dhurandhar casting vs real-life characters

ranveer singh as Hamza or Jaskirat Singh Rangi

not based on major mohit sharma but Instead a composite of multiple real-life Para SF and RAW operatives

Akshaye Khanna as Rehman Dakait

Rehman Dakait was  real gangster from Karachi’s Lyari,  killed in a police encounter

Arjun Rampal as Major Iqbal, ISI 

modelled after Ilyas Kashmiri, a Pakistani ex Special Forces operative turned militant leader

Sanjay Dutt as Chaudhary Aslam

 Pakistani cop Chaudhary Aslam was  an encounter specialist who took down Karachi’s dangerous criminals

R Madhavan as Ajay Sanyal 

inspired from Ajit Doval; India’s longest serving National Security Advisor and most respected spymaster