Following an attack on the Indian Parliament in 2001, an undercover operative infiltrates Pakistan’s seediest criminal organization to prevent future terrorist operations. But the twisted power struggles of Karachi’s underbelly threaten to swallow him whole before he can make any headway on dismantling a corrupt regime. Starring Ranveer Singh (Ranveer vs Wild with Bear Gryllis) and directed by Aditya Dhar (Uri: The Surgical Strike), the action thriller Dhurandhar draws inspiration from real geopolitical events. The 2025 feature film, which has a 2026 sequel, also stars an ensemble cast including Akshaye Khanna, Sanjay Dutt, Arjun Rampal, R. Madhavan, Sara Arjun, Rakesh Bedi, Gaurav Gera, Danish Pandor, Manav Gohil, and Akash Khurana
Hamza Ali Mazari (Singh), an undercover Indian agent on the hunt for the perpetrators of the 2001 Parliament attack, is new to Lyari, a once beautiful neighborhood in Karachi, Pakistan. But over the years, criminal organizations have taken root, and the daily lives of average citizens are dictated by gangs and corrupt Pakistani government officials who give shady enterprises free rein in exchange for smuggling illegal weapons into the country. While at first Hamza seems like a hardworking waiter with minimal ambitions, he quickly makes a name for himself among the gangs of Lyari when he saves the youngest son of a local kingpin from an assassination attempt at a wedding.
Finally recruited into Karachi’s underworld thanks to his expert firearm skills, Hamza believes he’ll be able to hunt down the information the Indian government desperately seeks to prevent further terrorist attacks. But thanks to inter-gang rivalries, amoral military head honchos, and a few innocents trapped in a life they never wanted to live, Hamza has his work cut out for him. What terrible sins will he have to commit in order to convince his boss he’s loyal? And will those crimes be worth it in the end if he prevents a bombing so devastating that it will change the face of India forever?
