Dhurandhar (transl. Stalwart) is a 2025 Indian Hindi-language spy action thriller film written, co-produced and directed by Aditya Dhar. Produced by Jyoti Deshpande's Jio Studios and Aditya and Lokesh Dhar's B62 Studios, the film stars Ranveer Singh, Akshaye Khanna, R.Madhavan, Arjun Rampal, Sanjay Dutt, Sara Arjun and Rakesh Bedi, alongside Manav Gohil, Danish Pandor, Saumya Tando,, Gaurav Gera and Naveen Kaushik in supporting roles.[4][5] In the first instalment of a two-part film series, it follows a decade--ong Indian intelligence operation in which an undercover agent is infiltrating Karachi's criminal and political underworld. On 30 December 1999, Minister of External Affairs Devavrat Kapoor and Director of the Intelligence Bureau (IB) Ajay Sanyal negotiate with terrorist Zahoor Mistry to release three terrorists, including his brother, and pay a ransom of US $10 million in exchange for the lives of airline passengers held captive in Kandahar. Chief of R&AW K. S. Bhullar rejects Sanyal's proposal to infiltrate terrorist networks in Pakistan, but after the 2001 Indian Parliament attack, Kapoor approves Sanyal's "Operation Dhurandhar". Sanyal deploys agent Hamza Ali Mazari to Pakistan via Afghanistan. Upon reaching Lyari, Karachi, Hamza meets Mohammed Aalam, a juice shop owner, moves in with him, and works as a waiter, learning about gangster Rehman Dakait and rival leaders. As a Baloch, Hamza can join only Rehman's gang which is led by Rehman and his second-in-command and first cousin, Uzair Baloch. Hamza and Aalam learn that a rival Pathan gang led by Rehman's estranged father, Babu Dakait, plans to kill Rehman's eldest son, Naieem Baloch. The next day, Babu's men attack a wedding attended by Naieem and his younger brother Faizal; Hamza saves Faizal Baloch, but Naieem is killed. At the hospital. Hamza meets Rehman and Uzair Baloch, who recruits him after noting his firearm expertise. Jameel Jamali of the Pakistan Awami Party (PAP) warns Uzair not to retaliate before the Lyari election. While embedded with the gang, Hamza learns of their illegal production of unlicensed firearms. On Hamza's advice, Rehman decides to avenge Naieem's murder. Hamza, Uzair, and the gang kill Babu's men; Rehman murders Babu by smashing his head with a weighing stone, declaring Baloch rule in Lyari.