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Spy stories involving international agencies and moles is not everyone's cup of tea, Vishal Bharadwaj proves that in Khufiya. The basic story premise is believable and has some substance but not the screenplay which is lethargically paced with the usual tropes of followers through the streets, crude spy cams installed openly in most obvious of the places in suspects houses and expected behaviors and ordinary reveals which makes this a very lukewarm espionage thriller. Tabu also seems to ne jaded though adequate, but Ashish Vidyarthi , the new hero and sub heroines are wasted. Their expressions are pale and does not excite. At the most, 5/10, and that if you used to like Tabu a lot earlier. The story and screenplay need a lot more masala and reality checks to be interesting g like Special Ops etc which were solid thrillers.

The Storyline is OK, but the execution is quite ordinary. The heroine always sports a scorning grin and arrogant attitude and uses filthy language to make up for the lack of authentic toughness and bravery. Regina does not deliver and Mita vasisht is so-so. The terrorist skirmish scenes are handled amateurishly. Only one Drone lab technician for the entire NIA and country in crisis is unbelievably senseless. The heroine is named Kavya Iyer but she eats chicken and fish , not at all like an Iyer household or customs. Their family scenes are dragging and child artist is jarring. The very premise of Islamic jihadi terrorsits has been unnecessarily linked to Syria, Afghanistan and whatnot without any back story or content. Why these terrorists are here, how they could evade all State authorities is best left to imagination with few ordinary stunt scenes... Not worth a must see!

Very usual action flick, with absolutely no suspense, no twists... bash, bash all the way