Ameesha Patel slams Zakir Khan's Dhurandhar 2 remark: SRK, Sunny created Gadar

Ameesha Patel reacted to Zakir Khan's recent remarks about Hindi film industry being jealous of Dhurandhar. She cited examples of actors Shah Rukh Khan, Salman Khan, Sunny Deol and Hrithik Roshan, who have also given mega hits.

In Short

• Ameesha Patel responded to Zakir Khan's jibe on Bollywood
• Zakir had joked about Bollywood being shaken after Dhurandhar's success
• Ameesha mentioned the mega hits by SRK, Sunny Deol and Salman Khan

Actor Ameesha Patel has reacted to stand-up comedian Zakir Khan's comments about Bollywood being shaken and scared after the success of Dhurandhar: The Revenge. Ameesha, on social media, asked Zakir not to spread negativity as the Hindi film industry has valued and respected the Aditya Dhar directorial.

Ameesha, on her X handle, cited examples of actors Shah Rukh Khan, Salman Khan, Sunny Deol and Hrithik Roshan, who gave mega hits before Dhurandhar.

The actor wrote, "Dude, stop spreading NEGATIVITY! film industry has valued and respected DHURANDHAR! Superstars like SRK, Salman, Sunny, Hrithik, Ajay etc have given not just 1 but 25 plus mega hits and will continue to do so. Chill. Gadar bahut saalon se sabne already machai hain aur aage bhi machaayenge (They have shown their power for several years and will do so in the future as well) (sic)."

It all began when, during an event, Zakir said: "Kitne hi congratulatory post aap daal de, kitne hi story daalde, kitne hi interview mein aap bolde my favourite film, magar sach toh yeh hai ke Dhurandhar se sabki jali toh hai (You may drop congratulatory messages and stories and say in interviews that it's your favourite film but the truth is everyone got jealous of Dhurandhar)."

He added, "Bomb film mein foote Lyari mein par dhuan udaa hai Bandra se Juhu mein (There were bomb blasts in Lyari in the film, but there was smoke between Bandra and Juhu)."

Earlier, Ameesha had praised Dhurandhar: The Revenge on X. Her post read, "Eye opener. Industry Praising DHURANDHAR is wow and the brand deserves all the accolades (applause emoticons) industry needs to realise that ADITYA made a film and not a project, casted actors and not Instagrammars who trend at parties. Stop making projects and start making films (sic)."

Siddharth Anand, who has directed films like Pathaan (2025) and Fighter (2024), also responded to Zakir's statement on X and wrote, "Juhu - Bandra peeps have given all ATBB’s (All Time Blockbuster) since the past 50 years. You have to be a real duffer to undermine their contribution."

Dhurandhar: The Revenge features actors Ranveer Singh, Arjun Rampal, R Madhavan, Sara Arjun, Rakesh Bedi, Sanjay Dutt, Gaurav Gera, Manav Gohil and others in key roles.

The film was theatrically released on March 19, 2026.

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