India, Jan. 2 -- Filmmaker Sudhir Mishra acknowledged that his sensibilities come from a very different school of cinema than Aditya Dhar's Dhurandhar, but that didn't stop him from praising the Ranveer Singh and Akshaye Khanna-starrer spy thriller. He applauded Aditya's choices in casting and the film's execution, and defended against the propaganda label.

The filmmaker took to X, formerly known as Twitter, to praise Aditya Dhar and his film Dhurandhar. It began when one social media user asked whether any filmmaker from Indian cinema will make a film on the Unnao rape case.

Responding to this, Sudhir wrote, "One of us has the guts. There is a film. You'll see it soon. Also please stop lumping us all under one brand, called Bollywood. ...