “benchmark” of entertainment, as he got overwhelmed with the appreciation from the legend of Tamil cinema.
On Monday, Rajinikanth took to his X, formerly Twitter, and lauded ‘Dhurandhar: The Revenge’, as he called Aditya Dhar, “box-office ka baap” (The big daddy of box-office).
He wrote, “What a film #Dhurandhar2. Aditya Dhar, box office, ka baap. Many congratulations to Ranveer and the entire cast and crew. A must watch film for every Indian. Jai hind”.
Responding to the same, Aditya called it a superstar moment. He wrote, “ “Sir, we’ve all grown up measuring “entertainment” with just one benchmark, YOU.
Making us whistle, laugh, cry and feel larger than life for decades and still doing it with the same swag and grace, that’s pure magic. So for you to call ‘Dhurandhar 2’, a “must watch” feels like the biggest ‘superstar’ moment of my life”.