India, March 28 -- W ith Dhurandhar: The Revenge smashing box office records, following closely after its predecessor Dhurandhar (2025), the films have earned praise for their ensemble cast. Behind this casting is Mukesh Chhabra. The casting director of Aditya Dhar's magnum opus gets talking on The Right Angle with Sonal Kalra. Excerpts: After Dhurandhar, audiences are not just talking about the lead cast, but the entire ensemble, and 'peak detailing' has gone viral. Who did you enjoy casting the most? Initially, only Ranveer Singh was on board. From there, the cast grew, starting with Akshaye Khanna as Rahman Dakait, followed by Arjun Rampal and R Madhavan. It's very difficult to get a big star cast to do an ensemble film today. Sanjay Dutt bhai came on board almost immediately, and so did Madhavan. And that was, honestly, my favourite moment: on the first day, within just two hours, we had locked that casting. Altogether, the casting process for both films took nearly a year and a half. p02...