"A newly released Bollywood spy thriller is winning praise and raising eyebrows in equal measure in India and Pakistan, over its retelling of bitter tensions between the South Asian neighbours. Sunk in a sepia tone, Dhurandhar, which was released in cinemas last week, is a 3.5-hour-long cross-border political spy drama that takes cinemagoers on a violent and bloody journey through a world of gangsters and intelligence agents set against the backdrop of India-Pakistan tensions."
"It comes just months after hostilities broke out between the two countries in May, following a rebel attack on a popular tourist spot in Pahalgam, in Indian-administered Kashmir, which India blamed Pakistan for. Islamabad has denied role in the attack. Since the partition of India to create Pakistan in 1947, the nuclear-armed neighbours have fought four wars, three of them over the disputed region of Kashmir."
Dhurandhar is a 3.5-hour, sepia-toned Bollywood spy drama directed by Aditya Dhar that stages a violent, bloody cross-border mission amid India-Pakistan tensions. The narrative centres on an operative from India's Research and Analysis Wing (R&AW) who infiltrates gangster and terrorist networks in Karachi to neutralise threats to Indian national security. The film stars Ranveer Singh as the gritty field agent and features Sanjay Dutt as a formidable antagonist. Release followed recent hostilities after a May rebel attack in Pahalgam, which India blamed on Pakistan and which Islamabad denied. Critics contend the storyline uses ultra-nationalist political tropes and misrepresents history.
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