Mumbai, April 6 Bollywood actress Yami Gautam, whose husband is the maker of the film "Dhurandhar," Aditya Dhar, has praised the film's actress, Sara Arjun, calling her "the present and the future," as she heaped praise on her performance and dedication.
Sara shared behind-the-scenes (BTS) pictures from the duology on Instagram, which has created history at the box office. The pictures featured her alongside Aditya and actor Ranveer Singh.
In the caption, Sara wrote: "The first time I ever met Aditya sir, I saw a look in his eyes. I realized that he would do something special for cinema. At every step of this journey, that realization revealed itself."
Sara also spoke about the "meticulous detailing" that Aditya put into the film.
"But the level of detail that we all miss along the way hit me only when I looked back, after it was all over, and saw the army of people standing outside the frame."
She said that the post is dedicated to the unsung heroes of "Dhurandhar 1 & 2."
"To the captain of the ship, @adityadharfilms and his direction team: the architects of our focus, who tirelessly worked to bring this dream to the screen. To the producers and the production team, @dharlokesh Jyoti ma'am, @officialjiostudios @b62studios, who weathered the storms so we could stand in the light. To our DOP, @viknow and camera team, who captured the scale and soul in every frame," she wrote.
Sara continued: "To our casting director, @castingchhabra and casting team, who looked for the right faces but ended up nailing the cast down to the very core. To the costume designer, @smriti.schauhan and makeup designers @preetisheel and their teams, who wove history into fabric and painted stories onto our skin, giving us identities that we immersed ourselves in. To @shashwatology, the singers, lyricists, and background score, who created the pulse of this film."
"To the editor, @shivkumarpanicker, and VFX team, as well as @ojas_gautam, who sculpted time and defied nature, taking our performances to the limits of reality. To the production design team, who built this sprawling universe from the ground up while the world wasn't watching. To the safety and stunt crews, who traded their safety for ours, so we could look invincible on screen."
"To the lighting, sound, and spot teams, who were the first to arrive and the last to leave: the first light of dawn and the last glimmer as the sun sets. To the countless others, your names may not be listed, but your contribution is impossible to overlook. Actors get to be the faces on the poster, but you are the spine of this cinema. Let's all applaud the sweat in the shadows just as much as the stars in the spotlight. Thank you to the entire crew of Dhurandhar. History has been made," she concluded the post.
Yami commented on the post, praising Sara, who played Yalina in the blockbuster franchise.
"You are the present & future Sara... so proud of what you have done," Yami wrote, to which Sara replied: "Yami Gautam, I have no words to express my gratitude."
Aditya also had a message for Sara, saying that there is "a rare kind of courage in the way you feel things and an even rarer grace in how you let the world see it."
The filmmaker said that Sara did not just perform, but "it was something lived, something deeply and truthfully yours. Thank you for trusting the journey, for holding on with such quiet strength and honesty."
"Keep going, keep feeling, keep shining exactly as you are, the world needs that light, and this is only the beginning of something truly extraordinary. God Bless You!" he concluded in the comment section.