Naam Shabana

The film shows the origin story of Shabana Khan, who works as a proficient field agent with Ajay Singh. 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 Kūdō 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 eve teasing from a group of four drunk men in a jeep, resulting in Jai getting killed and the assailants fleeing. The main assailant escapes justice after being identified as the son of an influential man.

Frustrated with the police, 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 Goa, 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 the main assailant, leaving the others to live in fear for their lives. After she kills the guy 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 plastic surgery 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 anesthesia 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.

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• Taapsee Pannu as Shabana Khan
• Manoj Bajpayee as Agent Ranvir Singh
• Prithviraj Sukumaran as Tony Cake / Mikhail Warli
• Rajesh Bhati as Mikhail (before plastic surgery)
• Virendra Saxena as Cableman, Ranvir's employee and Shabana's employer
• Arjun Singh Shekhawat as Prashant
• Bhaskar B V as Srini, a RAW Agent
• Zakir Hussain as Gupta, a RAW agent
• Bhuvan Arora as Karan Singh, Jai's murderer
• Natasha Rastogi as Farida Begum Khan, Shabana's mother
• Manav Vij as Ravi Ahuja, a RAW agent
• Mohan Kapoor as a college professor
• Jagannath Nivangune as Police Inspector
• Aparna Upadhyay as Mrs. Pal, Jai's mother
• Divyangana Jain as Shabana's friend

Special appearances

• Akshay Kumar as Ajay Singh Rajput
• Madhurima Tuli as Anjali Singh Rajput, Ajay's wife
• Anupam Kher as Omprakash Shukla, Ajay's aide
• Danny Denzongpa as Feroz Ali Khan
• Murali Sharma as Mr. Samir Gupta
• Elli Avram as Sona, Tony's friend and Malik's girlfriend
• Taher Shabbir as Jai Pal, Shabana's deceased love interest
• Shibani Dandekar as an item dancer in the song "Baby Besharam"

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Taapsee Pannu was trained in mixed martial arts for her role in the film.{{Cite web |url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/bollywood/naam-shabana-guess-who-trained-taapsee-pannu-in-martial-arts-for-the-film/story-dYC0TUgzqtTOtNXskZuOnL.html |title=Naam Shabana: Guess who trained Taapsee Pannu in martial arts for the film? |date=21 March 2017 |publisher=Hindustan Times |access-date=26 March 2017 |archive-date=27 March 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170327075735/http://www.hindustantimes.com/bollywood/naam-shabana-guess-who-trained-taapsee-pannu-in-martial-arts-for-the-film/story-dYC0TUgzqtTOtNXskZuOnL.html |url-status=live}} In October 2016, Prithviraj Sukumaran joined the cast of the film and shot for a cameo role.{{Cite web |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/malayalam/Prithviraj-heads-to-Malaysia-for-cameo-in-Naam-Shabana/articleshow/54765011.cms |title=Prithviraj heads to Malaysia for cameo in Naam Shabana |last=Sidhardhan |first=Sanjith |date=10 October 2016 |publisher=Times of India |access-date=26 March 2017 |archive-date=21 January 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170121085919/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/malayalam/Prithviraj-heads-to-Malaysia-for-cameo-in-Naam-Shabana/articleshow/54765011.cms |url-status=live}} Akshay Kumar was signed to play a cameo in the film, reprising his role from the previous film.{{Cite web |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/hindi/2017/mar/09/cameos-to-look-out-for-this-year-1579200.html |title=Cameos to look out for this year |date=9 March 2017 |publisher=The New Indian Express |access-date=26 March 2017 |archive-date=26 March 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170326230537/http://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/hindi/2017/mar/09/cameos-to-look-out-for-this-year-1579200.html |url-status=live}}{{Cite web |url=http://www.mid-day.com/articles/taapsee-pannu-akshay-kumar-extended-cameo-naam-shabana-role-reversal-bollywood-news/17992187 |title=Taapsee Pannu talks about Akshay Kumar's extended cameo in 'Naam Shabana': I like this role reversal |last=Dedhia |first=Sonil |date=14 February 2017 |publisher=Mid-Day |access-date=26 March 2017 |archive-date=26 March 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170326230338/http://www.mid-day.com/articles/taapsee-pannu-akshay-kumar-extended-cameo-naam-shabana-role-reversal-bollywood-news/17992187 |url-status=live}} Anupam Kher was signed to play the role of a technical agent.{{Cite web |url=http://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/anupam-kher-naam-shabana-taapsee-pannu-akshay-kumar-manoj-bajpayee-naam-shukla-4577336/ |title=Anupam Kher: After Naam Shabana, I hope they make Naam Shukla |last=Kameshwari |first=A |date=20 March 2017 |publisher=The Indian Express |access-date=26 March 2017 |archive-date=26 March 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170326230358/http://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/anupam-kher-naam-shabana-taapsee-pannu-akshay-kumar-manoj-bajpayee-naam-shukla-4577336/ |url-status=live}} French stuntman Cyril Raffaelli was signed to choreograph the stunts of the film.{{Cite web |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/hollywood-stunt-director-for-taapsee-pannu/articleshow/56661983.cms |title=Hollywood stunt director for Taapsee Pannu |last=Coutinho |first=Natasha |date=29 January 2017 |publisher=Times of India |access-date=26 March 2017 |archive-date=22 January 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170122231258/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/hollywood-stunt-director-for-taapsee-pannu/articleshow/56661983.cms |url-status=live}} For the preparation of the role of Pannu's character as a spy, producer Neeraj Pandey took guidance from a full time consultant, an ex-intelligence officer.{{Cite web |url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/bollywood/naam-shabana-based-on-a-real-life-spy-and-her-operations-in-malaysia/story-T6QndfJ3xZOSm5ZewKIoCN.html |title=Naam Shabana based on a real-life spy and her operations in Malaysia? |date=18 March 2017 |publisher=Hindustan Times |access-date=26 March 2017 |archive-date=26 March 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170326230524/http://www.hindustantimes.com/bollywood/naam-shabana-based-on-a-real-life-spy-and-her-operations-in-malaysia/story-T6QndfJ3xZOSm5ZewKIoCN.html |url-status=live}}

Varun Dhawan was also rumoured to be a part of the film, however, the actor claimed later that he was not part of the film. {{efn|name=fn1|Initially, it was rumored that Dhawan was to be a part of the film which is not a sequel.{{Cite web |url=http://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/varun-dhawan-to-work-with-akshay-kumar-in-baby-sequel/ |title=Varun Dhawan to work with Akshay Kumar in 'Baby' sequel? |last=Sharma |first=Sarika |date=10 February 2015 |publisher=The Indian Express |access-date=9 April 2017 |archive-date=31 March 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170331053404/http://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/varun-dhawan-to-work-with-akshay-kumar-in-baby-sequel/ |url-status=live}}{{Cite web |url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/bollywood/varun-dhawan-to-work-in-sequel-to-akshay-kumar-s-baby/story-8fIjUCPhdC0DAYcz5ffvCM.html |title=Varun Dhawan to work in sequel to Akshay Kumar's Baby? |last=Singh |first=Prashant |date=10 February 2015 |publisher=Hindustan Times |access-date=9 April 2017 |archive-date=26 March 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170326230702/http://www.hindustantimes.com/bollywood/varun-dhawan-to-work-in-sequel-to-akshay-kumar-s-baby/story-8fIjUCPhdC0DAYcz5ffvCM.html |url-status=live}} Dhawan later cleared about his involvement and being not a part of the film.{{Cite web |url=http://www.dnaindia.com/entertainment/report-varun-dhawan-not-a-part-of-akshay-kumar-s-baby-sequel-2060394 |title=Varun Dhawan not a part of Akshay Kumar's 'Baby' sequel? |date=12 February 2015 |publisher=DNA India |access-date=9 April 2017 |archive-date=26 March 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170326231319/http://www.dnaindia.com/entertainment/report-varun-dhawan-not-a-part-of-akshay-kumar-s-baby-sequel-2060394 |url-status=live}}}}

Principal photography of the film's first schedule began in September 2016 in Malaysia, where Kumar and Pannu shot for stunt sequences.{{Cite web |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/Taapsee-Pannu-starrer-Naam-Shabana-shoot-begins/articleshow/54311309.cms |title=Taapsee Pannu-starrer 'Naam Shabana' shoot begins |date=28 January 2017 |publisher=Times of India |access-date=14 September 2016 |archive-date=3 August 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230803193033/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/taapsee-pannu-starrer-naam-shabana-shoot-begins/articleshow/54311309.cms |url-status=live}}{{Cite web |url=http://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/akshay-kumar-taapsee-pannu-shoot-for-naam-shabana-in-malaysia-3082691/ |title=Akshay Kumar, Taapsee Pannu shoot for Naam Shabana in Malaysia |date=14 October 2016 |publisher=The Indian Express |access-date=26 March 2017 |archive-date=26 March 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170326231143/http://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/akshay-kumar-taapsee-pannu-shoot-for-naam-shabana-in-malaysia-3082691/ |url-status=live}} Filming of the first schedule was completed in late October 2016.{{Cite web |url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/entertainment/bollywood/281016/akshay-kumar-taapsee-pannu-wrap-up-first-leg-of-shoot-for-naam-shabana.html |title=Akshay Kumar, Taapsee Pannu wrap up first leg of shoot for 'Naam Shabana' |date=28 October 2016 |publisher=Deccan Chronicle |access-date=26 March 2017 |archive-date=26 March 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170326231605/http://www.deccanchronicle.com/entertainment/bollywood/281016/akshay-kumar-taapsee-pannu-wrap-up-first-leg-of-shoot-for-naam-shabana.html |url-status=live}} The film's second schedule was started in November 2016 in Mumbai.{{Cite web |url=https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/news/features/check-taapsee-pannu-shoots-naam-shabana-streets-mumbai/ |title=Check out: Taapsee Pannu shoots for Naam Shabana on the streets of Mumbai |date=9 November 2016 |website=Bollywood Hungama |access-date=3 July 2023 |archive-date=30 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230730143314/https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/news/features/check-taapsee-pannu-shoots-naam-shabana-streets-mumbai/ |url-status=live}} The shooting of the film was wrapped up in February 2017.{{Cite web |url=https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/news/features/check-team-naam-shabana-wraps-shoot/ |title=Check out: Team Naam Shabana wraps its shoot |date=22 February 2017 |website=Bollywood Hungama |access-date=3 July 2023 |archive-date=30 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230730143314/https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/news/features/check-team-naam-shabana-wraps-shoot/ |url-status=live}}

The songs of the film are composed by Rochak Kohli and Meet Bros.{{Cite web |url=http://www.spotboye.com/bollywood/news/akshay-ropes-in-rochak-kohli-and-meet-bros-for-naam-shabana/584059bdd3028a6738dcd68b |title=Akshay Ropes In Rochak Kohli And Meet Bros For Naam Shabana |last=Ingle |first=Dhairya |date=2 December 2016 |publisher=SpotBoyE|access-date=26 March 2017|archive-date=27 March 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170327075846/http://www.spotboye.com/bollywood/news/akshay-ropes-in-rochak-kohli-and-meet-bros-for-naam-shabana/584059bdd3028a6738dcd68b|url-status=live}} Lyrics are written by Manoj Muntashir and Kumaar and released by T-Series. The film score is composed by Sanjoy Chowdhury.

{{Track listing

| headline = Track listing

| extra_column = Singer(s)

| total_length = 16:30

| title1 = Rozana

| lyrics1 = Manoj Muntashir

| music1 = Rochak Kohli

| extra1 = Shreya Ghoshal

| length1 = 4:34

| title2 = Zinda

| lyrics2 = Manoj Muntashir

| music2 = Rochak Kohli

| extra2 = Sunidhi Chauhan

| length2 = 4:00

| title3 = Zubi Zubi

| lyrics3 = Manoj Muntashir

| music3 = Rochak Kohli

| extra3 = Sukriti Kakar, Rochak Kohli

| length3 = 4:10

| title4 = Dil Hua Besharam

| lyrics4 = Kumaar

| music4 = Meet Bros

| extra4 = Aditi Singh Sharma

| length4 = 3:46

}}

{{Tracklist

| extra_column = Singer(s)

| headline = Tamil tracklist

| total_length = 16:30

| title1 = Naalumaney

| lyrics1 = Rajesh Malarvannan

| music1 = Rochak Kohli

| extra1 = Chinmayi

| length1 = 4:34

| title2 = Yeadho Konjamey

| lyrics2 = Rajesh Malarvannan

| music2 = Rochak Kohli

| extra2 = Janani Madan

| length2 = 4:00

| title3 = Zubi Zubi

| lyrics3 = Rajesh Malarvannan

| music3 = Rochak Kohli

| extra3 = Rita, Rochak Kohli

| length3 = 4:10

| title4 = Paayindhidum

| lyrics4 = Rajesh Malarvannan

| music4 = Meet Bros

| extra4 = Nincy Vincent

| length4 = 3:46

}}

On April 9, 2017, the film was banned in Pakistan by its Central Board of Film Censors.{{cite news |title=Naam Shabana banned in Pakistan, Censor Board says scenes related to terrorism 'not fit' |url=http://www.financialexpress.com/entertainment/naam-shabana-banned-in-pakistan-censor-board-says-scenes-related-to-terrorism-not-fit/621424/ |work=Financial Express |date=April 9, 2017|access-date=9 April 2017|archive-date=10 April 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170410101847/http://www.financialexpress.com/entertainment/naam-shabana-banned-in-pakistan-censor-board-says-scenes-related-to-terrorism-not-fit/621424/|url-status=live}}{{cite news |title=Pakistan bans 'Naam Shabana' a day after its release |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/pakistan-bans-naam-shabana-a-day-after-its-release/articleshow/58094575.cms |work=The Times of India |date=Apr 9, 2017|access-date=9 April 2017|archive-date=11 April 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170411222044/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/pakistan-bans-naam-shabana-a-day-after-its-release/articleshow/58094575.cms|url-status=live}}{{cite news |last1=Ghosh |first1=Samrudhi |title=Naam Shabana withdrawn from Pakistani theatres because terrorism theme too sensitive? |url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/naam-shabana-pakistan-terrorism-taapsee-pannu-akshay-kumar/1/924303.html |work=India Today |date=April 9, 2017|access-date=9 April 2017|archive-date=9 April 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170409081602/http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/naam-shabana-pakistan-terrorism-taapsee-pannu-akshay-kumar/1/924303.html|url-status=live}} 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 {{INR}}50 crores.{{cite web |url=http://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/naam-shabana-box-office-collection-day-5-taapsee-pannu-film-4599400/ |title=Naam Shabana box office collection day 5: Taapsee Pannu film earns Rs 23. 80 crores |date=4 April 2017|access-date=5 April 2017|archive-date=4 April 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170404152159/http://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/naam-shabana-box-office-collection-day-5-taapsee-pannu-film-4599400/|url-status=live}} Its first-day gross was approximately {{INR}}32 crore, and the film finished its first weekend with an estimated gross of {{INR}}70 crores. The film was a decent performer with above average collection.

{{Rotten Tomatoes prose|29|2.2|9|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 superstar-presence and bask in the girl power.}}

Shubhra Gupta of The Indian Express 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."{{cite web |last1=Gupta |first1=Shubhra |title=Naam Shabana movie review: Taapsee Pannu's action, Akshay Kumar are highlights of this film |url=http://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/movie-review/naam-shabana-movie-review-taapsee-pannu-akshay-kumar-star-rating-4591275/ |work=Indian Express |date=30 March 2017 |publisher=The Indian Express|access-date=30 March 2017|archive-date=29 March 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170329225729/http://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/movie-review/naam-shabana-movie-review-taapsee-pannu-akshay-kumar-star-rating-4591275/|url-status=live}}

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