Madhur Bhandarkar hails Ranveer Singh’s “UNBELIEVABLE” performance in Dhurandhar; opines, “Had I narrated a subject like Pushpa to anybody in Mumbai film industry, that actor would have instructed his secretary, ‘Isko kal se bulana nahin’”
Madhur Bhandarkar was at his candid best on the third and final day of the Red Lorry Film Festival 2026 in Mumbai. The National Award-winning filmmaker voiced his grouse on falling music standards and the lack of commitment in Bollywood actors. Madhur Bhandarkar said, “There was a time when we could easily remember songs with 2 or 3 antaras. We used to sing them during antakshari. Sometime back, I attended a marriage. It was nighttime and we began playing antakshari. We were all singing old songs. Koi naye gaane gaata hi nahin hai . And we remembered everything – mukhada as well as antara. Since childhood, we have memorized songs of Amar Akbar Anthony (1977), Parvarish (1977) etc. But in today’s times of Reels, we recognize songs for only 30 seconds. We are used to it. The brief nowadays to the lyricist is to focus on the mukhda. Even he has understood that 30-second aur 60-second ka hi khel hai . They are told, ‘ Usko acche se fit kijiye . Logon ko antara mein koi i nterest na...
