The Movies To Binge After Dhurandhar: The Revenge, Irrespective Of How You Feel About It
Movies that scratch the same itch
It won’t be wrong to say that Aditya Dhar’s Dhurandhar set impossible standards for its sequel, Dhurandhar: The Revenge. Barely a week since its release, the film has split audiences far more than the first movie: some viewers bought into the scale and escalation, while others felt the void left by the death of Akshaye Khanna's Rehman Dakait was too big a gap to bridge. Not to mention that the original’s score, pacing, and editing were far better than the newly released sequel. But that didn’t make the conversation around it any less loud, which says a lot about how successful Dhurandhar as a franchise is.
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Revenge Movies Like Dhurandhar
Irrespective of where you land on the sequel, the elements that defined Dhurandhar: The Revenge still hold strong appeal. And regardless of whether you’re itching to watch it in theatres for a second time, or looking for something along the same vein, but completely different at the same time, the films in this list tap into those exact beats.
Baby
Neeraj Pandey’s spy thriller was often considered the best spy film to come out of Bollywood (before Dhurandhar, that is). Agent Ajay Singh Rajput (Akshay Kumar) leads an elite covert Indian intelligence unit tasked with neutralising terrorist threats. As the plot progresses, he uncovers a larger network behind planned attacks on India. The movie ends with a long, tense mission in Nepal that has been hailed as one of the most grounded depictions of cross-border espionage in Hindi cinema.
Where to watch: Prime Video
Badlapur
Varun Dhawan received widespread acclaim for playing Raghu, a man who spends years tracking down the men responsible for the death of his wife and son. When one of the criminals is released from prison decades later, Raghu manipulates events to destroy what remains of their lives. As the events unfold, we see how vengeance corrodes the protagonist till he becomes morally indistinguishable from the people he hates.
Where to watch: Zee5
Vishwaroopam
By day, Vishwanath (Kamal Haasan) is a dull classical dance teacher. But under the cover of the teacher is a highly trained Indian spy with links to a global jihadist network. The story moves across Afghanistan and the US, exposing his past missions and culminating in a race against time to stop a planned terror attack using dirty bombs.
Where to watch: JioHotstar
Padmaavat
Padmavat isn’t like the other films here in terms of genre, but it’s Ranveer Singh at his acting best. The film follows Alauddin Khilji’s obsessive pursuit of the legendary Rajput queen Padmavati after hearing of her beauty. His fixation makes him launch a full-scale military campaign against Chittor, forcing the queen and the women of the kingdom to burn themselves to death.
Where to watch: Netflix
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Vikram
Faahadh Faasil plays Amar, a black-ops investigator assigned to look into a series of murders targeting members of his task force. The trail leads him to the heart of a Chennai-based drug syndicate run by a ruthless kingpin. As the plot progresses, it forms a multi-layered conspiracy involving undercover agents, fake identities, and a retired operative pulled back into action.
Where to watch: JioHotstar
Madras Cafe
Set during the Sri Lankan civil war, the story follows an Indian intelligence officer (John Abraham) sent to dismantle a rebel group and stabilise a failing peace accord. As he digs deeper, he realises the conflict is entangled with political manipulation on both sides, culminating in a final assassination plot. While it’s not as grand as Dhurandhar, viewers who like their movies with a heavy dose of geopolitics and a tinge of documentary-style narrative would enjoy this one.
Where to watch: Prime Video
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Vaastav: The Reality
In this Greek tragedy of a tale, Sanjay Dutt plays Raghu, an unemployed Mumbai youth, who is pushed into the underworld after accidentally killing a gangster’s brother. What begins as a desperate attempt to survive turns into a steady climb through the city’s crime hierarchy, backed by politicians and feared by rivals. His growing power isolates him from his family and eventually traps him in a life he cannot escape, as one by one, everyone turns against him.
Where to watch: Prime Video