Aditya Dhar Reveals How 400 Stuntmen Worked On Dhurandhar: "The Number Sounds Unreal" Aditya Dhar, the director of the Bollywood action franchise Dhurandhar, shared an in-depth account of the immense effort and collaboration required to bring the film’s high-octane sequences to life. In a heartfelt message posted on X, Dhar highlighted the extraordinary scale of the stunt team and the dedication of his action crew, who executed some of the most complex and dangerous stunts in the industry. The director emphasized the challenges of pushing creative boundaries while maintaining safety and precision, calling the process a blend of conviction and madness. Dhar described how he frequently approached his lead stunt coordinator, Aejaz Gulab, with ideas that he himself found implausible. Examples included a character being cooked inside an industrial pressure cooker, someone being dragged through busy streets behind a speeding bike with a noose around their neck, and 30 stuntmen hanging upside down from fans and spinning at the push of a button. Despite the absurdity of these concepts, Dhar noted that his team never hesitated or judged his proposals. Instead, they embraced the challenges with unwavering commitment, treating each idea as a problem to solve rather than a fantasy. The scale of the stunt team was staggering. Dhar recalled a moment during filming when he informed Aejaz that they were running out of stuntmen, as the same faces kept reappearing. Aejaz responded with a casual remark: “There’s no one left, we’ve used almost everyone in Mumbai.” This statement underscored the massive effort required to execute the film’s sequences, which involved more than 400 stunt performers. Even now, Dhar admitted, the number “sounds unreal,” but he insisted it was necessary to achieve the film’s ambitious vision.#aditya_dhar #aejaz_gulab #sea_young_oh #yannick_ben #ramazan_bulut
