Every LIE in Dhurandhar 2 EXPOSED | Dhruv Rathee

Dhruv Rathee presents a comprehensive critique of the film 'Dhurandhar 2', calling director Aditya Dhar a propagandist who created what he considers the most expensive BJP election advertisement disguised as a movie. He argues that the film uses a legal disclaimer claiming to be 'inspired by real events' while mixing real footage of Modi with fictional narratives, making it difficult for audiences to distinguish truth from propaganda. Rathee explains how the film employs psychological techniques like emotional priming, starting with scenes of violence against minorities to create anti-Muslim sentiment before presenting its political narrative. He points out how villains in the film praise Modi's effectiveness, which he argues is a clever propaganda technique that makes the endorsement more convincing than if heroes had delivered the same lines. The video extensively fact-checks several claims made in the film, particularly around demonetization, foreign funding of NGOs, and historical events. Rathee argues that the film falsely portrays demonetization as a masterstroke against Pakistani fake currency, when RBI data shows 99.3% of banned notes returned to the banking system and only 43 crores worth of fake currency was detected. He also disputes the film's claim that America and Pakistan's ISI opposed Modi, citing evidence that the US congratulated Modi immediately after his 2014 victory and that Pakistan's former ISI chief actually preferred Modi as Prime Minister. The critique extends to the film's portrayal of real events like the custodial killing of Atif Ahmed, which Rathee argues was presented as an intelligence operation despite the government giving tribute to Ahmed in parliament. He concludes by calling this approach 'gaslighting' on a mass scale, where the film attempts to rewrite recent history that audiences witnessed firsthand.