Naam Shabana - Wikipedia Naam Shabana Naam Shabana Theatrical release poster Hindi नाम शबाना Directed by Shivam Nair Produced by Neeraj Pandey Aruna Bhatia Written by Neeraj Pandey Screenplay by Neeraj Pandey Starring Taapsee Pannu Akshay Kumar Prithviraj Sukumaran Manoj Bajpayee Anupam Kher Music by Songs : Rochak Kohli Meet Bros Background Score : Sanjoy Chowdhury Cinematography Sudheer Palsane Edited by Praveen Kathikuloth Production company Plan C Studios Cape Of Good Films Distributed by Reliance Entertainment Release date 31 March 2017 ( 2017 - 03 - 31 ) Running time 2hr 27m Country India Language Hindi Budget ₹ 15 crore Box office est. ₹ 56.06 crore Naam Shabana ( English : The name is Shabana ) is a 2017 Indian action spy - thriller film directed by Shivam Nair and produced by Neeraj Pandey and Aruna Bhatia. It is a spin - off sequel to the 2015 film Baby with Taapsee Pannu reprising her role as Shabana. Other cast includes Akshay Kumar, Manoj Bajpayee, Anupam Kher and Prithviraj Sukumaran play important supporting roles in the film. The film is dubbed into Telugu and Tamil languages and was released on 31 March 2017. One day after its release in Pakistan the film was banned in the country for being an Indian perspective. Contents 1 Plot 2 Cast 3 Production 3.1 Casting and development 3.2 Filming 3.3 Budget and collections 4 Soundtrack 5 Response 6 See also 7 Footnotes 8 References 9 External links Plot The film begins with two Indian agents working under Ranvir Singh ( Manoj Bajpai ) chasing an international arms dealer Mikhail ( Prithviraj Sukumaran ), who has been on the radar of several intelligence agencies, but instead he kills them both and escapes. A year later Shabana Khan ( Taapsee Pannu ) a college student who is also a Judo fighter is being followed by Indian agency as a potential recruit. One of Shabana 's friends, Jai ( Taher Shabbir Mithaiwala ) who likes Shabana, and always tries to hit on her, asks her on a date a day before his birthday, she agrees to go with him on the date and there he confesses his love for her. During the date he asks her about her past, and Shabana tells him that she had been kept in a juvenile detention institution for killing her abusive father who used to physically assault her mother. During their bike ride home Shabana is a victim of eve teasing from a group of four drunk men in a Jeep, with the exchange turning into a physical altercation resulting in Jai getting killed and the assailants running away. Soon after, Shabana receives a call from an unknown number asking if she wants to avenge her lover 's death. The unknown caller agrees to help her terminate the killer in exchange for Shabana joining a secret agency. Shabana agrees to this and accordingly receives information on the killer 's whereabouts, and the agents aid her in killing them. Shabana then goes to Goa, to the same hotel where the main culprit who killed Jai was staying. As instructed, Shabana enters his room killing him and later escapes with the help of Ajay Singh ( Akshay Kumar ). The unknown caller is then revealed to be Manoj Bajpayee. Following this Shabana is recruited into the secret agency on a trial basis, wherein she is to receive extensive training in physical fitness and fighting techniques. The story then focuses on global arms dealer and supplier Mikhail. Three Indian agents then track down Tony, Mikhail 's right hand. During interrogation Tony tips them off as to the identity of a German doctor who has surgically changed Mikhail 's face. By the time the agency contacts the doctor to find out how Mikhail looks now Tony kills all three agents and escapes, revealing that he himself is Mikhail. Ranvir Singh gets the tip that Mikhail is planning another plastic surgery to change his face. This time Shabana is sent to kill Mikhail with the help of Ajay Singh and Om Prakash Shukla ( Anupam Kher ). Shabana enters the adjacent operation theater disguised as a patient, and after getting rid of Mikhail 's private security is about to kill Mikhail in the operating theater. To her surprise he is awake as he had refused to take general anesthesia during the operation. After quite a tussle, where Mikhail almost strangles Shabana, she finally manages to kill Mikhail and once again escape from the police with the help of Ajay. Cast Taapsee Pannu as Shabana Khan Akshay Kumar as Ajay Singh Rajput Prithviraj Sukumaran as Tony / Mikhail Manoj Bajpayee as Ranvir Singh Anupam Kher as Om Prakash Shukla Danny Denzongpa as Feroz Ali Khan Madhurima Tuli as Anjali Singh Rajput Murali Sharma as Mr. Gupta Zakir Hussain as Aseem Gupta, a RAW agent Bhuvan Arora as Karan Taher Shabbir Mithaiwala as Jai Natasha Rastogi as Farida Begum Khan, Shabana 's mother Manav Vij as Ravi, a RAW agent Mohan Kapoor as a College professor Elli Avram as Sona, Tony 's friend Malik 's girlfriend. ( Cameo ) Shibani Dandekar as special appearance in song `` Baby Besharam '' Virendra Saxena as Cableman Aparna Upadhyay as Jai 's mother Production Casting and development Taapsee Pannu was trained in mixed martial arts and Kudo along with Krav Maga for her role in the film. In October 2016, Prithviraj Sukumaran joined the cast of the film and had shot for a cameo role. Akshay Kumar was signed to play an extended cameo in the film, reprising his role from the previous film. Anupam Kher was signed to play the role of a technical agent. French stuntman Cyril Raffaelli was signed to choreograph the stunts of the film. For the preparation of the role of Pannu 's character as a spy, producer Neeraj Pandey took guidance from full - time consultant, an ex-intelligence officer. Varun Dhawan was also rumored to be a part of the film, however the actor claimed later that he is not the part of the film. Filming Principal photography of the film 's first schedule began on September 2016 in Malaysia, where Kumar and Pannu shot for stunt sequences. Filming of the first schedule was completed in late October 2016. The film 's second schedule was started on November 2016 in Mumbai. The shooting of the film was wrapped up in February 2017. Budget and collections The film was produced on a budget of ₹ 15 crore. Its first day gross was approximately ₹ 5.12 crore, and the film finished its first weekend with an estimated gross of ₹ 18.76 crore. Soundtrack The songs of the film were composed by Rochak Kohli and Meet Bros. Lyrics are written by Manoj Muntashir and Kumaar and released by T - Series. The film score was composed by Sanjoy Chowdhury. Track listing No. Title Lyrics Music Singer ( s ) Length 1. `` Rozana '' Manoj Muntashir Rochak Kohli Shreya Ghoshal 4 : 34 2. `` Zinda '' Manoj Muntashir Rochak Kohli Sunidhi Chauhan 4 : 00 3. `` Zubi Zubi '' Manoj Muntashir Rochak Kohli Sukriti Kakar, Rochak Kohli 4 : 10 4. `` Dil Hua Besharam '' Kumaar Meet Bros Aditi Singh Sharma 3 : 46 Total length : 16 : 30 Response Shubhra Gupta of The Indian Express wrote, `` What does come as a surprise, however, is just how much of a drag the film is. Except for a few stray sequences in which the limber Taapsee Pannu goes after the bad guys, and the ones in which co-star Akshay Kumar moves in to demonstrate how the big boys do it, there is nothing either novel or interesting about the film. '' On April 9, 2017 the film was banned in Pakistan by its Central Board of Film Censors. It had been shown in Pakistan starting on March 31, 2017 as long as certain scenes with a terrorism theme were cut. One day after an Islamabad theatre showed an uncut version the film was banned from all theatres in the country. See also India portal 2010s portal Film portal Bollywood portal List of films banned in Pakistan Footnotes Jump up ^ Akshay Kumar, Anupam Kher, Danny Denzongpa and Madhurima Tuli remains the only cast who reprised their role from the previous film. Jump up ^ Initially, it was rumoured that Dhawan was to be a part the film which is not actually sequel. Dhawan later cleared about his involvement and being not a part of the film. References ^ Jump up to : `` Naam Shabana : Taapsee Pannu shares Tamil, Telugu trailers, leaving fans asking for more. ''. The Indian Express. 26 February 2017. ^ Jump up to : `` Naam Shabana box office collection day 5 : Taapsee Pannu film earns Rs 23. 80 crores ''. 4 April 2017. Retrieved 5 April 2017. ^ Jump up to : Hungama, Bollywood ( 1 April 2017 ). `` Box Office : Worldwide collections and day wise break up of Naam Shabana - Bollywood Hungama ''. Retrieved 17 April 2017. Jump up ^ `` ' Naam Shabana ' is spin - off, not prequel to ' Baby ' Taapsee Pannu ''. DNA India. 15 March 2017. Jump up ^ Pandey, Prachita ( 10 February 2017 ). `` ' Naam Shabana ' Trailer : Taapsee Pannu DARES to do what no other man does in this action packed film ! ''. DNA India. Jump up ^ Shiksha, Shruthi ( 29 March 2017 ). `` Naam Shabana : Why Akshay Kumar Has Lesser Portions Than Taapsee Pannu In Baby Spin - Off ''. NDTV. Jump up ^ `` Meet ' Naam Shabana 's ' strong and interesting mix of characters ''. ^ Jump up to : Jha, Subhash K ( Apr 9, 2017 ). `` Now, Naam Shabana banned in Pakistan ''. Deccan Chronicle. Jump up ^ `` Naam Shabana : Guess who trained Taapsee Pannu in martial arts for the film ? ''. Hindustan Times. 21 March 2017. Jump up ^ Sidhardhan, Sanjith ( 10 October 2016 ). `` Prithviraj heads to Malaysia for cameo in Naam Shabana ''. Times of India. Jump up ^ `` Cameos to look out for this year ''. The New Indian Express. 9 March 2017. Jump up ^ Dedhia, Sonil ( 14 February 2017 ). `` Taapsee Pannu talks about Akshay Kumar 's extended cameo in ' Naam Shabana ' : I like this role reversal ''. Mid Day. Jump up ^ Kameshwari, A ( 20 March 2017 ). `` Anupam Kher : After Naam Shabana, I hope they make Naam Shukla ''. The Indian Express. Jump up ^ Coutinho, Natasha ( 29 January 2017 ). `` Hollywood stunt director for Taapsee Pannu ''. Times of India. Jump up ^ `` Naam Shabana based on a real - life spy and her operations in Malaysia ? ''. Hindustan Times. 18 March 2017. Jump up ^ Sharma, Sarika ( 10 February 2015 ). `` Varun Dhawan to work with Akshay Kumar in ' Baby ' sequel ? ''. The Indian Express. Jump up ^ Singh, Prashant ( 10 February 2015 ). `` Varun Dhawan to work in sequel to Akshay Kumar 's Baby ? ''. Hindustan Times. Jump up ^ `` Varun Dhawan not a part of Akshay Kumar 's ' Baby ' sequel ? ''. DNA India. 12 February 2015. Jump up ^ `` Taapsee Pannu - starrer ' Naam Shabana ' shoot begins ''. Times of India. 28 January 2017. Jump up ^ `` Akshay Kumar, Taapsee Pannu shoot for Naam Shabana in Malaysia ''. The Indian Express. 14 October 2016. Jump up ^ `` Akshay Kumar, Taapsee Pannu wrap up first leg of shoot for ' Naam Shabana ' ''. Deccan Chronicle. 28 October 2016. Jump up ^ `` Check out : Taapsee Pannu shoots for Naam Shabana on the streets of Mumbai ''. Bollywood Hungama. 9 November 2016. Jump up ^ `` Check out : Team Naam Shabana wraps its shoot ''. Bollywood Hungama. 22 February 2017. Jump up ^ Ingle, Dhairya ( 2 December 2016 ). `` Akshay Ropes In Rochak Kohli And Meet Bros For Naam Shabana ''. SpotBoyE. Jump up ^ Gupta, Shubhra. `` Naam Shabana movie review : Taapsee Pannu 's action, Akshay Kumar are highlights of this film ''. http://indianexpress.com. The Indian Express. Retrieved 30 March 2017. External link in website = ( help ) ^ Jump up to : `` Naam Shabana banned in Pakistan, Censor Board says scenes related to terrorism ' not fit ' ''. Financial Express. April 9, 2017. Jump up ^ `` Pakistan bans ' Naam Shabana ' a day after its release ''. The Times of India. Apr 9, 2017. ^ Jump up to : Ghosh, Samrudhi ( April 9, 2017 ). `` Naam Shabana withdrawn from Pakistani theatres because terrorism theme too sensitive ? ''. India Today. 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Question: who played the lead role in naam shabana
Answer: Taapsee Pannu