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Cinema has never been just entertainment. Around the world, films shape how societies imagine war, intelligence, and national power. Aditya Dhar’s Dhurandhar arrives at a moment when India, like other rising powers, is beginning to understand this fully. Its significance does not lie in patriotism or unflinching realism. It comes from a subtler shift, from spectacle-driven nationalism to something rarer and more consequential: Institutional storytelling. Individual heroics still matter, but here they are tied to bureaucracy, patience, and the invisible machinery of the state.
Globally, spy and military agencies have long recognised the stakes of storytelling. Guns and spy satellites
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