An Indian spy thriller film directed by Meghna Gulzar and produced by Vineet Jain, Karan Johar, Hiroo Yash Johar and Apoorva Mehta under the banner of Dharma Productions and Junglee Pictures. Starring in the film are Alia Bhatt as the lead protagonist supported by Vicky Kauhal, Rajit Kapur, Shishir Sharma and Jaideep Ahlawatin.
The film is an adapted story of the 2008 novel ‘Calling Sehmat’ based on the true account of Indian Research and Analysis Wing Agent who is married into the Pakistani family of military officials on her father’s request to spy and relay information to India prior to Indo Pakistan war of 1971. The film was shot in several locations before it was completed in October 2017 and was released in May 2018. The film featuring Alia Bhatt earned over 194 crore and emerged as world wide highest grossing Indian film.
