There is a particular kind of film that does not merely entertain but instructs. It teaches its audience how to feel, whom to fear, and what forms of power should be admired. Dhurandhar belongs squarely to this category. It is not important because it is a spy thriller, or even because it is successful. It matters because it reveals how India now imagines conflict in the subcontinent – and what kinds of futures feel emotionally acceptable to its mass public.
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