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Badhon To make Bollywood debut with Vishal Bhardwaj’s ‘Khufiya

Bangladeshi popular  actor Azmeri Haque Badhon is set to debut on her Bollywood journey with the Indian National Film Award-winning director Vishal Bhardwaj’s latest film “Khufiya.”

Bhardwaj shared the news of  Badhon’s casting for his film via Instagram and posted a picture with the actor, who was most recently seen in the acclaimed Bangladeshi film “Rehana Maryam Noor”.

”Rehana Maryam Noor”, directed by Abdullah Mohammad Saad, was selected in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2021 Cannes Film Festival. It is the first Bangladeshi film to be featured in this category.

“So delighted to have this gorgeous actor from Bangladesh @badhon__hq #Khufiya,” the director wrote in the caption.

Badhon To make Bollywood debut with Vishal Bhardwaj's 'Khufiya

The Bollywood director is best known for his Shakespeare trilogy ‘Maqbool’, ‘Omkara’ and ‘Haidar.’ He is the recipient of seven National Film Awards in four categories.

Badhon is currently in Delhi shooting for the movie and confirmed the matter by  posted picture with the team on social media Facebook on Thursday night. She Writes  ‘It’s an absolute honor working with the great director Vishal Bhardwaj. What a humble and down to earth human being he is ! Loved the hospitality and the way the whole team is treating me ! It feels amazing to work with such a nice team !’.

Inspired by true events and based on the espionage novel “Escape to Nowhere” by Amar Bhushan, the film’s story follows Krishna Mehra, an operative at Indian spy agency Research and Analysis Wing, better known as R&AW. She is assigned to track down the mole selling India’s defense secrets, while all along grappling with her dual identity as a spy and a lover.

With production through Vishal Bhardwaj Films, “Khufiya” also stars Ali Fazal, Wamiqa Gabbi and Ashish Vidyarthi in pivotal roles. The adapted screenplay is written by Bhardwaj and Rohan Narula.

“With ‘Khufiya,’ my attempt is to create an edgy espionage film that contrasts the slow burn of intelligence & surveillance work with one’s deep rooted emotional conflicts,” said Bhardwaj in a statement.

Earlier, producer contacted with Vidya Sinha Mim and Mehzabin Chowdhury for the film. But they turned down the offer, noting that there were some controversial issues with Bangladesh in the story of the movie.

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