''Torbaaz'' (transl. Black Falcon) is a 2020 Indian Hindi-language action thriller film directed by Girish Malik. Sanjay Dutt plays the role of a medical professional that lost his wife and son while he was placed in the Indian Embassy in Kabul, while Nargis Fakhri and

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play other prominent characters. ''Torbaaz'' was earlier scheduled for a theatrical release, which could not happen owing to the COVID-19 pandemic, after which the makers confirmed its distribution contract with Netflix. It was premiered on 11 December 2020 on Netflix.

Plot

Naseer is an ex-army doctor who is visiting a refugee camp in Afghanistan. Whilst he is there, he recalls how he lost his wife and young son to a suicide terrorist attack, during his placement at the Indian Embassy, in Kabul. He, alongside Ayesha, work together to run his late wife’s NGO. Naseer tries to bring joy to the children in the camp, through

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. He tries to make a team of displaced boys that were victims of the Afghan war. Naseer tries to get the boys to work together and put aside their differences through cricket. He constantly faces the threat of Qazar and his men, who want to use the boys as soldiers and suicide bombers.

Cast

* Sanjay Dutt as Naseer * Nargis Fakhri as Ayesha *

as Qazar * Fahim Fazli as Majed Taliban commander *

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as Shariyar Khan *

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as Col Khan * Rakshit wahi as dawlatzaahi *Priyanka Verma as Meera *Vansh Sayani as one of the boys in the group * Rockey Raina as Abdullah *Kourosh Torbat Zadeh as Sajadi

Production

''Torbaaz'' was announced in September 2016. Nargis Fakhri was roped in for lead role after Sanjay Dutt. Principal photography begun in December 2017. After shooting in Afghanistan, ''Torbaaz'' was majorly filmed in

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, Kyrgyzstan becoming the first Indian film shot there. Other filming locations included Mumbai,

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( Himachal Pradesh) and Punjab, India.

Release

Initially planned for a May 2019 theatrical release, ''Torbaaz'' was postponed to mid-2020, but due to cinemas shut down owing to COVID-19 pandemic, it was not able to release that time too. In July 2020, it was decided that ''Torbaaz'' was directly released online. It was released on 11 December 2020 on Netflix who purchased its digital and distribution rights.

References

External links

* {{IMDb title, 7805960
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