Director Manu Anand addresses comparisons to Ranveer Singh’s
Rs 1,300 crore blockbuster that
‘Mr X is not Dhurandhar. He further went on to clarify that while there are thematic similarities, his film is not a copy.
Speaking at the trailer launch of
Mr. X (set for release on April 17, 2026), Anand noted, “he isn’t saying that they have made a Dhurandhar. Mr. X is not Dhurandhar and doesn’t want people to compare it to the film”.
Anand admitted that like Dhurandhar, his film connects multiple real-life incidents into one screenplay.
Mr. X is based on seven specific, real incidents that took place in India between 1965 and 2007.
Though Dhurandhar dealt with recent geopolitics (demonetisation), Mr. X focuses on different, undisclosed espionage stories.
The director emphasized that the film isn’t a “work of imagination dressed up as realism,” and he consulted two actual intelligence officers for the screenplay.
The film, also featuring Gautham Karthik and Manju Warrier, was written amidst the pandemic and has been in the works for over two years, independent of the Dhurandhar hype.
Mr. X is scheduled for a theatrical release on April 17, 2026.
He acknowledged that similarities exist between his film and Aditya Dhar’s blockbuster franchise, but was careful to draw a line between the two.
News Edit KV Raman
