Overview
- Veteran reporter Anirudhya Mitra, in an interview published Tuesday on The Ranveer Show, said late Karachi police officer Chaudhary Aslam Khan admired Sanjay Dutt and was nicknamed “Baba Cop.”
- The nickname links to Dutt’s own moniker “Baba,” which fans popularized after his 1993 film Khalnayak, making the casting feel personally resonant.
- Aslam served in Pakistan’s Sindh Police, led the Lyari Task Force against gangs in the 2000s, survived a 2011 Taliban attack, and was killed in a 2014 bombing claimed by Tehrik‑i‑Taliban Pakistan.
- Dhurandhar frames a semi‑fictional spy story around real events and criminal networks in Karachi’s Lyari, with Dutt portraying Aslam alongside a cast led by Ranveer Singh.
- Mitra also said a Pakistan‑based project on Aslam was attempted before Dhurandhar, and both that claim and the “Baba Cop” detail are reported from his interview rather than independently confirmed.