Aditya Dhar's Dhurandhar is a spy thriller, not the glossy, high-octane kind the YRF universe has trained us to expect, but the bruised-knuckle, nerve-tightening kind. At three hours and 33 minutes, it is the longest spy thriller ever made in Hindi cinema. But its length isn't its most ambitious gamble. The film unfolds in two parts, with the next chapter arriving next year. And that immediately raises the question: How does Dhar choose to end Part One?

How does Dhurandhar Part 1 climax shape up, and how does it set the stage for Part Two?

At the film's centre stand two towering figures: Ranveer Singh's Hamza Ali Mazhari and Akshaye Khanna's Rehman Dakait . Through them, Dhar navigates the dark corridors of Pakistan's political machinery, its volatile relationship with Balochista

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