The tale of two 'Dhurandhars': Before Ranveer Singh started, Ravi Kishan acted in the OG Dhurandhar

As Dhurandhar crosses the Rs 1000 crore mark, Shreya finds out an interesting piece of trivia about the film, but with a Bhojpuri twist!

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00:00Just as Ranveer Singh's starrer Dhurandar becomes the 9th Indian film to cross the

00:07Rs. 1000 crore club, a 2013 Bhojpuri film with the same title seems to be trending on

00:12social media.

00:13Yes, this film, also named Dhurandar, starred BJP, MP and former Bhojpuri star Ravi Kishan.

00:19Released years before the latest Dhurandar, Ravi Kishan played the role of a cop, who

00:23takes on Bihar's most crooked politician and his gang with an intense look similar

00:27to Ranveer's.

00:28As ex-users discovered the OG Dhurandar, it has now sparked a meme-fest and comparisons

00:33between the namesake movies separated by decades.

00:35While some called Kishan's film the prequel to Ranveer's, some actually said that the

00:40OG Dhurandar was in fact better.

00:42As Ravi Kishan congratulates Ranveer Singh on the success of the film, cinephiles just cannot

00:46stop having a field day.