REVIEW OF DHURANDHAR 2

Dharandhar 1 was pathbreaking. Dhurandhar 2 continues the good work. 

The Left Liberal appeasement nonsense is out of the window. 

The Aman Ki Asha nonsense is put to an end.

It is not at all subtle in its political messaging, and that is a good thing. The Indian public are not fools, they are politically very well aware, and they know that the incidents referred to in the film actually happened. 

Ok, so what are some of the messages? 

Terrorism has islamic roots. 

Pakistan's ISI is the biggest villain. 

Congress, SP, etc are hand in glove with the Pakis, anti national, and aiders and abetters of terrorism

The days of pussy footing are over. Ghar me Ghus Ke Maarenge is the new slogan.

Once the BJP came to power in India, for Pakistan it was the beginning of the end. 

The Balochis are suffering in Pakistan. They need to shake off the evil yoke of their Sindhi and Punjabi masters. 

And so on and so on. Every Indian watching this knows that this is reality, not the sugar coated candyfloss that Bollywood, under the control of D Company, has been dishing out to us.

Ranveer as the Indian spy, Madhavan as the Ajit Doval equivalent,  Arjun Rampal as ISI front, Rakesh Bedi, Sanjay Dutt, are all excellent in both the movies. Sara Arjun as the main ( and only) female does a good job too. 

The film is almost four hours long, but it doesn't feel too dragged out. The last scene is predictably a dishum dishum between the hero and the villain - nothing has changed since the Amitabh Bacchan versus Pran days, but that is excusable - it is cathartic to see your villains being bashed on screen. 

The songs are not as good as Part 1, and they are unlikely to become iconic like those did. The musical score is very good and tight though. 

So far the films, like Kerala Story and Kashmir Files,  that tried to buck the usual Bollywood narrative have been, how to put it, quasi documentary types, not really a threat to the Bollywood Badshahs. But this film beats the Bollywood variety in all areas, including technical excellence, taut storytelling, drama and direction. Aditya Dhar as Director has done a phenomenal job. 

Move over Bollywood,

Welcome to the New Bollywood!