Dhurandhar: Akshaye Khanna as Rehman Dakait, The Gangster Who Played Football with Heads

• Akshaye Khanna is trending for his role as Rehman Dakait in the film 'Dhurandhar', despite Ranveer Singh being the lead.
• 'Dhurandhar' is based on real events in Lyari, Karachi, depicting Indo-Pakistani counter-terrorism operations against criminal gangs.
• Khanna portrays Rehman Baloch, a notorious gangster who, with his cousin Uzair Baloch, ruled Lyari in the late 2000s.
• The real Rehman Dakait, Sardar Abdul Rehman Baloch, was a Pakistani gangster known for extreme cruelty, including associates playing football with severed heads.
• Rehman Dakait was killed in a police encounter in August 2009 at 34, after which his cousin Uzair Baloch took over the gang.

Why It Matters: This story reveals the brutal reality of a real-life gangster through cinema.