Dune Director Denis Villeneuve On Ranbir Kapoor’s Efficiency In Raajneeti: “He Stood Out”

New Delhi:
Raajneeti had a number of the greatest names in Bollywood in its ensemble forged. The movie had  Ajay Devgn, Nana Patekar, Ranbir Kapoor, Katrina Kaif, Arjun Rampal, Manoj Bajpayee, Sarah Thompson, and Naseeruddin Shah in key roles. It was directed and produced by Prakash Jha.

The story was based mostly on the Mahabharata, which extensively depicted a looming battle between rival political households and events. Amidst numerous controversy, the movie was launched in theatres on June 4, 2010.

Dune director Denis Villeneuve in dialog with Movie programmer Deepti D’Cunha, revealed that Raajneeti is the primary Hindi movie that he simply watched. He additionally confessed that he was notably impressed by Ranbir Kapoor’s efficiency within the movie.

Deepti shared an image of Villeneuve’s signature on X, and captioned it, “Looking via outdated movie pageant catalogues, I discovered Denis Villeneuve’s autograph (sure! earlier than selfie days). He had come to premiere Incendies on the Abu Dhabi Movie Competition, 2010, and I keep in mind the great dialog we had as a result of he’d simply watched his first Indian movie.”

Looking via outdated movie pageant catalogues and I discovered #DenisVilleneuve‘s autograph ( sure! earlier than selfie days) He had come to premiere #Incendies at AbuDhabi Movie Competition- 2010 and I keep in mind the great dialog we had as a result of he’d simply watched his first Indian movie… pic.twitter.com/BVoA9ymdAX

— Deepti DCunha (@deemelinda) April 3, 2025

She added,  “Which occurred to be Raajneeti, and (he) was very impressed by Ranbir Kapoor and needed to know extra about him. He stated he is an excellent actor and stood out amongst such an ensemble forged. A fond reminiscence of chatting with him & superb now to see Denis helming such large Hollywood movies!”

As for Denis Villeneuve, his subsequent is titled Dune: Messiah and will probably be launched someday in 2026. It is going to be led by its stars Timothee Chalamet, Zendaya, and Florence Pugh who’re all set for a comeback. Villeneuve’s final directorial was Dune: Half Two.