After massive box office success (Rs. 894 crore and counting net in India alone, and that too only in Hindi!), Dhurandhar premiered on Netflix (after its December 5, 2025, theatrical release) in four languages on January 30, 2026, following the normal eight-week window for OTT release. Theatrically, this film has grossed a global total of over Rs. 1400 crore.

The film was released on Netflix about 10 to 15 minutes shorter than the theatrical version, when normally, the OTT version can have the censored sequences included (as there is no censorship online) and can be longer. However, the reason for this is that the teaser of part two has an edited version of a part of the first film’s post-climax, which has been axed from the Netflix version!

The making of the two parts of the film (Dhurandhar: The Revenge arrives on March 19) was said to have cost around or slightly more than Rs. 280 crore, a figure (all the way to Rs. 400 crore-plus!) that kept mysteriously changing on digital platforms once the movie came to be known as a mega-blockbuster. One would have assumed then, that the OTT rights and music rights would be sold together for both Dhurandhar and Dhurandhar: Revenge, but that is not so!

Netflix had offered Jio Studios and B62 Studios a hefty Rs. 175 crore for both films before the release of the first part in the theatres, but the filmmakers decided to hold on with confidence and sold the rights at Rs. 85 crore for Part 1. After its stupendous success, the highest bidder was JioHotstar, which has now bagged the OTT rights for Part 2 alone for a staggering Rs. 150 crore!

And that is not all. The music rights (the rights for Part 1 were with Saregama) have now been given for Rs. 45 crore to T-Series.

While both music labels are now a part of the Indian Performing Rights Society, it does not really matter which older songs are re-used in original or re-created form, but this also suggests the higher use of newer songs, unlike the earlier film’s use of melodies from Karz, Barsaat Ki Raat, Caravan and Armaan. But here too, it is suggested that T-Series gave them a better deal, that is all!

Technically, Dhurandhar: The Revenge can now stream on JioHotstar in early May 2026.

The recently-released teaser and poster of Dhurandhar: The Revenge offered key details about the film’s release strategy. The sequel will later air on television via Star Gold. 

“The Rs. 150 crores received by Jio Studios is one of the biggest digital deals in the last few years, as the OTT players have generally slowed down on the acquisition front. But the blockbuster success of Dhurandhar, aided by demand from the audience, has pushed the players to pay a premium,” a source told a Mumbai publication.

High performance online too

Meanwhile, Dhurandhar is also trending at No. 1 on Netflix in Middle-East (Bahrain, Oman, and the UAE) and Pakistan, despite theatrical restrictions there, highlighting its post-theatrical momentum. It is said to have debuted at the top in Pakistan during the January 26–February 1 tracking period and has similarly secured the No. 1 spot in several other markets. It has managed to perform well on the platform, ranking No. 7 in Saudi Arabia and No. 3 in Kuwait.

As per the latest data released by the streaming platform, in 10 days, it registered a total of 15.8 million views, of which 8.2 million came during the latest week (February 2–8, 2026). The film has received a strong response on OTT and is currently trending at the No. 1 position in 11 countries, according to platform data, reports 123Telugu.com.

The film recently topped the ‘Top 10 Global Non-English Movies’ list for the week, recording 7.6 million views and 26.1 million hours of watch time. Netflix stated that views are calculated by “total hours viewed divided by runtime.”

Dhurandhar: The Revenge’s teaser shows Hamza Mazari (Ranveer Singh) asserting control over Lyari and commencing his journey to power. Set to release this time in five languages—Hindi, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, and Malayalam, it is set for a clash at the box-office with Yash’s Toxic: A Fairy Tale for Grown Ups. Happily, Adivi Sesh’s Dacoit has postponed its release alongside. 

Add-on rumors

Like any high-profile film, the sequel is said to have Vicky Kaushal in a key role reprised from his character in Dhar’s debut, URI: The Surgical Strike and Dhar’s wife, Yami Gautam Dhar in a key action-packed cameo. Buzz that Salman Khan is playing the mysterious ‘Bada Saab’ was nixed when it was found that the online images were AI-created.

The Rights vs. Performance links

At one time, the satellite television rights were the biggest after the theatricals, but now they are barely 10 percent of the production budget. However, the digital rights would be (on producers’ demands) about 60 to 80 percent of the production cost around the times of the pandemic, when cinemas were shut and the OTT channels were under pressure to grow from their headquarters as well as investors. 

However, off-late, the platforms have wised up and tightened their purse-strings. After several high-profile releases across the nation underperforming, the price is now decided often after the theatrical performance, or modified based on it.

Notable disappointments despite the hype include Kalki 2898 AD (2023), which made just Rs. 1100 crore on a Rs. 600 crore budget, for which the platform had dished out a whopper Rs. 375 crore! A film with a Rs. 600 production cost needs Rs. 1200 crore business to be called breakeven!

KGF: Chapter 2 (2022) was sold for an incredible Rs. 320 crore despite a flimsy reported budget of Rs. 100 crore. However, the film made over Rs. 1200 crore.

The third highest deal was for Rs. 300 crore for RRR (2022). Among films acquired for Rs. 200 crore plus, only Pushpa 2: The Rule was a massive hit, Salaar: Part 1, Adipurush and They Call Him OG severely underperformed. Later Devara and Singham Again also did not do well as per their acquisition costs by platforms.

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