Aditya Dhar’s ‘Dhurandhar’ Franchise enjoyed a stellar record at the box office, ending its theatrical run with an international collection of over Rs 3300 crore. Directed by Ranveer Singh, the show became the second-highest-grossing Indian film of all time, after Aamir Khan’s “Dangal”. While the film’s reputation is still under wraps at the moment, business expert Vishek Chauhan believes that Nitesh Tiwari’s upcoming epic ‘Ramayana’ has the potential to go far.Chauhan reflected on the huge success of ‘Dhurandhar’ and appreciated its commercial appeal to connect with people on a demographic scale.“Whenever you make a film that has ideas, everything, and colors, you will get the best results – Dhurandhar. It’s up there. It has all the ingredients of a masala, all together. Dhurandhar is great, amazing. People say that the second part was weaker than the first part, but the second part was making high-quality films, a little higher,” he said in an interview with Siddharth Kannan. Appreciating the performance of Aditya Dhar, Chauhan said that the film reminded him of the great entertainers of yesteryear.“It was very bright. When I was watching, I knew that the film will break records, it is fire. This is unstoppable, and you can’t tell when it will stop. It has great wisdom. I was made to remember to make a film of Rakesh Roshan and Manmohan Desai. There was a sense of satisfaction in killing a villain, the audience gets catharsis from such things. “However, despite his admiration for ‘Dhurandhar’, Chauhan believes that ‘Ramayana’ is the only film that can set a benchmark at the box office.“The story is very good, it is a story that is very close to people’s hearts. The way Ranbir looks and the kind of actors he has in the film – including. Sunny DeolYash, the director is good. So, I have no doubt that the film will break records. And if the film manages to land, you will see that it will break Dhurandhar’s record. The quality of the film is crazy. “People will come to the cinema from everywhere, even from rural areas,” he said.According to Chauhan, the potential of the film will exceed his expectations at the box office, provided he connects with the audience emotionally.“It will work on a different level. It just has to land well and connect with the audience. Like Adipurush it couldn’t connect with people. It missed the mark. However, it had a phenomenal opening, around Rs 35 crore in Hindi. So, I feel the sky is the limit with Ramayana. The weavers can continue to collect VFX and other things, we will continue to do our business. “Produced by Namit Malhotra’s Prime Focus Studios and DNEG, ‘Ramayana’ features Ranbir Kapoor as Lord Rama, Sai Pallavi as Sita, Yash as Ravana and Sunny Deol as Hanuman. Made as a two-part film saga, the first part is slated to release around Diwali on November 6.Reportedly set on a combined budget of around Rs 4,000 crore, the epic has created a lot of excitement among the audience, with its first comedy drawing attention and evoking discussions about its scale, shape and form.