“There’s a real photo of Dawood from Karachi that nobody has seen…. “ - INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALIST

About this episode

In this episode, Prakhar Gupta interviews journalist Aditya Raj Kaul about his work on the Dhurandhar Film and various connections to underworld activities and intelligence operations.

Welcome to PGX: Raw & Real #174PGX: Raw & Real is simple. I sit with people who’ve lived through something and/or made it big.This isn’t meant to be inspiration or a template for life (for that, you can check out PGX Ideas).This space is different. It’s their story, as they experienced it.In this episode, I spoke to Aditya Raj Kaul a well known journalist and researcher behind the Dhurandhar Film.Timestamps:0:00 - Intro3:09 - Why Dhurandhar is a generational film6:14 - Reason behind Dhurandhar Success7:09 - Is Hamza Ali Mazari Exist in real life?8:23 - Delhi Blast & Islamabad court bombing connection9:53 - Enforced disappearances in Balochistan11:21 - Kulbhushan Jadhav Story13:18 - Theory behind Pakistani army colonel kidnapped to India14:29 - Dawood Ibrahim20:13 - Underworld funding in Bollywood films23:39 - Gurpatwant Singh Pannun's threats to Aditya26:12 - Is Atiq Ahmed's portrayal in Dhurandhar accurate?28:49 - Zahoor Mistry link to IC-81434:34 - Dhurandhar's Opening Scene37:02 - How unknown gunmen operate38:58 - How ISI spies operated during Galwan39:29 - How ISI collect intelligence42:50 - Chinese Spy in Delhi & Noida45:32 - Demonetisation in Dhurandhar47:11…

People in this episode

Host: Prakhar Gupta

Guest: Aditya Raj Kaul

Topics covered

• investigative journalism
• Dhurandhar Film
• underworld
• Balochistan
• intelligence operations
• Bollywood funding
• Pakistani army

Keywords

• Dawood Ibrahim
• Dhurandhar Film
• Balochistan
• intelligence
• Bollywood
• journalism
• Aditya Raj Kaul
• Pakistani army
• Galwan
• enforced disappearances

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: ISI, Dhurandhar Film

Places: Balochistan, Delhi, Noida, Karachi

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