Overview
A young woman must navigate love and loyalty in a dangerous game of espionage.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Measured
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Layered
- Violence
- Moderate
- tense
- heartbreaking
- intimate
- serious movie night
- historical drama evening
What critics said
Critics broadly praised the film as an intense, emotionally grounded espionage drama distinguished by Alia Bhatt's performance and its rejection of jingoistic spectacle.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
Sehmat's covert work unfolds inside her marriage and the Syed household, with surveillance and deception embedded in ordinary family routines.
Sehmat serves India while living among a Pakistani military family and developing genuine affection for Iqbal, complicating nationalist allegiance.
Hidayat recruits his twenty-year-old daughter, and Sehmat's training and missions are shaped by both filial obligation and her role as a military officer's wife.
The India-Pakistan hostility of the period is filtered through cross-border marriage, military families, and competing ideas of national belonging.
Films like Raazi, and why
The Lives of Others
female-led espionage, wartime moral conflict, restrained suspense, and intimate patriotism
The Courier
undercover identity, divided loyalties, political violence, and emotionally grounded spycraft
A Call to Spy
historical espionage, ethical ambiguity, family pressure, and understated tension
The Exception
romantic intimacy colliding with covert operations, national loyalty, and tragic suspense
Movie Details
- Director
- Meghna Gulzar
- Release Date
- 2018-05-10
- Runtime
- 138 min
- Rating
- 7.3 / 10 (203)
Cast
- Alia Bhatt
- Vicky Kaushal
- Rajit Kapoor
- Shishir Sharma
- Ashwath Bhatt
- Jaideep Ahlawat
- Soni Razdan
- Arif Zakaria
- Amruta Khanvilkar
- Kanwaljit Singh
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, Netflix Standard with Ads, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
- Rent
- Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube
- Buy
- Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is Raazi about?
- A young Indian woman enters a Pakistani military family as an undercover agent, discovering that patriotic duty becomes unbearable when it collides with love and conscience.
- What is Raazi like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Raazi as measured, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as layered.
- Is Raazi violent?
- Somewhat. Ember rates the violence in Raazi as moderate.
- What did critics think of Raazi?
- Critics broadly praised the film as an intense, emotionally grounded espionage drama distinguished by Alia Bhatt's performance and its rejection of jingoistic spectacle.
- Which films are like Raazi?
- Films with a similar feel include The Lives of Others, The Courier, A Call to Spy, and The Exception.
- How long is Raazi?
- Raazi runs 138 minutes.
- Where can I watch Raazi?
- In United States, Raazi streams on Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, Netflix Standard with Ads, Amazon Prime Video with Ads.
