Naam Shabana

<p>The film shows the origin story of Shabana Khan, who . It begins with two Indian agents working under Ranvir Singh chasing an international arms dealer named Mikhail. However, he kills them both and escapes. A year later, Shabana, a college student who trains as a fighter, appears on the agency’s radar and starts being followed by them as a potential recruit. One of her friends, Jai, who is in love with her, asks her on a date and confesses his love for her. He asks her about her past, and she tells him that she had been kept in juvenile detention for killing her abusive father, who used to physically assault her mother. This event is what brought her to the agency’s attention. During their bike ride home, Shabana is a victim of from a group of four drunk men in a , resulting in Jai getting killed and the assailants fleeing. The main assailant, Karan, escapes justice after being identified as the son of an influential man. Frustrated with the , Shabana receives a call from an unknown number asking if she wants to avenge Jai’s death. The caller, agent Ranvir Singh, agrees to help her take out the killer in exchange for Shabana joining a secret agency. Shabana agrees and receives information on the killer’s whereabouts and the promised help that will aid her in killing them. She travels to , where the killers are currently lying low. Keeping watch at a club, she is protected by another agent, whom Ranvir tells her is their best. When she asks why they are helping her, Ranvir tells her she is indispensable to them, and since this is important to her, they will help her as best they can. She decides to kill only Karan, leaving his friends to live in fear for their lives. After she kills him in his hotel room, Ajay Singh, who protected her at the club, helps her escape. Following this, Shabana is recruited into the secret agency on a trial basis, where she receives extensive training in physical fitness and fighting techniques. The story then focuses on a global arms dealer and supplier, Mikhail. Three Indian agents track down Tony, Mikhail’s right-hand man. Tony tips them off to a German doctor who has surgically changed Mikhail’s face. By the time the agency contacts the doctor to find out how Mikhail looks, Tony kills all three agents and escapes, revealing that he is Mikhail. Ranvir discovers Mikhail is planning another to change his face. Shabana is sent to kill him with Ajay and Omprakash Shukla’s help this time. Shabana enters the operation theatre disguised as a patient and is about to kill Mikhail. To her surprise, he is awake, as he had refused to take during the operation. After a fight in which Mikhail almost strangles Shabana, she finally manages to kill him and escape from the police with Ajay’s help. was trained in for her role in the film. In October 2016, joined the cast of the film and shot for a cameo role. was signed to play a cameo in the film, reprising his role from the previous film. was signed to play the role of a . French stuntman was signed to choreograph the stunts of the film. For the preparation of the role of Pannu’s character as a spy, producer took guidance from a full time consultant, an ex-intelligence officer. was also rumoured to be a part of the film, however, the actor claimed later that he was not part of the film. of the film’s first schedule began in September 2016 in Malaysia, where Kumar and Pannu shot for stunt sequences. Filming of the first schedule was completed in late October 2016. The film’s second schedule was started in November 2016 in Mumbai. The shooting of the film was wrapped up in February 2017. The songs of the film are composed by and . Lyrics are written by and and released by . The is composed by . On April 9, 2017, the film was banned in by its . It had been shown in Pakistan starting on March 31, 2017, as long as certain scenes with a terrorism theme were cut. One day after an Islamabad theatre showed an uncut version the film was banned from all theatres in the country. The film was produced on a budget of 50 crores. Its first-day gross was approximately 32 crore, and the film finished its first weekend with an estimated gross of 70 crores. The film was a decent performer with above average collection. On the website , 29% of 9 critics’ reviews are positive, with an average rating of 2.2/10. The website’s consensus reads: “Taapsee delivers some knockout punches and is sincere enough. Manoj is brilliant, though he has just dialogue-baazi and no action to support him. As for Akshay, he is happy to lend his -presence and bask in the girl power.” Shubhra Gupta of wrote, “What does come as a surprise, however, is just how much of a drag the film is. Except for a few stray sequences in which the limber Taapsee Pannu goes after the bad guys, and the ones in which co-star Akshay Kumar moves in to demonstrate how the big boys do it, there is nothing either novel or interesting about the film.”</p>