India, Dec. 26 -- Dhurandhar has emerged as the #1 film of 2025. The spy action thriller surpassed expectations after its release on December 5 with understated promotions. It went on to enter the Rs.1000 crore club within 21 days of its release. Now Ram Gopal Varma has penned a long note on what he has learnt from the Aditya Dhar film as a filmmaker.

Taking to his X account, Ram Gopal Varma wrote, "A directors growth not only from what he learnt from previous directors who came before him , but also from directors who came after him ..In that context here are my new learnings from Aditya Dhar's DURANDHAR. From Coppola I learnt intense closeted drama , which I tried to emulate in Satya, Company, Sarkar etc. But now Dhurandhar shows that ...