Dhurandhar felt like a Pakistani made it: Social media user claiming to be from Pak

Director Aditay Dhar's Dhurandhar was banned in Pakistan and Gulf countries. However, after its Netflix release, the film emerged as the number one film in Pakistan. Now, a social media user, claiming to be Pakistani has praised the film and said that it made him nostalgic.

On Tuesday, a Reddit user shared some screenshots from Dhurandhar and expressed his admiration for Dhar's research. His post read, "Saw the film as a Pakistani born in Karachi and now im pissed i missed it in cinemas (i live overseas now). Anyway im so pleasantly surprised by how accurate the Urdu and Karachi vibe is, i was born and raised in Karachi and this movie made me so nostalgic actually. There are so many pure Pakistani references in the movie though that it almost felt like a Pakistani made it (barring the adaabs lol) (sic)."

He went on, "For example the imran khan on rickshaws and "hamara kaptaan Imran (our captain Imran) lol. I wanted to ask do Indians even get these references at all? I'm honestly shook at the deep study the director must have done for this. Also this news channel is called “karachi roznama” and no such a channel doesn't exist or ever existed lol but I loved seeing all the little urdu details. And as a urdu speaker and writer myself other than a few most of the Urdu was pretty accurate! It was kinda of a lot actually cuz some scenes had so much Urdu and as a native I just had to pause and read it all haha. Loved it (sic)!!"

"And to me this movie didnt feel “anti Pakistan” at all lol and im a Pakistani! The depth and research has to be respected and commended (sic)," the user concluded.

Replying to his post, a user wrote, "Aww such a nice comment! And to me this movie didnt feel “anti Pakistan” at all lol and im a Pakistani! The depth and research has to be respected and commended (sic)."

In Dhurandhar, Ranveer Singh plays the undercover agent Hamza Ali Mazari. The movie also brings together a formidable cast: R Madhavan is cast as the Indian spymaster Ajay Sanyal, Sanjay Dutt as SP Chaudhary Aslam, Akshaye Khanna as the real-life gangster Rehman Dakait, and Arjun Rampal as ISI Major Iqbal, a figure inspired by terrorist Ilyas Kashmiri.

The film also marks the debut of actor Sara Arjun opposite Ranveer. Actors Rakesh Bedi, Manav Gohil, Gaurav Gera, Danish Pandor, Raj Zutshi, Saumya Tandon and others in pivotal characters.

Dhurandhar is available for streaming on Netflix.