India, March 25 -- It is not often that a conversation about a Bollywood film centres on its casting, particularly for the supporting cast and even for characters who appear on screen for a scene or two. But with Dhurandhar: The Revenge, much like its predecessor, the focus has all been on director Aditya Dhar's 'peak detailing'. It began as appreciation, and then turned into a joke, but the praise for casting for characters based on real people in the film has been quite real.

As the film basks in its box office success, casting director Mukesh Chhabra sits down with Hindustan Times to break down the entire casting process, right from the first brief through the countless auditions to the breakthrough stars.

Dhurandhar was initially me...