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Raazi is an espionage drama which tells the story of an Indian woman married off to a Pakistani Army officer to become a spy for her country. Meghna Gulzar took up the mammoth task of recreating 1970’s Pakistan in India. The film revolves around Alia aka Sehmat who becomes an Indian spy on the order of her father played by actor Rajit Kapur. Raazi is one of the most anticipated films of the year. Raazi is based on a real-life story dating back to 1971 Indo-Pak war which makes the film more intriguing than anything else.  

The trailer is as thrilling as it can get and has glimpses of Sehmat being trained for her spy duties. The trailer wraps with Sehmat pointing a gun at who appears to be her husband while tears roll down her cheeks.

Karan Johar describes it in just the right words: “The story of an ordinary girl in extraordinary circumstances!”

This woman too might have been lost, like many other names that have not found a place among the patriots of our country. But thanks to Harinder S Sikka,  a former Lieutenant Commander of the Indian Navy, who brought out her story through his novel, ‘Calling Sehmat’ – published in 2008.

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  Meghna Gulzar, described Alia in the film as, “She is a daughter. Respectful, righteous.”

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 Alia with Vicky Kaushal. “She is a wife. Ardent, affectionate,” Meghna Gulzar wrote.

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  Alia as a  spy “A secret and a mystery. There is so much more to a woman than what the eye can see.” Meghna Gulzar wrote.

About her role in the film, Alia earlier told news agency IANS, “I think in Raazi audience will see me in completely different avatar at least that is my wish because Raazi as a film is very different.” There is love, betrayal and patriotism in the film. After delivering stellar performances in films like Highway and Udta Punjab, Alia has once again picked up a challenging role in Meghna Gulzar’s espionage thriller Raazi. 

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As the immensely talented Alia Bhatt turned 25 on Thursday. Karan Johar shared Alia’s photo on his twitter page, where she is seen wearing a grey-coloured burqa with her face exposed in the photo. She is looking away from the camera and wears a serious yet simple look. With minimal makeup and only earrings and nose stud for jewellery, she completes the average Kashmiri girl look. Alia has been growing as an actor with every film and she is expected to do justice to this serious drama set in the backdrop of war as well.

The actress shared photos of her character from her upcoming film Raazi. Bhatt, who is in Bulgaria shooting with Ranbir Kapoor for Ayan Mukherji’s ambitious Brahmastra, took to Instagram to share the photos.

Movies or in this case MY movies aren’t just something I do for a living.. it’s kinda the reason I feel like I’m alive SO…On my 25th birthday I’ve randomly picked out two images from the 25th DAY of shoot of RAAZI and and and the TRAILER will be out 25 days from today(9th April).. Happy Birthday to me

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Raazi, directed by Meghna Gulzar is an upcoming period thriller and co-stars Vicky Kaushal along with Alia. The film is an adaptation of Harinder Sikka’s novel Calling Sehmat, about a Kashmiri spy married to a Pakistani man during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971. The film is scheduled to release in theatres on May 11th.

The Meghna tweeted last month saying..

Counting down.#raazi pic.twitter.com/ljPcEf73js

— Meghna Gulzar (@meghnagulzar) January 31, 2018

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