Dhurandhar: The Revenge began streaming internationally on Netflix on May 14, 2026, and overseas viewers say the version now online is not the one they saw in theatres. The film, the second in director Aditya Dhar’s franchise, arrived eight weeks after its theatrical release with scenes that viewers in the US and elsewhere described as more visceral, raw and gory than the theatrical cut.
Those viewers said the OTT version keeps the opening hammer attack in Jaskirat’s rampage intact, preserves the climax shot in which Ranveer Singh’s character crushes a man’s head with a cement block, and leaves a Lyari Gang War sequence longer than before, including the moment when Jaskirat, also known as Hamza, hits a man with a burning fireball. They also said abusive language and cuss words are heard without muting or censoring, and that subtitles translate most of the abuses correctly. The cast also includes Arjun Rampal, R Madhavan, Sanjay Dutt, Rakesh Bedi and Sara Arjun.
The timing matters because the film had already finished its theatrical run by the time the international Netflix version went live. In India, though, the streaming release had not yet arrived when the overseas rollout began and was still set to come to JioHotstar. That split release means the same film is now being watched in two different forms depending on where the viewer lives, with the uncut overseas version drawing the most attention for violence, profanity and scenes that were muted or censored in cinemas.
The reaction also reopens attention on the film’s most notorious passages, including Arshad Pappu’s beheading by Uzair Baloch, which reportedly remains in the OTT version, along with a shot of Uzair playing football with Pappu’s severed head after the killing. The film reportedly also includes another shot of Uzair at the end of that sequence that had already appeared in the trailer. For a movie that has already smashed box office records to emerge as an all-time blockbuster, the streaming release is extending its run by putting the most talked-about material back in front of viewers, this time without the theatre edit’s restraints.
The franchise itself is still building on momentum from 2025, when the first part was released and also featured Akshaye Khanna as the antagonist. The latest chapter’s international release is feeding fresh conversation around the film’s scale and its refusal, at least overseas, to soften its most brutal moments. The next question is no longer whether Dhurandhar can keep audiences talking; it is how much of that discussion shifts once the Indian streaming release finally lands on JioHotstar.
