‘Khufiyaa' to showcase Tabu's different avatar: Director

Oct 4, 2023 KRR

Actress Tabu’s role in ‘Khufiyaa’ is something very different from anything she has done before, says the spy movie’s director Vishal Bharadwaj. The film also features Ali Fazal and Wamiqa Gabbi in major roles.

As much a spy film centered around espionage as it is based on character study, Tabu plays Krishna Mehra, an operative of India’s external Intelligence agency Research & Analysis Wing (RA&W).

Grappling with her dual identity as both a spy and a lover, the actress plays the role of a conflicted woman as she is assigned to investigate a colleague who appears to have leaked information that led to the death of her girlfriend in Bangladesh, says Bharadwaj, who is also a noted music composer.

He said ‘Khufiya’ means ‘secret’ in Urdu, so there’s this layer of meaning in that she accepts her identity, but she’s keeping it a secret from her son. Bharadwaj added that it’s very different compared to the kind of roles that Tabu had played before.

The film, which will be streamed from October 5 on Netflix, is based on the novel ‘Escape To Nowhere’, written by Amar Bhushan, the former Chief of Counter Espionage at RA&W. Click the Movie button below for more info:
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