Dhurandhar: The Revenge

Dhurandhar: The Revenge^[a] is a 2026 Indian Hindi-language spy action thriller film ^[4][5] written and directed by Aditya Dhar. Produced by Jyoti Deshpande, Aditya Dhar, and Lokesh Dhar under Jio Studios and B62 Studios, it is the sequel to Dhurandhar and the final installment of the duology. The ensemble cast of the film consists of Ranveer Singh, Arjun Rampal, Sanjay Dutt, R. Madhavan, Sara Arjun, Rakesh Bedi, Danish Pandor and Gaurav Gera, alongside several actors reprising their roles from the previous film. It follows an undercover Indian intelligence agent who continues to infiltrate Karachi's criminal syndicates and Pakistani politics while avenging the 26/11 attacks and confronting bigger threats.

The film's storyline loosely draws inspiration from multiple real-life geopolitical events and conflicts in South Asia, like Operation Lyari, 2014 Indian general election, 2016 Indian banknote demonetisation and various other events. Shot back-to-back alongside the first part, principal photography began in July 2024 in Bangkok, Thailand, and wrapped in October 2025. Filming took place across Punjab, Chandigarh, Maharashtra, Ladakh, Himachal Pradesh in India, and Thailand; with some areas doubling for Pakistan-set sequences. The film features music composed by Shashwat Sachdev, cinematography by Vikash Nowlakha and editing by Shivkumar V. Panicker. With a runtime of 229 minutes, it is the eighth longest Indian film ever produced.^[6]

Dhurandhar: The Revenge was released in theatres worldwide on 19 March 2026, coinciding with Gudi Padwa, Ugadi, and Eid al-Fitr. Like the previous part, the film was banned across countries within the Gulf Cooperation Council.^[7]

The movie begins with a flashback in the year 2000, when Hamza Ali Mazari, then known as Jaskirat 'Jassi' Singh Rangi, had gone from his native Pathankot for his military training to join the army. During his absence, his father was killed, his elder sister was raped and killed and his younger sister was also raped and kidnapped, all over a land dispute by local MLA Sukhwinder Singh and his relatives. When he finds out, he secures a weapon with the help of his best friend Gurbaaz, and infiltrates their mansion to rescue his sister and kill everyone responsible. Jassi is sentenced to death, but before his execution, he gives Gurbaaz his blessing to marry his sister, Jasleen, to ensure her safety.

Before the sentence can be carried out, RAW removes him from police custody. Ajay Sanyal and Sushant Bansal promise Jaskirat to take care of his family in exchange for total ownership of his life. Jassi agrees and goes to Kabul, where he transforms into Hamza, burns his past memories and leaves for Pakistan. The story then shifts to August 2009, Lyari. Following Rehman Dakait's funeral, Hamza instigates Uzair Baloch to kill Arshad Pappu who is blamed for Rehman’s death and records the act. The footage is leaked to the media, and to evade arrest, Uzair flees to Dubai, where he is apprehended and brought back to a Pakistani jail.

Hamza rises to become the new leader of Lyari, effectively controlling Karachi and later on becomes Sher-e-Baloch. Dawood Ibrahim, who is revealed to be Bade Sahab, is now sick and bedridden, requests a meeting with Hamza and Major Iqbal. They plan to smuggle drugs into Punjab and use the proceeds to fund terrorism. Among the men from Punjab sent to collect the drugs is Gurbaaz aka Pinda, which shocks Hamza. Now a junkie, he initially pretends to not recognise him, but confronts him when they are alone, arguing that he is helping his country when it never helped his own family in need and Hamza confronts him for turning into a terrorist. Under the heavy influence of drugs, Pinda begins to hallucinate, leading to a fight in which he accidentally kills himself. Aalam, takes the blame for the death and is exposed as an Indian spy. Hamza is forced to immediately kill Aalam to protect his cover, leaving him devastated.

Following this, SP Chaudhary Aslam starts to suspect Hamza knowing that he used to work for Aalam, and is overheard by Yalina asking his subordinate, Omar, for an investigation into him. Yalina searches Hamza’s belongings and discovers his secret diary. She confronts him at gunpoint, but Hamza convinces her that his mission is solely to eliminate terrorists and keep both countries safe. He tells her he cannot stop and that she can do whatever she wishes with him, even reveal his identity after he completes his mission if she wants. Yalina reconciles with him after she makes him promise of their son, Zayan's safety and informs him about Aslam.

Hamza later meets Ajay and Sushant in Dubai, who grants him a free hand to eliminate his targets. Indian spies all over Pakistan begin systematically neutralizing the network. Hamza outsmarts Aslam and kills him in a car explosion, then proceeds to kill others involved in past terrorist attacks. When the demonetization of 500 and 1000 rupee notes occurs, the financier Javed Khanani panics because he owes Dawood over 60,000 crores. He calls Hamza to try and solve things but ends up getting killed by him as well. They also eliminate Zahoor Mistry, the man involved in the airplane hijacking while letting him meet Ajay Sanyal through a video call when he was being tortured and then is shot dead by Hamza.

Dawood calls another meeting, frustrated that his associates are dying, along with the fact that India is now launching retaliatory strikes, plans a major terrorist strike against India. Hamza is tasked with arranging the weapons. He cooperates with the Baloch people, informing them of the atrocities committed against them, such as the killings and the poisoning of their water. Meanwhile, Omar continues to investigate Hamza and deduces him as an Indian spy. He takes Zayan as hostage, forcing Yalina to confess, and informs Iqbal.

Hamza arrives for the weapon delivery, where Iqbal confronts him. Planted by Hamza's fellow spy Rizwan, a bomb hidden beneath the guns detonates, killing many of the terrorists preparing for the invasion. Though injured in the blast, Hamza regains consciousness and overpowers Iqbal and his partners. The Balochis help him kill them. After a brutal chase and fight, Hamza cuts off one of Iqbal’s legs and drops him into a kerosene tank, where he is burnt alive. Hamza contacts Yalina for the last time, and reveals his real name to her.

Following the battle, Hamza is captured and tortured by Omar. However, Ajay contacts Lt. General Shamshad Khan overseeing all this, and blackmails him with evidence of selling confidential intelligence to Israel. The General is forced to release Hamza. To satisfy the public's knowledge of a captured spy, they need a fall guy; Hamza gives Uzair's name, who he had kept in jail all along for this very purpose.

General Khan releases Hamza, who is picked up and brought to safety by his handler, revealed to be Jameel Jamali himself. It is revealed that after Yalina was forced to confess the truth about Hamza, she immediately called her father to save her husband, who, in turn, informed Ajay. Hamza expresses regret that he could not kill Dawood, but Jameel shows him a video of him with Dawood at a party years ago. It is revealed that he was the one who had been slowly poisoning him over the years. Hamza, now transformed back to Jaskirat, returns to India but has to cut off all contact with Yalina. Ajay praises him for his work and asks him to prepare for debriefing the next day, but is later informed by Sushant that Jaskirat has left. He travels back to his childhood home and watches his mother and sister from a distance. He hesitates, and the film leaves it uncertain whether Jaskirat finally reunites with them. The mid-credit scene features Jaskirat's RAW training sequences.

The sequel was developed as the second and final installment of the Dhurandhar duology. Initially planned as a single film, the filmmakers later decided to make the film a two-part release.^[10] Both parts were shot together concurrently as a single film.^[11] The original plan was to release one film, but the large amount of footage, scale, and narrative complexity led the filmmakers to split the film into two parts during the post-production process.^[12][13] Principal photography for both films took place between July 2024 and October 2025 across India and Thailand.^[14][15] Additional filming for the second part also took place in January and February 2026.^[16][17][18]

The soundtrack was composed by Shashwat Sachdev, with lyrics written by Irshad Kamil and Kumaar.^[19] The music rights were acquired by T-Series for ₹27 crore, replacing Saregama.^[20][21] The first single titled "Aari Aari", was released on 12 March 2026.^[22] This song was also featured in the film's trailer and was a remix of the 2003 eponymous song by Bombay Rockers.^[23][24] The second single titled "Main Aur Tu", was released on 17 March 2026.^[25] The full album was released shortly after its launch, on the same day, at the NESCO Centre in Mumbai.^[26][27] Additionally, the tracks "Jumma Chumma De De" from the 1991 film Hum composed by Laxmikant–Pyarelal and the 1978 song "Rasputin" by Boney M. are featured in the film.

A brief glimpse of the sequel appeared in the post-credits scene of the first instalment, revealing its title and release date.^[28] Initially, reports suggested that the teaser would be screened alongside Border 2 in theatres on 30 January 2026.^[29][30] This plan, however, did not materialise. Dhar later announced that the teaser would be released separately in the near future.^[31] The official teaser was unveiled on 3 February 2026.^[32] However, the footage that was used in the teaser was the same one as the glimpse that appeared in the post-credit scene of the first part, albeit with some modifications.^[33] The official trailer released on 7 March 2026.^[34] The teaser and trailer were again edited by Dhar's brother-in-law, Ojas Gautam.^[35]

Dhurandhar: The Revenge was released worldwide on 19 March 2026, coinciding with Gudi Padwa, Ugadi, and Eid al-Fitr.^[36][37] Alongside its original Hindi language, it was also released in the Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam, and Kannada, following massive fan demand.^[38][39] The film received an A (adults only) certificate from the CBFC for strong violence, along with a finalised runtime of 229 minutes after some violent visuals and profanities were censored.^[1][40] However, some overseas screenings were reported to run for 235 minutes.^[41][42] Paid preview shows were scheduled on the evening of 18 March in all languages, although several screenings were delayed or cancelled, with Kannada and Malayalam shows particularly affected due to technical and censorship-related issues.^[43][44][45] Like the previous part, the film was banned across countries within the Gulf Cooperation Council.^[46]

The post-theatrical digital streaming rights of the film were acquired by JioHotstar for ₹150 crore, replacing Netflix, which had held the rights for the previous part,^[47] while the satellite rights were acquired by Star Gold for ₹50 crore and music rights were acquired by T-Series for ₹45 crore.^[48]

Trade analyst Taran Adarsh gave 4.5/5 stars, calling it a “masterpiece” and “cinema at its best,” adding that it surpasses the original in scale, emotion, and impact, while praising Aditya Dhar’s direction, its strong emotional core, its tightly written, fast-paced screenplay, and its explosive, emotionally satisfying climax.^[49] Agnivo Niyogi, writing for The Telegraph, wrote that the movie "has more gore, more violence and brazen propaganda. But it lacks the finesse that Dhurandhar at least could boast of."^[4] Nandini Ramnath, writing for Scroll, noted "Dhurandhar: The Revenge is Marco, L2: Empuraan or K.G.F: Chapter 2, but with malice that meshes seamlessly with pro-government propaganda."^[50] Shubhra Gupta, writing for the Indian Express, gave the movie a rating of 2/5 and added that it fails to match the standard of the first part.^[51]

Anuj Kumar, writing for The Hindu, wrote "Dhurandhar 2 roars, but in its deafening cocktail of patriotism and propaganda, it forgets the quiet cost of humanity, leaving little space for reflection."^[5]

The film grossed ₹43 crore from paid previews in select theatres the day before its official release, the highest ever for any Indian film breaking the previous record of Stree 2 (2024).^[52]

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