Widespread success and recognition (2025—present)
On 5 December 2025, Dhar's second directorial, Dhurandhar, a spy thriller, was released, featuring Ranveer Singh, Akshaye Khanna, R. Madhavan, Sanjay Dutt and Arjun Rampal, produced by his company B62 Studios and Jio Studios. His filmmaking was well received, critics praising the ensemble cast performance, direction, cinematography, action sequences, soundtrack, world building and production values, while criticism was directed for mixing fact and fiction. Dhurandhar emerged as a major commercial success at the box office, becoming the 4th Hindi film to cross ₹1,000 crore worldwide. It grossed over ₹1350 crore worldwide and ranks as the 4th highest grossing Indian films of all time, 2nd highest grossing Hindi film, the highest grossing Hindi films in India and the highest grossing Adult-certified Indian film. On 7 January 2026, the film surpassed Pushpa 2: The Rule and became the highest-grossing film in Hindi domestic net collections. Thus, it became the highest grosser in Hindi language alone and also the most successful Bollywood film after the COVID pandemic.
The success of Dhurandhar led "Peak detailing by Aditya Dhar" captioned memes on the internet and across social media for his authentic approach to filmmaking, such as having characters being highly realistic with real events, action sequences, firearm handling or shooting massive explosions completely in-real rather than relying only on CGI. Originally Dhurandhar was conceived as a single film, Dhar later opted for a two-part release because of the film's length, the sequel being named Dhurandhar: The Revenge; which was revealed in the post-credit scene in Dhurandhar.
Dhurandhar: The Revenge was released on 19 March 2026, only 3 and half months after the first part's release. Like its predecessor, it received praise for Dhar's execution, cast performance, technical aspects, musical score, Dhar's direction and world building, but criticism for mixing fact and fiction and alleged nationalist propaganda. Nevertheless, the film emerged as a major commercial success and broke several box office records for an Indian film. It crossed the ₹1000 crore worldwide mark within a week and became the 5th Hindi film to do so. Dhar became only the second Indian director after S. S. Rajamouli to direct two ₹1000 crore films. The film became the first Indian film which grossed over ₹1000 crore in only Hindi net collections. By the end of the fifth week of its release, the film had grossed over ₹1850 crore worldwide. It eventually emerged as the second-highest-grossing Indian film of all time, the second-highest-grossing Hindi-language film worldwide, the highest-grossing Hindi-language film domestically, the third-highest-grossing film in India and the highest grossing A-rated Indian film of all time.
After the Dhurandhar duology, Dhar is reportedly deciding between three options for his next film: a historical drama about the Maurya Empire starring Ranveer Singh; a sports drama; or rebooting his shelved 2021 film The Immortal Ashwatthama.
