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Dhurandhar
Directed byAditya Dhar
Written byAditya Dhar
Additional screenplayOjas Gautam
Shivkumar V. Panicker
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyVikash Nowlakha
Edited byShivkumar V. Panicker
Music byShashwat Sachdev
Production
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Release dates
Running time
443 minutes (both films)[1][2]
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi
Budget₹250–300 crore (both films)[3]
Box office₹ 2,432.33 crore (both films)[4][5]

Dhurandhar is an Indian Hindi-language spy action-thriller film series[6][7][8][9][10][11][12] created by Aditya Dhar and produced by Jio Studios and B62 Studios. The films feature Ranveer Singh, Akshaye Khanna, Sanjay Dutt, Arjun Rampal, R. Madhavan, Sara Arjun and Rakesh Bedi, alongside several supporting actors. The series focuses on an undercover Indian intelligence agent who infiltrates Lyari's criminal syndicates and political power structures in Karachi, Pakistan in an effort to dismantle the terror network targeting India.

The duology currently ranks 3rd highest-grossing Indian film franchise of all time.[13] It's also the first Indian film series, in which both films crossed the 1000 crore mark.[8]

The first instalment Dhurandhar was released on 5 December 2025 and broke several box-office records, becoming the highest-grossing Hindi film in India, second highest-grossing Hindi film worldwide, 4th highest grossing Indian film and the highest-grossing A-certified Indian film of all-time.[14][15] The second instalment Dhurandhar: The Revenge was released on 19 March 2026.

Films

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Film Release date Director Screenwriter(s) Producer(s)
Dhurandhar 5 December 2025 Aditya Dhar Aditya Dhar, Shivkumar V. Panicker, Ojas Gautam Aditya Dhar, Lokesh Dhar, Jyoti Deshpande
Dhurandhar: The Revenge 19 March 2026

Dhurandhar

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After the hijacking of IC-814 in 1999 and 2001 Indian Parliament attack, IB Chief, Ajay Sanyal devices an indomitable mission to intrude and rupture the terrorist network in Pakistan, by infiltrating the underworld mafia of Karachi. Meanwhile, a 20 year old boy from Punjab held captive for a revenge crime, is identified by Sanyal for the mission. What follows is a network of criminals, informants and operatives whose lives intersect, navigating covert operations, espionage and betrayals.[16]

Dhurandhar: The Revenge

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The film introduces Jaskirat Singh Rangi, tracing the chain of events that compel him to become Hamza Ali Mazari, and follows his rise as he operates deep inside Lyari's criminal syndicates and political power structures in Karachi while avenging the 26/11 attacks and confronting bigger threats.[17]

Production

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Development

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Dhurandhar was officially announced in July 2024 by Aditya Dhar and Ranveer Singh on his social media accounts.[18] The official title Dhurandhar was revealed in December 2024.[19] The film is reportedly inspired by real-life incidents, geopolitical conflicts, and the covert operations of RAW.[20] The plot was loosely based on events revolving around 1999 IC-814 hijacking, the 2001 Indian Parliament attack, the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks, Operation Lyari, 2014 Indian general election, 2016 Indian banknote demonetisation and various other events.[21][22][23]

Initially planned as a single film, the makers later decided to make the film a two-part release.[24] Both the parts were shot together concurrently as a single project.[25] The original plan was to release one long film, but the large amount of footage and story complexity led the makers to split it into two parts during post-production process.[26][27]

Aditya Raj Kaul, the senior executive editor at NDTV for geopolitics, national security and strategic affairs, served as the film's research consultant.[22]

Earlier, reports also indicated that the project was initially structured as an OTT web series, however as the script expanded and the scale of action increased, the makers decided the story was better suited for theatres and transformed it into a film. However, the footage was so extensive that it eventually had to be split into two parts.[28][29]

Casting

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Mukesh Chhabra was the casting director for the film.[30] In July 2024, Singh was cast as the lead, alongside Sanjay Dutt, R. Madhavan, Akshaye Khanna, and Arjun Rampal.[31][32] In October 2024, Sara Arjun was cast opposite Singh.[33] Singh played the role of a RAW agent, while Madhavan was reported to be playing National Security Advisor Ajit Doval.[34][35] Dutt's character was based on Pakistani police officer Chaudhry Aslam Khan, Khanna's character was based on gangster Rehman Dakait, while Rampal's character was based on Pakistani soldier-turned-terrorist Ilyas Kashmiri and Major Iqbal, the shadowy handler of David Headley.[36][37] Television actors Rakesh Bedi, Saumya Tandon, Manav Gohil, Gaurav Gera, and Naveen Kaushik were cast in significant roles.[38][39]

Singh's character was rumoured to be based on Major Mohit Sharma, an Indian army officer who infiltrated terrorist groups in Kashmir, however this claim was denied by Aditya Dhar.[40][41] Yami Gautam's cameo for second part was confirmed in February 2026.[42]

Filming

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The first part was shot back-to-back alongside the second one as a single integrated film.[43] Principal photography took place from July 2024 to October 2025 across India and Thailand.[44][45] Several scenes set in Pakistan especially Lyari were re-created in Thailand.[46][47] In India, filming took place across Mumbai,[48][49] Amritsar,[50] Ludhiana,[51] Chandigarh,[52] Ladakh[53] and Kasauli.[54] In Thailand, filming took place in the capital city Bangkok.[55]

Additional shooting for second part also took place in January and February 2026 across Mumbai.[56][57]

Cast and crew

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Cast

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This section includes characters who will appear or have appeared in the Dhurandhar film series.

  • An empty grey cell indicates the character was not in the film, or that the character's official presence has not yet been confirmed.
  •  A indicates an appearance through archival footage or audio.
  •  C indicates a cameo role.
  •  G indicates a guest appearance in the season.
  •  Y indicates a younger version of the character.
Character Films
Dhurandhar (2025) Dhurandhar: The Revenge (2026)
Hamza Ali Mazari / Jaskirat Singh Rangi Ranveer Singh
Rehman Dakait Akshaye Khanna Akshaye KhannaC
SP Chaudhary Aslam Sanjay Dutt
Ajay Sanyal R. Madhavan
Major Iqbal Arjun Rampal
Yalina Jamali Sara Arjun
Jameel Jamali Rakesh Bedi
Uzair Baloch Danish Pandor
Mohammad Aalam Gaurav Gera
Sushant Bansal Manav Gohil
Ulfat Jahan Saumya Tandon
Donga Naveen Kaushik
Rizwan Shah Mustafa Ahmed
Siyahi Rouhallah Gazi
Shirani Bimal Oberoi
Babu Dakait Asif Ali Haider Khan
Arshad Pappu Ashwin Dhar
Devavrat Kapoor Akash Khurana
K. S. Bhullar Ali Raza Namdar
Lt. General Shamshad Hassan Raj Zutshi
Dawood Ibrahim "Bade Sahab" Danish Iqbal
Javed Khanani Ankit Sagar
Altaf Khanani Mushtaq Naika
Azam Cheema Vinod Tharani
Sajid Mir Faiz Khan
Abdul Bhuttovi Sanjay Mehta
David Headley Carl Andrew Harte
ASP Omar Haider Aditya Uppal
Zahoor Mistry (Zahid Akhund) Vivek Sinha
Prabhneet Kaur Rangi Madhurjeet Sarghi
Aquib Ali Zarwari Sanjay Mehndiratta
Nawab Shafiq Mashhoor Amrohi
Atif Ahmed Salim Siddiqui
Gurbaaz "Pinda" Singh Udaybir Sandhu
Brigadier Jahangir Suvinder Vicky
Shazia Bano Yami GautamC

Crew

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Occupation Film
Dhurandhar (2025) Dhurandhar: The Revenge (2026)
Director Aditya Dhar
Producer(s) Aditya Dhar
Lokesh Dhar
Jyoti Deshpande
Screenwriter(s) Aditya Dhar
Additional screenplay Ojas Gautam
Shivkumar V. Panicker
Cinematography Vikash Nowlakha
Editor Shivkumar V. Panicker
Composer Shashwat Sachdev
Lyricist Irshad Kamil
Production Designer Saini S. Johray
Action Director(s) Aejaz Gulab
Sea Young Oh
Yannick Ben
Ramazan Bulut
Costume Designer Smriti Chauhan
Choreographer Vijay Ganguly
Sound Designer Bishwadeep Chatterjee
Re-Recording Mixer Justin Jose
Executive Producer Rahul H. Gandhi
Casting Director Mukesh Chhabra

Reception

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Box office

Film Release date Budget Box-office
Dhurandhar5 December 2025₹250 crore (US$26 million)–₹300 crore (US$31 million)[3] (Both parts)₹1,350 crore (US$140 million)–₹1,428 crore (US$150 million)[4][58]
Dhurandhar: The Revenge19 March 2026 ₹1,081.50 crore (US$110 million)[5]
Total ₹250 crore (US$26 million)–₹300 crore (US$31 million) ₹2,432.33 crore (US$250 million)

Critical reception

Film Rotten Tomatoes
Dhurandhar 35% (6.1/10 average rating) (20 reviews)[59]
Dhurandhar: The Revenge 43% (6.8/10 avergate rating) (14 reviews)[60]

See also

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References

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  1. ↑ "EXCLUSIVE: Dhurandhar is Ranveer Singh's FIRST-ever 'A' rated film; final length locked at 214 minutes; CBFC censors violent visuals in 2 scenes, mutes cuss word". Bollywood Hungama. 2 December 2025. Archived from the original on 2 December 2025. Retrieved 2 December 2025.
  2. ↑ Seta, Fenil (17 March 2026). "EXCLUSIVE: CBFC reduces visuals in 4 violent scenes in Dhurandhar The Revenge by 34 seconds; censors abusive words". Bollywood Hungama. Retrieved 17 March 2026.
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  7. ↑ "The 'Dhurandhar' Duology Review: A Pair of Vicious Action Blockbusters Cement Bollywood's Bleak Transformation". Variety. Retrieved 26 March 2026.
  8. 1 2 "'Dhurandhar 2' officially first Indian franchise with two Rs 1000 crore films, beating lifetime gross of 'Jawan', 'Pathaan', 'Animal' in record time". The Week. Retrieved 27 March 2026.
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  52. ↑ "पाकिस्तान नहीं पंजाब और चंडीगढ़ के इन इलाकों में हुई धुरंधर की शूटिंग, देखें तस्वीरें" [Dhurandhar was shot in these areas of Punjab and Chandigarh, not Pakistan; see pictures]. Jagran Prakashan (in Hindi). Retrieved 16 December 2025.
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  54. ↑ "Ranveer Singh delights students of Sanawar school". The Times of India. Retrieved 30 September 2025.
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