There are a few certainties in the Indian media. One of them is that The Wire will twist itself into pretzels to shield Pakistan’s image from any cinematic portrayal that isn’t infused with candlelight vigils and Aman Ki Asha ballads. Another is that if a movie happens to tell the truth about Pakistan-sponsored terror without couching it in Bollywood-style syncretic hugs, The Wire will be baying for its blood quicker than one can say “covert operation.”

Enter Aditya Dhar’s Dhurandhar: a larger-than-life spy thriller that unapologetically merges fact and fiction, drawing from real covert missions, local gangs in Lyari in Karachi, crime syndicates tied to the ISI, and the horrors India has suffered through Pakistan’s policy of “bleeding India with a thousand cuts.” The film holds up a mirro

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