Overview
- On January 11, Aditya Dhar posted an Instagram reflection calling Uri his long-awaited first film and a bid to tell an Indian story with international standards.
- Vicky Kaushal reshared the post, thanking Dhar for his faith and calling January 11, 2019 the day that changed his career.
- Uri: The Surgical Strike released in 2019, drew from India’s 2016 surgical strikes, and won multiple honors at the 66th National Film Awards including Best Director for Dhar and a shared Best Actor for Kaushal.
- Dhar’s latest release, Dhurandhar, opened on December 5, 2025 as an espionage thriller led by Ranveer Singh with a principal cast including R. Madhavan, Sanjay Dutt, Akshaye Khanna, and Arjun Rampal.
- Box-office tallies are reported as crossing ₹800 crore in India with some reports citing more than ₹850 crore overall, and a sequel is slated for March 19.