The scene impacted every viewer, but it hit differently for those who lived through the terror. Elaborating on the after-effect of the scene and praising filmmaker Aditya Dhar for his vision, alongside Ranveer Singh for her performance, a 26/11 survivor penned a long post on X (formerly called Twitter). The post read, “I was in the Taj Hotel on the night of 26/11 with my husband @Ajay_Bagga. We were fortunate to survive the heinous terrorist attack that night and were rescued alive after 14 hours.
The most bone-chilling scene in #Dhurandhar for me was the red screen where the actual voice recordings of the 26/11 terrorists and their handlers were played. To hear what the handlers were instructing the terrorists to do, how brutal, inhuman, and disgusting it was – just sent shivers through my body. To see the scene recreated from the other side- the handlers celebrating at every bomb going off & every person killed – if that doesn’t fill us with rage and renewed commitment to national security, what else will?
17 years have passed, but the memory of what happened and what could have happened to us just shook me to the core. Gut-wrenching and painful.
Huge credit to Dhurandhar and its makers @AdityaDharFilms for ensuring that an entire new generation understands what truly happened on 26/11 in just those 2–3 minutes.
That look of @RanveerOfficial will haunt an entire generation.”
