India’s highest-grossing film of 2025, Dhurandhar, continues its phenomenal run as the New Year approaches. The Ranveer Singh-starrer has already amassed around ₹1100 crore gross worldwide, creating history at the Bollywood box office. Remarkably, even after 25 days of its release, the high-octane spy thriller is still registering double-digit daily revenues.
Amid this extraordinary box office success, the film faced one major setback. Dhurandhar was banned in several Gulf countries, resulting in an estimated revenue loss of nearly ₹90 crore. Despite performing exceptionally well across other overseas markets, the absence of a Middle East release significantly impacted its total earnings.
The film was reportedly blocked across six Gulf nations — Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the UAE. Censor authorities in these regions objected to the film’s alleged anti-Pakistan messaging, as the storyline draws inspiration from Operation Lyari, involving Indian intelligence operations in Pakistan.
According to the film’s overseas distributor, the Gulf ban proved to be a major missed opportunity. Given the strong word of mouth following its December 5 release, Dhurandhar could have comfortably earned close to ₹100 crore in the Middle East alone during its full theatrical run. Traditionally, Indian action and patriotic films perform extremely well in Gulf countries due to the large Indian diaspora, and Dhurandhar was expected to follow the same trend.
Several Bollywood films in the past, including Fighter, Sky Force, The Diplomat, Article 370, Tiger 3, and The Kashmir Files, also faced similar bans in Gulf territories.
Nevertheless, Dhurandhar has stormed the global box office and emerged as the highest-grossing Indian film of the year. In overseas markets like North America, it has become the highest-grossing Hindi film of all time, surpassing previous blockbusters such as Jawan and Pathaan. The film’s patriotic undertone and adrenaline-pumping action sequences struck a strong chord with audiences, paving the way for a record-breaking theatrical run across all released territories.
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