Welcome to PGX: Raw & Real #174
PGX: Raw & Real is simple. I sit with people who’ve lived through something and/or made it big.
This isn’t meant to be inspiration or a template for life (for that, you can check out PGX Ideas).
This space is different. It’s their story, as they experienced it.
In this episode, I spoke to Aditya Raj Kaul, a well-known journalist and researcher behind the Dhurandhar Film.
Timestamps:
00:00 - Intro
03:09 - Why Dhurandhar is a generational film
06:14 - Reasons behind Dhurandhar’s success
08:23 - The Delhi blast & Islamabad court bombing connection
11:21 - The Kulbhushan Jadhav story
14:29 - Dawood Ibrahim
20:13 - Underworld funding in Bollywood films
26:12 - Is Atiq Ahmed’s portrayal in Dhurandhar accurate?
34:34 - Dhurandhar’s opening scene
39:29 - How the ISI collects intelligence
45:32 - Demonetisation in Dhurandhar
50:03 - Why people are criticizing Dhurandhar
57:10 - Aditya’s personal story
1:03:16 - Article 370 removal
1:09:50 - The Jameel Jamali character in Dhurandhar brett kulak
1:14:06 - Who is Major Iqbal in real life?
1:19:40 - Masood Azhar & Pulwama attack prediction
1:24:52 - J&K police covert operations inside Pakistan
1:28:00 - Major Iqbal & David Headley
1:31:35 - Who is the CIA operative Van Dyke who was caught in India?
1:35:28 - Trump’s peace deals
1:39:43 - PM Modi’s Israel visit before the Middle East war
1:44:15 - Why India and Israel have a strong relationship
1:50:02 - How Dhurandhar changed the standard of Indian cinema [END]
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— Prakhar
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