{"id":47448,"date":"2026-04-06T22:51:04","date_gmt":"2026-04-06T17:21:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/?p=47448"},"modified":"2026-04-06T22:54:59","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T17:24:59","slug":"virat-kohli-praises-dhurandhar-calls-it-a-standout-cinematic-experience-in-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/cricket\/ipl\/virat-kohli-praises-dhurandhar-calls-it-a-standout-cinematic-experience-in-india\/","title":{"rendered":"Virat Kohli praises \u2018Dhurandhar\u2019, calls it a standout cinematic experience in India"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Kohli lauds \u2018Dhurandhar\u2019, joins Vaibhav Suryavanshi in praise<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Virat Kohli turned viewer and reviewer after watching <em>Dhurandhar<\/em>, sharing his thoughts on Instagram and calling it a standout cinematic experience. His post added to the growing buzz around the film, which has already drawn praise from young cricketer Vaibhav Suryavanshi, who earlier said it was his favourite movie.<\/p>\n<p>Kohli said he had \u201cnever seen a cinematic experience like this made in India,\u201d adding that the nearly four-hour film held his attention throughout. He credited director Aditya Dhar for his work, calling him a \u201cgenius\u201d and praising his \u201ctalent and conviction\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>He also singled out Ranveer Singh, saying the actor had reached \u201ca different level\u201d with a performance that he described as \u201cbeyond brilliant\u201d. Kohli\u2019s words were direct and strong, with no restraint in his appreciation.<\/p>\n<p><em>Kohli\u2019s Instagram story text:<\/em><br \/>\n\u201cSaw the film today and dare I say I\u2019ve never seen a cinematic experience like this made in India. It brought out every kind of emotion to the surface and I didn\u2019t flinch once for almost 4 hours. @adityadharfilms your talent and conviction is reflected in what you\u2019ve created. Hats off to you. You\u2019re a genius. And although all actors were great in their roles BUT @ranveersingh you have attained a different level after this movie and your performance was beyond brilliant. Absolutely WOW.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The film\u2019s reception among cricketers adds to its visibility, with both Kohli and Suryavanshi now among those openly praising it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kohli lauds \u2018Dhurandhar\u2019, joins Vaibhav Suryavanshi in praise Virat Kohli turned viewer and reviewer after watching Dhurandhar, sharing his thoughts\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":473,"featured_media":45626,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-47448","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ipl"],"reading_time":"2 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47448","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/473"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47448"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47448\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":47449,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47448\/revisions\/47449"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/45626"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47448"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47448"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47448"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}