Naam Shabana (2017) on Netflix
Shabana Khan, a Kudo fighter and college student in Mumbai, loves Jai; four drunk men in a jeep harass them and he is killed. The agent Ranvir Singh calls with an offer.
- Netflix2.1/5
- IMDb6.2/108,527 votes
- Rotten Tomatoes22%
Plot summary
Shabana Khan is a college student in Mumbai who trains as a Kudo fighter and lives with her mother. Jai, her friend, is in love with her and takes her out; she tells him she was sent to a juvenile home as a child for killing her abusive father, who assaulted her mother. On the way home, four drunk men in a jeep harass them and Jai is killed. The assailants flee, and no arrests follow. A caller, the agent Ranvir Singh, offers help in return for her joining a secret agency.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Naam Shabana (2017)
Can contain spoilers, watch the movie first.
- Naam Shabana was banned in Pakistan in April 2017, a day after an Islamabad cinema screened an uncut print; until then Pakistani censors had allowed the film only if scenes with a terrorism theme were removed.
- For Taapsee Pannu's role as a spy in Naam Shabana, producer Neeraj Pandey took guidance from a full-time consultant who was an ex-intelligence officer.
