There's a particular flavour to Aditya Dhar's filmmaking. It's never exactly shocking, but it's never not stunning either. Dhar loves a war cry, prioritises India above all else, and positions Pakistan as the ever-persistent enemy. Dhurandhar wastes no time laying out its worldview. The mission is crystal clear: infiltrate Pakistan's core - the very machinery that fuels global terrorism - and stay perpetually two steps ahead.

The film's first half is divided into eight chapters, making the narrative easy to follow even as it jumps between real, traumatic events. From the IC-814 Kandahar hijack to the Parliament attack to the horror of Mumbai's 26/11, Dhar strings these tragedies together to argue that India had no choice but to rethink its entire playbook. Enter Operation Dhurandhar --

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