‘Bollywood is Back’: Karan Johar lauds box office success of ‘Dhurandhar’ and ‘Border 2’ While ‘Dhurandhar’ has raked in over Rs 830 crore nett in India since its December 5 release, ‘Border 2’ crossed the Rs 100-crore mark on its first weekendEntertainment Web DeskThe box office success of Ranveer Singh-starrer Dhurandhar and Sunny Deol’s Border 2 has revived Bollywood, filmmaker Karan Johar said on Sunday. Also starring Akshaye Khanna, Sanjay Dutt, Arjun Rampal, Sara Arjun and R. Madhavan, Dhurandhar smashed many box office records after its release. The spy thriller emerged as the highest grossing Indian film of 2025, the highest grossing film of Ranveer Singh’s career and the fourth-highest grossing Indian film of all time. Dhurandhar 2 is set to clash with K.G.F star Yash’s upcoming film Toxic: A Fairy Tale For Grown-Ups at the box office. The film is the second instalment in the war drama franchise that began with J.P. Dutta’s 1997 directorial Border.

Source: The Telegraph January 26, 2026 10:48 UTC