Actor Faiz Mohammed Khan, who played the role of Sajid Mir in Dhurandhar (2025) and Dhurandhar The Revenge (2026), has a double reason to celebrate: his performance in the film as well as his role as dialect coach for the film. After 14 years in the industry, he’s proud to be part of a film he calls a “history in the making.”

Faiz, an NSD alumnus, was brought on board by casting director Mukesh Chhabra. “One day Mukesh ji asked, ‘Faiz kya tum dialect par bhi kaam karoge? You are well-versed in Urdu. So that’s how my dialect coaching began,” he shares. He adds that director Aditya Dhar’s focus on the Urdu dialect was for it to be accessible. “It was never about ‘khalis (pure) or difficult Urdu’, but rather about the ‘asli Pakistani’ lingo that felt more like more like ‘hamare beech ki language’,” says the 39-year-old.

Faiz considers all the actors on set as his favourite students. “Sabko sikhne mein maza aa raha thaa because the entire team was so passionate about the narrative.” However, he singles out Sara Arjun, who played Yalina, as an amazing student. “She would say, ‘Sir, abhi theek aya nahi dialogue, aur practice kare, aur acha hona chahiye’,” says the actor who was previously seen in Kedarnath and Padman (both 2018).

The dialogue, ‘Darling, darling, dil kyon toda…,’ by actor Gaurav Gera’s character Aalam became an instant hit, and Faiz remembers they both worked really hard to set the right tone.

Currently, Faiz is balancing acting, with projects like Gandhi ready for release, with backstage work on Pankaj Tripathi’s play La Ilaaj.