Dhurandhar tops Netflix Pakistan charts despite theatrical ban amid controversy

Dhurandhar creates recird in Pakistan

• Dhurandhar tops Netflix Pakistan trends after global digital release
• Film earned $33 million overseas despite no release in Pakistan or Middle East
• Dhurandhar 2 is scheduled for release on March 19

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Dhurandhar has been one of the most successful Indian films at the box office, both nationally and overseas. The movie made over $33 million abroad, even though it was not released in Pakistan or the Middle East.

The Aditya Dhar movie's distributor asserted last month that the movie lost $10 million as a result of not being released in these markets. Now that the movie has been released globally on Netflix, it appears that the claim wasn't all that implausible. Within days of its debut, Dhurandhar is at the top of the Netflix trending list in Pakistan as people attempt to figure out why the movie is so "controversial."

Over the weekend, screenshots of Netflix Pakistan's top movie, Dhurandhar, appeared on social media.

The Big Fake and Bollywood movies like Tere Ishk Mein and Haq were screened after the Ranveer Singh film.

Dhurandhar has been the top-trending movie on Netflix Pakistan since at least Saturday, according to independent confirmation from Hindustan Times. Eight weeks after its theatrical premiere, the movie was released digitally on Friday, January 30.

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In the spy thriller Dhurandhar, Ranveer plays an Indian spy who infiltrates the Lyari gangs in Pakistan. It combines a fictional story about India's fight against terrorism with actual events and real-life characters. Pakistan has prohibited the theatrical release of Indian films for the past few years; the movie was not released there.

About Dhurandhar

In the spy thriller Dhurandhar, Ranveer plays an Indian spy who infiltrates the Lyari gangs in Pakistan.

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Dhurandhar, an Indian spy, is dispatched to infiltrate a Baloch gang in Lyari, Pakistan. In the movie, Akshaye Khanna portrays gang leader Rehman Dakait, while Ranveer Singh plays spy Hamza Ali Mazari, also known as Jaskirat Singh Rangi.

Dhurandhar 2 is set to release on March 19.