Dhurandhar: The Revenge Is On Netflix Now, But What Is It About?

BusinessHollywood & EntertainmentDhurandhar: The Revenge Is On Netflix Now, But What Is It About?ByLaura Sirikul,Contributor.Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Laura Sirikul is a L.A.-based reporter covering film/TV and music.Follow AuthorMay 17, 2026, 02:19pm EDT--:-- / --:--This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more.This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more.Dhurandhar: The RevengeNetflixSouth Asian/Bollywood cinema is coming in hard, especially after the first installment of the action drama Dhurandhar, the high-grossing Bollywood title on Netflix in North America. Dhurandhar spent 10 consecutive weeks in the Global Top 10 after its release. At the box office, it grossed $137.2 million worldwide.Now, with its sequel, Dhurandhar: The Revenge, out on Netflix, it is expected to do even more numbers. The film was released in theaters in March, achieving its biggest theatrical success of the year in South Asia, and was available in Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, and Kannada. With only 987 theaters, it made $10 million that opening weekend, with and $153 million worldwide.“The madness for Dhurandhar The Revenge has been unreal,” Dhar said in a press release. “Now, Hamza returns fiercer than ever with the Raw and [Unseen] Edition on Netflix."The high-octane action drama from Jio Studios and B62 Studios stars Bollywood action star Ranveer Singh as the brave and sexy spy Hamza Ali Mazari, an undercover Indian intelligence agent who continues to infiltrate Karachi’s criminal syndicates and Pakistani politics, loosely inspired by real-life political events, including Operation Lyari, the 2014 Indian general election, and the 2016 Indian banknote demonetization.What is Dhurandhar: The Revenge?In the first film, Dhurandhar, Hamza Ali Mazari is a secret agent looking for the perpetrators of the 2001 Indian Parliament attack. He arrives in Lyari, a neighborhood in Karachi, Pakistan, going undercover as a waiter i...