Amid 'Dhurandhar' success at the box office, real-life gangster Rehman Dakait's friend, Habib Jan Baloch, praised the film for doing justice to his portrayal. He said, "What Pakistan didn't do, India's Bollywood did." He added, "He was a hero, a good man...Had Rehman and Uzair Baloch not been there, Pakistan's face would've been like Bangladesh today, or even worse."