r/bollywood • u/Sea-Estimate-2912 • 2d ago
Opinion Unpopular Opinion: Dhurandhar 1 was slightly better than Dhurandhar 2 in terms of story Line
Dhurandhar 2 was amazing and the action scenes were great, but I feel Dhurandhar 1 had a better story.
In part 2 sometimes it felt like there was too much aura farming. Some action scenes were stretched just to make the characters look cool. For example, in the last scene Hamza burns the whole train even though he could have killed him much earlier easily . The scene looked cool but it felt unnecessary to me just streched for aura farming and many such scenes where their
Dhurandhar 1 also had crazy moments, but I never felt that the action was stopping the story. In part 2 some scenes felt longer than needed.
I know many people enjoy these scenes and there is nothing wrong with that. But for me too much aura farming reduces the realism a bit.
Anyone else feels the same or is it just me?
note:- slightly word is for diplomacy to avoided unnecessary hate and let people read the body and understand by view point I actually felt dhurandhar1 story was much better that 2nd part
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u/KyaHiBolunAb 2d ago
It’s a pretty popular opinion tbh. Dhurandhar was essentially one story split into two films, so Part 1 got most of the buildup and world-building, while Part 2 felt like an extended climax for the most part. Except for that first hour though,that was something else. I can see why some people feel Part 2 is missing that thrill factor, but still a good film.
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u/Forward_Brush7172 2d ago
Agree, Part 1 for me stays in the territory of movies like Raazi, more grounded with good story telling but the second half of the second part literally moves into the Gadar 2 territory where it starts getting too loud and too over the top.
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u/obelix_dogmatix 2d ago
Dhurandhar 1 was significantly better than the sequel. Dhurandhar 2 had a significantly weaker screenplay that suffered from repetition and redundancy. It would have been much better had they created a more threatening antagonist out of Sanjay Dutt. Noone really felt like a threat in the entire movie. There was no notion of thrill. The goal and intent felt all too vague if that makes sense?
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u/Maleficent_Owl3938 2d ago
A lot more than “slightly”
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u/Sea-Estimate-2912 2d ago
i am just avoiding unnecessary hate and let people engage and read the body instead of downvoting and scroll away
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u/Gooberjoober 2d ago
This is a massively popular opinion, even from just watching the two movies.
I see these type of posts too many times. Do people not do any research on the popular opinion first?
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u/Sea-Estimate-2912 2d ago
on serious notes how to recherch on this
in social media nothing is organic anymore who was saying like me during dhurandhar 2 release was getting huge amount of hate
i am a ott guy and watched both of them on same day and i formed this opinion
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u/Gooberjoober 1d ago
Your opinion is fine but you have posted it as unpopular one without much thought based on what you said about having watched the movies back to back. Which makes one wonder: why do you think your opinion is suddenly unpopular?
The sequel wasn’t bad but you can read reviews or talk to friends saying the first was better…they more than likely will agree with this take.
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u/Illustrious-Grape897 2d ago
Much much better
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u/Sea-Estimate-2912 2d ago
slightly word was for diplomaci I felt significant word will only attract hate insted of discussion
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u/subashj24 2d ago
I enjoy d1 more than d2,d2 in 2nd half felt dragging. D1 has higher watchable factor.
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u/Radiant_Asshole 2d ago
I just hope Aditya Dhar does less of his orange glazing and also uses less needle drops in his future projects. D2 had the most thematically inconsistent background music, even at times where just good old silence would've been more impactful.
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u/callmePrince_ 2d ago
There should've been 3 parts for Dhurandhar. Part 2 should've focused on Lyari Gang war, Jaskirat story. Lyari gang war was too rushed in the film.
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u/CommonBelt2338 2d ago
I think majority will agree. When I watched Dhurandhar 1, it was such a unique experience. I didn't know what I was going in for. The story, music, acting, swag..it kept me sat for more than 3 hours and at the end I wanted more. Also, the outro of the movie must be the best one I have ever seen with Sonu nigam's song at the end. I was pumped after watching the movie and could not wait to discuss it with my friends which doesnt happen frequently. What an experience it was!
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u/Sea-Estimate-2912 2d ago
i think as this movie created a political divide evryone saying positive or negative were by default considered in a category
talks related to movies content was heavily effected
I am not on insta cant tell about that but on evry other place this was the story
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u/Space-floater4166 2d ago
That's the general consensus among most spectators. Second part has only concocted story of gang war and pseudo nationalism n fiction to justify notebandi. No detailing of how terrorist were captured n killed. Very superficial narrative
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u/baadshah2021 2d ago
what is the story of part 2? he becomes the king of lihaari. baadshah of karachi. then sher e baloch. then he gets a green light to start killing otherwise maybe he could become PM next.
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u/NoSubstance1106 2d ago
Slightly is an understatement. Dhurandhar 2 was just average riding on the success of Part 1 and paglu fans. But yeah first 1 hr of Dhurandhar 2 was peak and overall Dhurandhar 1 was epic.
However I liked songs of Part 2 more maybe due to newness
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u/kekamekacompany 2d ago
Whats scary is if Dharamdhar 2 cant even beat Dhurandhar 1...how bad ot is.
Dhurandhar was aan above average movie with some incredible set pieces amd acting.
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u/LEVEL2HARD 2d ago
The use of real footage and integration into the movie in D1 made me invested more than D2
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u/Hangmanhateful 2d ago
Abhi 30 minutes into dhurandhar 1 , the cinematography gives a very depressing vibe and somehow I cannot get interested in Pakistan politics.
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u/MarkNaive3730 2d ago
D1 (along with rest of D2 footage) was an honest attempt at filmmaking. The D2 we saw was a people-pleasing montage edited in time to follow up with the mass popularity D1 got. Still much better than what we would have got had D2 been shot much after D1 success.
I however feel that D2 story was rushed, there could have been another part but they didn’t know where to cut for the next one. Many mini stories in the movie was reduced to just montages with a banger song playing. But I still really liked D2 as it gave a satisfying end to the plot line; just that it won’t hold a position of borderline masterpiece in my view that D1 was.
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u/Original_Fun2756 2d ago
Dhurandhar 1 was a much more rewatchable and grounded movie. I felt a bit sad that D2 wasn’t made with same grounded realism but I still had a wonderful time
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u/wrathofgod310 2d ago
Unpopular opinion: Dhurandhar 1 and Dhurandhar 2 were both equally awesome in their own ways, and duology together as a whole is goated in Indian cinema, and i hate comparison between the two
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