Mumbai: A Pakistani viewer, reportedly from Lyari, found it amusing that Sara Arjun’s character in ‘Dhurandhar’ is shown wearing a mini skirt in the area, suggesting that Aditya Dhar’s blockbuster spy-thriller is unrealistic and overacted.
When Rohan Bhatia, an Indian Instagram influencer with the handle @thebesharamfoodie, bumped into a Pakistani in Bali and asked him for his opinion on the film, the latter said, “Dhurandhar is a little overrated. There was a line that we Karachites found very funny. Whoever controls Lyari, controls Karachi. And whoever controls Karachi controls Pakistan. We Karachis say that Karachi is a non-native city. It’s a city for orphans or whatever. And you cannot control Pakistan from there.”
He added, “If you want to do it, it can be done from Lahore. For context, my family was originally from Lyari. There was, and there is some gang violence there. But, it’s just between two neighbourhood gangs.”
The Pakistani man also mocked Sara’s styling in the film. “The other thing that was very funny is that the girl is roaming around in a mini skirt.”
A woman standing next to him quips, “There’s no way a woman can roam alone on the streets of Lyari in a mini skirt. That doesn’t happen.”
The Pakistani man then says, “There was another scene about a party and an underground rave (in Naal Nachna song) where signs are written in Urdu.”
The woman adds, “There are no signs in Urdu, it’s just written in English.”
The duo also questioned how Hamza manages to elope with Yalina, daughter of politician Jameel Jamali in the film.
“Also, he eloped with a Minister’s daughter. I’m sure that was made up because in Pakistan, that can never happen. It’s impossible. A daughter who lives in a house like that is suddenly going over there, that never happens. I guess it was for dramatic effect,” they said.
However, the man and the woman in the video lauded ‘Dhurandhar’s ‘great cinematography’ and the song ‘FA9LA’.
The man said, “The song was fun too, but it’s not a Balochi song. I’m a Sindhi Balochi, so I know what I’m talking about.”
Rohan captioned the video, “I asked a Pakistani about Dhurandhar in Bali!”
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