Dhurandhar: The Revenge on Netflix · Release Date, Cast & The Raw & Undekha Cut Explained

Dhurandhar: The Revenge · also being marketed as Dhurandhar 2 and, in some international press, as The Crash · landed on Netflix internationally on Friday, May 15, 2026, with the streaming launch arriving roughly two months after the theatrical release that pushed the film to the second-highest worldwide gross in Indian cinema history. If you missed it in theaters and live outside India, this is the moment you've been waiting for.

Here's everything to know about the cast, the storyline, the "Raw & Undekha" international cut, and why the film is one of the most discussed Bollywood releases of the year.

When does Dhurandhar release on Netflix?

The Netflix rollout splits along regional lines, and the details matter:

• US, Canada, UK, and most international markets: Streaming now on Netflix as of Friday, May 15, 2026. The version released here is the Raw & Undekha international cut · an uncut version that runs longer than the theatrical edit, with footage that was trimmed for the Indian theatrical certification.
• India: Not on Netflix. The Indian streaming rights went to JioHotstar, which has scheduled the Raw & Undekha digital premiere for June 4, 2026, at 7:00 p.m. IST, with full-availability streaming beginning June 5, 2026.

If you're in India, the Netflix listing will show as unavailable; the JioHotstar release is the legal Indian streaming path. International viewers get Netflix.

What is Dhurandhar about?

Dhurandhar: The Revenge is a Hindi-language espionage thriller directed by Aditya Dhar · the filmmaker behind the 2019 hit Uri: The Surgical Strike. The film is the second installment in what Dhar has been describing as a planned trilogy, following the original Dhurandhar, and it picks up the spycraft-versus-empire premise that made the first film a sleeper hit.

The plot · without spoiling · follows a covert intelligence operative whose unfinished business from the first film catches up with him in unexpected places, pulling him through a sequence of border-crossing extraction jobs that escalate from professional retaliation into something closer to a personal war. The film is structured as a long, mounting payback narrative, which is where the Revenge subtitle comes from.

Stylistically, this is Aditya Dhar in his polished mode. The action sequences are big-canvas and globe-spanning · the film moves through several countries · and the dialogue scenes are leaner than the typical Bollywood blockbuster, with more weight given to silence and to the negotiation scenes between Ranveer Singh's protagonist and the rotating cast of antagonists across the runtime.

Who's in the Dhurandhar 2 cast?

Ranveer Singh headlines, reprising his lead role from the first film. The performance is being widely praised as one of the strongest dramatic turns of his career · leaner, less theatrical, and built around the kind of contained intensity the role was always positioned for. Around him is one of the deepest supporting ensembles in any 2026 Hindi release:

• R. Madhavan in a major supporting role as a senior intelligence figure
• Sanjay Dutt as a primary antagonist with significant screen time
• Arjun Rampal as a second-act adversary whose introduction is one of the film's biggest swings
• Sara Arjun in a key emotional role
• Gaurav Gera, Rakesh Bedi, Danish Pandor, Udaybir Sandhu, and Manav Gohil rounding out the supporting cast

The casting strategy · pairing Singh with several genuinely heavyweight elder co-stars rather than building the film around him alone · is one of the choices that early reviewers credit with giving the film its sense of scale.

Why are the box office numbers such a big deal?

The numbers around Dhurandhar: The Revenge are genuinely historic. The film grossed over ₹1,800 crore worldwide at the box office, placing it as:

• The second-highest-grossing Indian film of all time, across all languages
• The second-highest-grossing Hindi-language film worldwide ever
• The highest-grossing Hindi-language film domestically
• The highest-grossing A-rated (adults-only certified) Indian film of all time

That last figure is especially significant. A-rated Hindi films historically face a meaningful ceiling at the Indian box office because of the restriction on younger audiences and the limits on TV/satellite licensing. Dhurandhar: The Revenge not only broke that ceiling, it broke it by a wide enough margin to suggest the entire economics of adult-certified mainstream Hindi cinema may now be different. The film opened with one of the largest first-day collections in Hindi cinema history and held strong through the second and third weekends · a pattern more typical of sustained word-of-mouth hits than of opening-weekend front-loaded blockbusters.

What's the difference between the theatrical cut and the Raw & Undekha version?

The Raw & Undekha cut · which is the version Netflix is streaming internationally on May 15 and JioHotstar will stream in India starting June 5 · is being marketed as the director's intended version. In practice, that means:

• Longer runtime than the theatrical cut, with restored scenes that were trimmed for the Indian Central Board of Film Certification's A-rating
• More extensive action sequences in two of the second-act set pieces
• Restored dialogue and character beats · particularly involving Sanjay Dutt's antagonist · that were cut for runtime in the theatrical edit
• An alternate ending sequence that the theatrical cut shortens

If you saw the film in theaters and are wondering whether the streaming version is worth a rewatch, the answer is yes · the differences are substantial enough that the Raw & Undekha cut effectively functions as a director's cut release rather than just an OTT port.

Why did the international Netflix release crash within minutes?

One of the more remarkable footnotes of the May 15 streaming launch: within minutes of the Netflix release going live, the service was experiencing reported access issues in Pakistan, and viral videos of the disruption began circulating across social media. The reasons · geographic licensing restrictions, the unusual concentration of streaming demand for a single Hindi-language release, and the staggered international rollout · added a layer of meta-coverage to the film's launch that few South Asian releases have generated.

For viewers in markets where the Netflix listing is live, the launch has been smooth, with the Raw & Undekha version playable in HD and 4K depending on subscription tier.

How does Dhurandhar: The Revenge connect to the first film?

If you haven't seen the original Dhurandhar, the good news is that the Netflix sequel works as a standalone · Aditya Dhar's script does the work to catch new viewers up on the key relationships and the operational backstory. The better news is that the original film is also widely available on streaming (currently on JioHotstar in India and on Netflix and Prime Video in various international markets), and clocks in at a manageable runtime.

The two films share a protagonist, a tonal palette, and a thematic concern with what happens to intelligence operatives after the operation ends. They do not share a continuous plot in the conventional sequel sense · The Revenge picks up a separate arc, with the events of the first film as backstory rather than as ongoing connective tissue. You can watch the sequel cold. You'll enjoy it more if you've seen the first.

Is Dhurandhar: The Revenge worth watching?

If you have any interest in modern Hindi-language thrillers, this is the most significant Hindi release of 2026 by a wide margin · both commercially and, in the view of most critics, artistically. Aditya Dhar's craft has visibly leveled up from Uri, the action design is among the most ambitious in Indian cinema this decade, and Ranveer Singh is doing the most disciplined work of his career.

If you don't usually watch Hindi-language cinema, this is also one of the more accessible entry points. The film is structured around an internationally legible genre framework (espionage / extraction thriller), the dialogue mix uses enough English that the subtitled experience is smooth, and the runtime · while long by Hollywood standards · moves quickly.

Where to watch Dhurandhar: The Revenge

• International (US, UK, Canada, etc.): Raw & Undekha cut streaming on Netflix as of May 15, 2026
• India: Raw & Undekha cut streaming on JioHotstar from June 5, 2026 (with a digital premiere event on June 4 at 7 p.m. IST)
• Theatrical original: The first Dhurandhar remains available on JioHotstar in India and various Netflix/Prime Video listings internationally

The third installment in Aditya Dhar's planned trilogy has been informally announced but does not yet have a release window.