India, March 22 -- Dhurandhar 2 action director Aejaz Gulab has revealed that director Aditya Dhar pushed the team behind Dhurandhar: The Revenge, starring Ranveer Singh, to design extremely violent and intense action sequences. Aejaz said Aditya encouraged the crew to "be manly" and execute the stunts in the most brutal ways possible. Despite this, only around 60% of the originally planned violence made it into the final cut.

Speaking to Hindi Rush, Aejaz explained that the graphic content had to be toned down because younger audiences might eventually watch the film on OTT platforms. "We had shot all the brutality in detail, but what you see in the film is just 60%. Since we're in the OTT era and kids may eventually watch it, we had to...