# Mission Extreme

Mission Extreme is a Bangladeshi action thriller Film produced by COP Creation and Mime Multimedia. It was jointly directed by Sunny Sanwar and Faisal Ahmed. The film stars Arifin Shuvoo, Oishee, Sadia Nabila, Taskeen Rahman, Misha Sawdagor, Sumit Sengupta in lead roles. The film follows Nabed Al Shahriar, who is a member of CTTC and his fellowmates who try to wipe out insurgency in Bangladesh.
The film is set to be the first in a two film series. Initially it was scheduled to release on the occasion of Eid al-Fitr in 2020, but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It was released in theatres on 3 December 2021.

## Plot

The film starts with Soviet-Afghan War in 1979 and how America tried to wipe out USSR from Afghanistan and founded a new terrorist organisation Al-Qaeda which later became a headache for USA. This led to the September 11 Attacks in America. After which, terrorist organisation started to affect countries like Iraq, India etc but also Bangladesh. It also shows that how extremist groups are becoming powerful day by day; destroying countries and killing millions of innocent people.
The scene then shifts to Kashmir where an Extremist Leader is giving 4 files with numbers written on it. Among the files, the number 303 file is highlighted indicating the events to take place in Bangladesh.

## Cast

* Arifin Shuvoo as Nabid Al Shahriar, Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police (ADC), CTTC. Incharge of CRT (Crisis Response Team), The lead protagonist.
* Jannatul Ferdous Oishee as Sylvi, Nabid's love interest, a Journalist
* Taskeen Rahman as Khalid, The Main Antagonist
* Sadia Nabila as AC Era
* Sumit Sengupta as AC Shohid
* Sudip Biswas Deep
* Raisul Islam Asad as Dr. Afzal Asif, an atheist who was killed by Khalid.
* Fazlur Rahman Babu as Dibba Babu, ex-informer of Nabid
* Iresh Zaker
* Shahiduzzaman Selim as Police Commissioner
* Shatabdi Wadud as DC Mahabub, a Suspended officer of CTTC, Nabid's superior officer, who gave the lead of 303, he was suspended because of his unprofessional behaviour.
* Shams Sumon
* Manoj Pramanik as Rana
* Maznun Mizan as Salehin, Khalid's men.
* Misha Sawdagor as Khan, a Dubai Based Businessman, a womanizer who arranged funds for Dhaka's Bombings
* Syed Hasan Imam (actor) as Home Minister
* Laila Hasan as Nabid's Mother
* Ahsanul Haque Minu
* Shikha Khan Mou
* Aref Syed as Jayesh
* Khalid Hasan Rumi
* Mahtim Munna as Singer

## Production
### Pre-production

After the success of Dhaka Attack (2017) in December 2018, Sunny Sarwar had announced the making of Mission Extreme. It was announced that Arifin Shuvoo would play as the protagonist of the film. In 2019, Taskeen Rahman, Jannatul Ferdous Oishee, Sadia Nabila and other actors and actresses got attached to the film as well. It will be the debut film of Miss Bangladesh Jannatul Ferdous Oishee.

### Filming

The filming of the movie started from 20 March 2019. The filming occurred in Dubai too.

## Reception
### Critical response

The Daily Star praised the movie as its one of few original films in Dhallywood, while TBS criticized the movie saying it tries too hard and the story is not thrilling. NatunNews Monitor claimed the movie to be really enjoyable, saying Arefin shuvo, Jannatul Ferdous Oishee and Taskeen Rahman's performance were the best while also claiming the VFX in the movie to be really poor. On the review of Bangla Movie database, they said Mission Extreme is a must watch film.

### Awards

Award list :
| Date of ceremony | Award | Category | Recipient(s) | Result |
| May 27, 2022 | Meril-Prothom Alo Awards | Best New Face | Jannatul Ferdous Oishee | Won |
| February 18, 2023 | CJFB Performance Award | Best Movie | Mission Extreme | Won |
| February 18, 2023 | CJFB Performance Award | Best Actor | Arefin Shuvo | Won |

## Sequel

The sequel Black War: Mission Extreme 2 takes place after the end of Mission Extreme. Where ADC Nahid and his force is hunting down the terror leader to not disrupt national stability and stop the series of attacks occur. Mission Extreme: Black War is released in 44 theaters across the country on January 13, 2023.