India, June 10 -- Director Aditya Dhar modified sensitive socio-political dialogues and character names in his blockbuster spy thriller Dhurandhar 2 to avoid controversy regarding the 1984 anti-Sikh riots.
Dialogue Alterations Revealed
The digital release of the film's uncut version, titled Raw and Undekha, on Netflix and JioHotstar has allowed viewers to identify significant post-production changes. Internet researchers discovered that a pivotal confrontation between the characters Jaskirat, played by Ranveer Singh, and Pinda, played by Udaybir Sandhu, originally contained a direct reference to historical violence. While the final theatrical cut features Pinda claiming the country never accepted his people, the original Punjabi dialogue e...