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Untitled Ranveer Singh/Aditya Dhar Project
Movie

Untitled Ranveer Singh/Aditya Dhar Project

2025 • N/A

Woke Score
1.8
out of 10

Plot

Ajit Doval, India's top spy, goes undercover in enemy territory, risking everything to gather intelligence and prevent a major crisis, cementing his legacy as the "James Bond of India.

Overall Series Review

Dhurandhar is an action-packed Indian espionage thriller centered on a high-stakes covert operation against foreign-backed terror networks, drawing inspiration from the real-life missions of India's National Security Advisor, Ajit Doval. The plot follows an undercover R&AW agent as he infiltrates a dangerous criminal-terrorist nexus in Pakistan. The film is characterized by a hard-power, nationalistic narrative that champions the courage and sacrifice of Indian intelligence officials to protect the nation and its people. The story is a celebration of aggressive statecraft and military response, focusing on a post-passive shift in security doctrine. The core themes revolve around duty, national security, and the necessity of decisive action against existential threats, aligning with traditional values of national pride and defense.

Categorical Breakdown

Identity Politics2/10

The plot is entirely driven by national security and the merit of the intelligence agents to execute a high-risk mission against a foreign adversary. The conflict is national and geopolitical, not focused on domestic race, gender, or intersectional power dynamics. Character success hinges on competence, not immutable characteristics, placing the narrative firmly in the universal meritocracy domain.

Oikophobia1/10

The film explicitly rejects civilizational self-hatred, serving as a cinematic celebration of Indian national pride, security institutions, and a decisive, unapologetic defense of the 'home culture' against an external enemy. The entire premise, from the intelligence official's frustration with prior passive policy to the 'we will enter your home to kill' dictum, champions the nation and its institutions as shields against chaos.

Feminism3/10

The main cast and the core narrative are heavily male-centric, focusing on the male undercover agent and the male intelligence official who masterminds the operation. While this makes the story traditionally masculine, there is no evidence of the direct 'Girl Boss' trope or explicit anti-natalist lecturing in the plot summary. The score is marginally higher than 1 simply because the complete exclusion of prominent female roles in a major action film leans toward the emasculation side of the trope scale by centering male action exclusively.

LGBTQ+2/10

The plot, a geopolitical spy-action thriller based on real-life covert operations, provides no platform for 'Queer Theory' or the centering of alternative sexualities. The traditional male-female pairing is the expected normative structure for the genre, and there is no indication of any focus on deconstructing the nuclear family or pushing gender ideology.

Anti-Theism1/10

The film's nationalistic context, coupled with cast members being shown seeking blessings at a religious site, grounds the story in a framework of acknowledging faith. The conflict is secular/geopolitical (spy vs. terrorist/gangster nexus), and morality is transcendent—defined by the objective good of protecting the nation from existential evil, not subjective 'power dynamics.' There is no hostility toward religion.