Khufiya
On: Netflix
Dir: Vishal Bhardwaj
Cast: Tabu, Wamiqa Gabbi, Ali Fazal
Rating: 3.5/5

Khufiya didn’t turn out to be the film I had clicked for. Which is a strange thing to say, because we know the film’s genre, i.e. a spy thriller. And its setting, which is a national secret, meaning the world of state intelligence, espionage, handlers, agents and R&AW, India’s secret service, to be precise. 

So, why should there be disconnect between expectations, and the film? Because it’s based on Amar Bhushan’s true to life account, Escape to Nowhere. Bhushan, being an ex R&AW man himself. The book was the closest we could get to how India’s spy agency actually works.