Khufiya, the upcoming spy-thriller from Vishal Bhardwaj, lastly will get a trailer. After virtually a yr of teasers with characters staring off into the gap, Netflix’s newest footage for its Tabu-led (Drishyam) movie goes into element about its espionage mission involving a mole inside India’s R&AW workplaces, promoting delicate information to the enemy. A lot of the plot revolves round hard-nosed agent Krishna Mehra (performed by Tabu), pressured to juggle her twin id as a spy and a lover to trace down the suspect. Bhardwaj attracts the movie from Amar Bhushan’s 2012 novel ‘Escape to Nowhere,’ however modifications the lead character’s gender since he felt Tabu was higher fitted to the position. Khufiya is slated to drop October 5 on Netflix.
The Khufiya trailer opens with a voiceover from high agent Viraj Surve (Ashish Vidyarthi) briefing the mission, as we see discipline operative Krishna Mehra (Tabu) peeking out of an unsuspicious automobile with darkish curtains. “Anyone betrayed us. We now have a mole within the company,” he says. Enter, Ravi Mohan (Ali Fazal), the prime suspect who’s been photocopying India’s defence secrets and techniques and taking them again house, presumably to feed them to enemy nations in change for giant payouts. Understandably, his total household is put beneath surveillance with hidden cameras and microphones, leading to some fruitful discoveries. Codenamed ‘Brutus’ by the R&AW, Ravi is overheard shopping for costly items for his spouse Mohini (Wamiqa Gabbi) and blatantly admitting to spying for an additional nation. Nevertheless, it is unclear if he is being severe, spawning a debate on whether or not the staff ought to proceed observing or take forceful motion.
As panic units in, it’s insinuated that Ravi has one way or the other realized about his family being watched — indicated by a shushing movement when his spouse walks into their bed room. Not like she’s okay with it, given the Khufiya trailer quickly exhibits a scared Mohini confronting him with the knowledge. “I feel two steps forward of this nation and that is my crime!”, Ravi yells, earlier than the household is seen relocating to a unique nation. “However I am not a traitor! I am a bloody patriot!” There additionally appears to be a secondary plot thread about agent Mehra’s previous involving an in depth good friend — or I am guessing a lover — performed by Bangladeshi actress Azmeri Haque Badhon, who’s seen partaking in some fieldwork when she was nonetheless thought of as a useful ‘asset’ to R&AW. Hopefully, we’ll get some extra details about this character, nearer to launch.
“I’m so blissful to be as soon as once more working with my favorite director Vishal Bhardwaj, as we reunite for the third time after Haider and Maqbool. Vishal’s distinctive imaginative and prescient and storytelling have all the time intrigued me, and Khufiya is not any exception,” Tabu mentioned in a ready assertion. The movie additionally marks Bhardwaj’s first Netflix outing, which he co-wrote with Rohan Narula (Workplace vs. Workplace).
Khufiya is out October 5, completely on Netflix.
