India, Dec. 31 -- Not many would have predicted Ranveer Singh to end 2025 with the biggest Indian film of the year, breaking records set by Shah Rukh Khan, SS Rajamouli, and Rajinikanth at the box office. But that's what the man did. The fact that this triumph came after a couple of years when he was ridiculed, bashed, and even trolled for something or the other. That a man who started the year as everyone's favourite punching bag ends it as the box office king is the redemption arc every Hindi film fan likes. As he gears up for more mayhem in 2026 with Dhurandhar 2 and Pralay, it seems like the prodigal son has returned.

Days before Dhurandhar was to release, Ranveer saw himself in the middle of a controversy as his mimicry of Rishab Sh...