Inside hours of dropping on Netflix on January 30, Ranveer Singh’s blockbuster Dhurandhar (2025) grew to become a subject of dialogue. Viewers famous that the OTT model of filmmaker Aditya Dhar’s motion thriller was nearly 11 minutes shorter than the theatrical one which had a three-hour-34-minute runtime. One other evident change was that a number of expletives have been muted or beeped out.
Dhurandhar was granted an ‘A’ certificates from the Central Board of Movie Certification earlier than its December 5 launch. The recent edits within the OTT model have left many questioning the necessity for extra sanitisation. A supply near Netflix India stated, “Netflix has exhibited the movie precisely because it was supplied by the studio. The platform doesn’t re-edit licensed function movies,” stated the supply.
Based on the supply, the model equipped for streaming was already the modified reduce operating in theatres. A revised model of the movie was reportedly screened in theatres from January 1, 2026 after the makers eliminated the time period ‘Baloch’. “That could be a shorter model and the identical is streaming on Netflix. It’s the identical because the theatrical/ CBFC-approved model. As with all theatrical movies, the three-minute runtime distinction is because of parts equivalent to interval plates or in-theatre advert necessities that don’t carry over to digital platforms,” added the supply.
What prompted the removing of expletives, which have been retained within the theatrical model? Whereas Netflix insiders refused to remark, an business insider stated, “The brand new I&B Ministry Broadcasting Providers (Regulation) Invoice is being carried out in elements. The expletives being beeped out may very well be a results of that as they want to regulate profanity and intimate scenes on OTT platforms.”