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Dhurandhar track sets NBA arena abuzz as bhangra performance lights up Warriors vs Bucks game: Watch

The act was performed by Bhangra Empire, a well-known dance crew, whose colourful traditional outfits and powerful moves instantly caught the crowd’s attention and earned loud cheers inside the San Francisco stadium.

2 min readNew DelhiJan 9, 2026 05:35 PM IST

Bhangra Empire later shared a video of the moment on Instagram

A burst of Punjabi energy lit up an NBA arena in San Francisco recently when the title track of Dhurandhar played during a high-octane bhangra performance ahead of the Golden State Warriors’ clash with the Milwaukee Bucks. The act was performed by Bhangra Empire, a well-known dance crew, whose colourful traditional outfits and powerful moves instantly caught the crowd’s attention and earned loud cheers inside the stadium.

Bhangra Empire later shared a video of the moment on Instagram, where it quickly went viral. Captioned, “Starting our Warriors game performance off with a bang!”, the clip shows the dancers feeding off the crowd’s excitement as fans responded enthusiastically to the performance.

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The video has gone viral and many netizens reacted to it in the comments. “Proud to see our indian culture even in the nba,” wrote one user. Another user commented, “The Dhurandhar effect is riyal.”

A third person commented, “Didn’t expect India to make a presence like this in the NBA.” A fourth individual commented, “Loveee this! Wish I’d been at this game.”

This isn’t the first time Dhurandhar has made waves beyond India. Just days earlier, videos from a wedding in Pakistan surfaced online, showing two women dancing to the film’s track Shararat, further highlighting the movie’s growing cross-border popularity.

Directed by Aditya Dhar, Dhurandhar centres on an Indian spy sent on a dangerous mission in Karachi’s Lyari area. Ranveer Singh plays the lead role of Hamza Ali Mazari, also known as Jaskirat Singh Rangi. The film also stars Akshaye Khanna as gang leader Rehman Dakait, along with Sanjay Dutt, R Madhavan, Arjun Rampal, Sara Arjun and Rakesh Bedi in key roles.

Riding high on the film’s success, the makers have already confirmed a sequel. Dhurandhar 2 is slated to hit theatres on March 19, 2026.