India, March 24 -- Actor Sanjay Dutt is winning hearts with his commanding turn as the late Pakistani police officer Chaudhary Aslam in Aditya Dhar's blockbuster franchise Dhurandhar. While audiences are applauding his intense portrayal, here's an interesting real-life twist - the police officer he essays on screen was, in fact, an ardent fan of the Bollywood star himself.

The spy thriller takes inspiration from real-life events to craft a semi-fictionalised narrative of India's war against terror in Pakistan, with a sharp focus on the criminal networks operating in Karachi's Lyari. The film brings to the screen several characters rooted in reality, including the late Karachi SP Chaudhary Aslam Khan, portrayed by Sanjay Dutt.

It has now...