A sprawling, 214-minute beast that functions less as a typical spy thriller and more as a dense, novelistic character study of men operating in shadows. It is staggering in its technical finesse, with a Karachi that feels lived-in and tactile rather than a cardboard cutout. Ranveer Singh delivers a "carved out of stone" performance, but it is Akshaye Khanna who truly haunts the frame with his clipped, close-lipped menace. The film is undeniably long, with an interval that arrives when most movies would be ending, yet it remains magnetic because of its refusal to indulge in chest-thumping.