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Khufiya: House of Spies

About Khufiya: House of Spies

Khufiya is a 2023 Hindi-language spy thriller movie. The movie was written, produced and directed by Vishal Bhardwaj. The movie is based on Amar Bhushan’s espionage novel Escape to Nowhere. It stars Tabu, Ali Fazal, and Waimea Gabbi.

Release Date

The film was released on 5 October 2023 on Netflix.
Krishna Mehra is an operative at Indian spy agency 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
After the Kargil war. Pakistan unleashed an intelligence campaign aimed at influencing the outcome of the upcoming elections in Bangladesh.

Story of this movie

A woman named Heena is killed by Brigadier Mirza, after she gifts him a bottle of perfume. Mirza had received a phone call which revealed that the perfume had poison in it. Mirza stabs Heena in the neck and kills her.

Krishna is distraught at Heena’s death and blames her boss Jeev for killing Heena. But Jeev retorts that it was Krishna who was responsible for Heena’s death. Krishna remembers how Heena had first approached her and offered to work for her in exchange for generous payments. Heena says that she has connections in Bangladesh and offers her schedules of Brigadier Mirza’s movement for the next 15 days. Heena says that she hates Mirza as he is a stooge for the ISI.

Heena’s intelligence is proven correct, Krishna recruits her into operation Ghalib. But Heena suspects that she is being watched. Krishna visits Heena’s home where she lives with her father. Heena tries to kiss Krishna and she runs away. Eventually, they have sex together.

Krishna blames Jeev for sending Heena on a suicide mission without discussing with her. Jeev says that someone betrayed the agency and revealed Heena’s mission to Mirza.

Review

Krishna Mehra is an operative at the Research & Analysis Wing grappling with her dual identity as a spy and a lover. She is assigned to track down the mole selling India’s defense secrets. KM and her boss Jeev establish that Ravi Mohan (Ali Fazal) whose lavish lifestyle does not match his income must be the mole and suspect his wife Charu to be his partner is delivering secrets.

Jeev finds that Ravi photocopies top secret documents and takes them with him in his briefcase. Charu is found to be very friendly with the wives of the diplomats of the Pakistani agency at a local club where she takes her son for swimming lessons. The same club is frequented by many diplomats and is an ideal meeting point. She is suspected to work as courier for Ravi. Jeev offers KM the chance to avenge Heena’s death.