India, Aug. 9 -- Bollywood actor R Madhavan recently addressed the criticism surrounding his films Dhurandhar (2025) and its sequel, Dhurandhar: The Revenge (2026), being called propaganda films by a certain section. The actor clapped back at such claims and also questioned why it is wrong to be seen as Indian.

During an interaction with Galatta Plus, he spoke about how Dhurandhar was labelled "propaganda" and also spoke about his directorial debut, Rocketry: The Nambi Effect (2022), which many claimed emphasised being Indian. Responding to the same, he said, "I don't understand how being an Indian can be seen as a wrong thing. What does it mean by 'being overly Indian'? I don't know. Is it not okay to show myself as being 'too Indian'? ...