‘Mission Majnu’ is not ‘in-your-face’ like ‘Ek Tha Tiger’, says Sidharth Malhotra

Actor Sidharth Malhotra is all set to return to the screen with his first release of the year, ‘Mission Majnu’. The actor plays an Indian spy in Pakistan in the film which is set in the 1970s. The movie is inspired by the work of real unnamed Indian spies. Speaking ahead of the release of the film, Sidharth says, “It is inspired by true events so we had a lot of public domain information as to what really transpires, at least for my character, when people go abroad from agencies across India to protect the country. They don’t really go blazing. The whole idea is to be so secretive and so unassuming that the person could be in this room and he wouldn’t know. So that dynamic of being unnoticed and unknown in a vast majority of people and not standing out was so interesting to me.”
He adds, “This is the first time for me playing a character based in the 1970s so there is a retro aspect to it. The lingo is different and since I am an Indian spy in Pakistan, he speaks Urdu and portrays himself to be different. There are so many layers.”
Describing the movie, Sidharth said, “This is a spy genre which is not taking that in-your-fae hero approach. I don’t even use guns in the film. There is one action piece where he is using a gun because in reality, it would defeat the purpose if he was going out killing everybody. I really love the way they would work on information gathering, which is more of trial and error. That is the USP. It has an emotional graph for sure. It is an out-and-out action film like James Bond or Ek Tha Tiger, where they are blasting things around. I think it makes for a fresher watch.”
‘Mission Majnu’ is all set to release on Netflix this week. It was initially slated for a theatrical release in 2022, however, saw its release date pushed back twice and eventually saw a platform shift as well.
Directed by Shantanu Bagchi, the movie also stars Rashmika Mandanna, Parmeet Sethi, Kumud Mishra, Rajit Kapur, Arjan Bajwa, and Sharib Hashmi. The film will release on Netflix on January 20, 2023.