New Delhi, March 20 -- Dhurandhar is a two-part espionage thriller that pulls its drama from the murky, blood-soaked overlap between organised crime, cross-border terrorism, and the covert intelligence operations that exist precisely because governments cannot officially acknowledge them.

The cast across both parts is enormous and deliberately constructed, each character serving as a piece of a larger geopolitical puzzle. Part One establishes the world - the operatives, the politicians, the police, and the gangsters - while The Revenge broadens the canvas significantly, introducing figures who reach all the way up to Pakistan's military establishment and all the way across to India's own criminal networks.

The beating heart of both film...