Unrevealed facts on Dhurandhar: Source REVEALS entire budget and how both films combined became an 8-hour saga: “A scene that was meant to be for 10 seconds actually required 2 minutes”

Aditya Dhar spent almost 11 to 12 lakhs less every day on making *Dhurandhar* compared to *Uri*. A person close to the film told this writer that it was crazy how the team managed to make the movie.

Unrevealed facts on *Dhurandhar*: A source REVEALS the full budget and how both films together became an 8-hour saga: "A scene that was meant to be for 10 seconds actually required 2 minutes."

What was the cost of making the final version of the film?

 The source said it was about Rs. 255 crores. Yes, both films together cost Rs. 255 crores to make. Originally, it was planned as one movie only. But an 8-hour film seemed impossible. So, *Dhurandhar* was split into two.

As they shot the film, the length kept growing.

 Small scenes turned into big ones, and those big ones became highlights one after another. So, what to cut? The source explained, "A scene that was meant to be for about 10 seconds actually took two minutes."

For example, there was a scene where Major Iqbal is introduced.

 Arjun Rampal's character says he wants to buy guns. That was meant to be a 2.5-minute scene. In the end, it became 8 to 9 minutes long.

The source also said that although Aditya had a solid script, the dialogues were improved on set.

 A lot of the conversation you hear in the film was actually what he thought during the day of shooting.

But the final product is almost 95 to 96% like the original script.

 "And he is very thorough with my script. He is very thorough with his research," said the source.

The source also mentioned that most of the film was shot by Aditya Dhar himself, with some help from a second unit.

 All the main important parts were shot by him personally.