India, Dec. 27 -- Aditya Dhar's Dhurandhar may be a work of fiction, but it is one that is rooted in reality. The spy thriller is set in Pakistan's Lyari, a suburb of Karachi that was infamous for its gang violence in the early 2000s. The film stars Akshaye Khanna as Rehman Dakait, based on the real-life gangster of the same name. While there have been several discussions about the film's depiction of real-life figures, now a friend of the real Rehman has praised the film.

In a video shared widely online, Habib Jan Baloch, a lawyer and Baloch nationalist, can be seen speaking with a reporter who asks him about his opinions of his friend's depiction in Dhurandhar. Saying that he has watched the film twice, Baloch adds, "I won't talk about...