Ranveer Singh’s Dhurandhar emerged as one of the biggest box-office successes in recent years, with both Dhurandhar and its sequel Dhurandhar: Revenge collectively earning over Rs 3,000 crore worldwide and cementing the franchise’s place among Indian cinema’s biggest commercial successes. Jyoti Deshpande, who co-produced the franchise under Jio Studios, has revealed how the makers navigated escalating production costs, adopted a risk-sharing model with Ranveer Singh and director Aditya Dhar, and took the decision to split what was originally conceived as a single film into a two-part saga. In a conversation with ET Digital, Deshpande opened up about the creative and business decisions that played a key role in shaping the blockbuster franchise. Ranveer Singh and Aditya Dhar opted for backend deals Jyoti Deshpande revealed that both Ranveer Singh and Aditya Dhar chose to take smaller upfront fees and instead participated in the film’s profits through backend deals. “In Dhurandhar, Ranveer came with a smaller fixed fee and a backend deal, and therefore benefited from that arrangement. The same was true for Aditya, who also came …