New Delhi: MP Karti Chidambaram has opened up about a scene in the film Dhurandhar involving an unnamed politician and his son, who facilitate a counterfeit currency scam, which Ranveer Singh’s Hamza uncovers and informs R Madhavan’s IB director Ajay Sanyal about.
Many had started to believe that the scene pointed fingers at former Union finance minister P Chidambaram and his son, Karti Chidambaram.
On a podcast with ANI, Karti was asked if he has watched Dhurandhar, to which he replied, “No. I have been told that I have a cameo there. But it’s in Hindi. I’ve also been told it’s a three-hour-long movie. So maybe on my multiple flights, I’ll watch it. I hope the producer had called me and asked me who they should cast in my cameo. I would’ve given some suggestions.”
When asked who should play him and his father, he jokingly replied that Pierce Brosnan and Michal Caine should play them, as reported by Hindustan Times.
When asked if he’s speaking about the currency counterfeit plates scene, the MP replied: “If people can mix up fact, fiction and WhatsApp forwards, what can I do? If you really think it happened, shouldn’t the Government of India have some records? Does anybody even understand it? Unfortunately, thanks to WhatsApp and Mark Zuckerberg, people can’t sift through fact and fiction. Everything merges in this maya (illusion) world. With AI, it’s only going to get worse.”
In Aditya Dhar’s Dhurandhar, Hamza learns about Arjun Rampal’s Major Iqbal’s counterfeit currency operation. He learns that Pakistan possesses Indian currency plates and relates the information to Sanyal. It later emerges that the counterfeit currency network is run by Khanani & Kalia International (KKI) and is backed by ISI due to Iqbal.
In the film, a union minister and his son are accused in the film of having links to the racket and handing over counterfeit plates to Pakistan during an unscheduled stopover. Sanyal claims there’s ‘no point’ in telling his superiors due to allegedly widespread corruption. He also remarks that he will instead sit on this information and hope a politician acts on it in the future.
There have been many social media posts claiming that this scene refers to P Chidambaram and his son, Karti Chidambaram, and their alleged activities, since the film’s release.
