Bawaal on OTT! How Ranveer’s ‘Dhurandhar 2’ Locked a ₹150 Crore Split Deal While Platforms Clash Over the ‘Raw & Undekha’ Cut!

   

Mumbai, May 22, 2026 — Trade circles woke up to absolute dhamaaka this morning. If you logged onto your devices expecting a quiet Friday, you’re officially out of the loop. Aditya Dhar’s mammoth spy saga, Dhurandhar, just rewrote the Indian OTT playbook. While Dhurandhar: The Revenge quietly closed a historic ₹150 crore digital rights split, a massive platform war erupted today as both Netflix and JioHotstar surprise-dropped the highly anticipated "Raw & Undekha" uncut version of the first film. It's pure paisa vasool for the fans, but a high-stakes corporate chess match for the streaming giants.

Here is the inside scoop on how this massive deal went down.

Decoding the ₹150 Crore Split

Let’s talk numbers. Securing ₹150 crore for a post-theatrical digital window is staggering, but the strategy here is an absolute masterstroke by Jio Studios and B62 Studios. Instead of handing over the keys to a single platform, they shattered the traditional monopoly by slicing the rights geographically.

JioHotstar heavily secured the domestic streaming rights. Why? Because keeping Ranveer Singh's roaring undercover avatar—Jaskirat Singh Rangi—within their bundled ecosystem is essential for retaining their massive Indian subscriber base. They need local tentpoles to justify their telecom bundle pricing.

Netflix, on the other hand, aggressively bagged the international rights. Their target? The massive NRI diaspora and global action aficionados. Netflix knows that high-octane Bollywood espionage—especially with an Indian spy infiltrating Pakistan's Lyari alongside heavyweights like Sanjay Dutt and Akshaye Khanna—travels beautifully across borders. This geographic slicing ensures maximum revenue for the producers while giving both platforms exactly what their algorithms crave.

What is the "Raw & Undekha" Cut?

So, what is the bawaal regarding today's surprise double-drop? Theatrical censors had heavily sanitized Aditya Dhar's original vision back in December 2025. The "Raw & Undekha" cut reinstates over 15 minutes of pure, unfiltered adrenaline.

Sources tell us this uncut version restores a gruesomely gritty, extended hand-to-hand combat sequence in the alleys of Karachi that the CBFC previously deemed "too visceral." Furthermore, the dialogue is entirely uncensored, giving Akshaye Khanna’s terrifying Rehman Dakait an even more menacing, street-level authenticity. But the real golden egg? An exclusive, extended post-credit scene—previously axed for its extreme violence—that directly bridges the narrative into the bloody opening sequences of The Revenge. It is dark, brutal, and exactly what the fans have been begging for.

The Impact on the Industry

Aditya Dhar just handed the industry a brand-new blueprint. The Dhurandhar strategy proves that top-tier filmmakers no longer have to bow down to a single streaming overlord.

By carving up domestic and international territories, and weaponizing an "uncut" version to generate double the hype months after the theatrical run, Dhar has created a post-theatrical goldmine. We are already hearing whispers in the trade that upcoming Pan-India biggies are hastily renegotiating their digital contracts. Don't be surprised when the producers of the next big ₹500 crore epic start demanding split-rights.

The rules of India's streaming wars have officially changed, and Dhurandhar is the one rewriting the rulebook.