History Film / Raazi

* TheIngenue: Sehmat certainly has hints of this. She's a young woman (20 at the beginning the story) who has been doted upon by both parents. While she eventually becomes proficient at the technical aspects of spying, she doesn't fully realise the moral ramifications until she's [[spoiler: forced to make her first kill.]]. Emphasised with her introductory scene being one of her saving a squirrel from getting run over by a motorbike.

** We first see Sehmat when she rescues a squirrel from being squashed by a motorbike. This suggests at her compassionate nature, which is true until her espionage requires her to become [[HiddenDepths more]] [[CharacterArc ruthless]].

* ChekovsGun: [[spoiler: The anklet that Iqbal gives Sehmat plays a role in blowing Sehmat's cover]].

--> '''Sehmat''': Please take me out of this business before I become like [[CompleteMonster you]].

* EmbarrassingCoverUp: What else can you do when your husband walks into the bathroom from which you were sending out morse codes before you have time to hide away the equipment?

* FemaleGaze: As the film is from Sehmat's perspective, the build-up that often precedes a hero's first glimpse of the heroine is gender-inverted. Sehmat first sees her future husband from the window of her room as he gets out of a car in their yard, and only looks away when he happens to look up at the window and sees her watching.

* TheFilmOfTheBook: The film is based on the 2008 novel "Calling Sehmat" by Harinder Sikka, which is allegedly based on a true story.

* LyricalDissonance: The song that plays in the background during Sehmat and Iqbal's wedding, ''Dilbaro'', describes how a girl, once married, doesn't turn back, signifying that married women are expected to become one with their husband's family and more or less forget about her own parents. This couldn't be farther from truth for Sehmat, who is getting married in Pakistan precisely so that she can continue to help her own country, India.

* VisualPun: Mixed with {{Foreshadowing}}. The first time Sehmat sees her future husband, she is trying to watch him unobserved from a window in her room, i.e. spying on him. That is precisely what her role is to be throughout their marriage. Also, FridgeBrilliance in that Iqbal glances up at the window and sees her watching, [[spoiler: which [[{{foreshadowing}} foreshadows]] the fact that he will be the one who finds out that she is a spy]].

* VisualPun: Mixed with {{Foreshadowing}}. The first time Sehmat sees her future husband, she is trying to watch him unobserved from a window in her room, i.e. spying on him. That is precisely what her role is throughout their marriage. [[spoiler: Also {{foreshadowing}} the fact that Iqbal is the one who finds out that she is a spy, Iqbal happens to look up at the window and catches her watching him]].

* ItsAllMyFault: [[spoiler: Major-General Syed realises that his decision to make Sehmat his son's bride has resulted in his family's ruin.]]

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: It is painful to contemplate how [[spoiler: Major-General Syed]] fared after the events in the film come to an end. [[spoiler: The man has lost both his sons, a faithful servant, a daughter-in-law, and is now probably the subject of military inquiry because of the espionage that went on under his roof]].

* TheFilmOfTheBook: The film is based on the novel "Calling Sehmat" by Harinder Sikka, which is allegedly based on a true story.

* SleepingWithTheEnemy: Sehmat and Iqbal enjoy a genuinely loving marriage, and it was only a matter of time before this trope became literally true.

* OnceMoreForClarity: Two key events are explained this way: (1) [[spoiler: how Iqbal works out that Sehmat is a spy]] and (2) how Sehmat manages to [[spoiler: escape the explosion]].

* LyricalDissonance: The song that plays in the background during Sehmat and Iqbal's wedding, ''Dilbaro'', describes how a girl, once married, doesn't turn back, signifying that married women are expected to become one with their husband's family and more or less forget about her own parents. This couldn't be farther from truth for Sehmat, who is getting married precisely so that she can continue to help her parents' country.
* MagnificentBastard: Khalid Mir, the Indian Intelligence officer to whom Sehmat reports. [[spoiler: The extent to which he is prepared to go to make the mission succeed becomes apparent when, despite genuinely respecting and caring for Sehmat, he doesn't hesitate to fall back to "Plan B" - which would involve killing Sehmat and a whole host of others - when it seems that it isn't possible to extract Sehmat safely]].

* AnOfficerAndAGentleman: Iqbal, Sehmat's husband, is also a high-ranking army official and is definitely a gentleman. Also applies to Iqbal's father and brother.

[[caption-width-right:182: Guess who is staring down the barrel.]]

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* EstablishingCharacterMoment: Several.

* DramaticIrony: Compare Sehmat's EstablishingCharacterMoment (see above) with later in the film when [[spoiler: she runs over an innocent man to protect her cover from being blown]].

* LyricalDissonance: The song that plays in the background during Sehmat and Iqbal's wedding, ''Dilbaro'', describes how a girl, once married, doesn't turn back, signifying that married women are expected to become one with their husband's family and put them above their own parents. This couldn't be farther from truth for Sehmat, who is getting married precisely so that she can continue to help her home country.

* DissonantLyrics: The song that plays in the background during Sehmat and Iqbal's wedding, ''Dilbaro'', describes how a girl, once married, doesn't turn back, signifying that married women are expected to become one with their husband's family and put them above their own parents. This couldn't be farther from truth for Sehmat, who is getting married precisely so that she can continue to help her home country.

* GreyAndGreyMorality: Sure, Sehmat is doing this spying business for her country. But [[spoiler: killing a faithful family servant? Her brother-in-law? Taking a child hostage?]] And while her family by marriage are the "enemy", it's difficult to point to any reprehensible conduct on their part throughout the movie.

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: It is painful to contemplate how [[spoiler: Major-General Syed]] fared after the events in the film come to an end. [[spoiler: the man has lost both his sons, a faithful servant, a daughter-in-law, and is now probably the subject of military questioning because of the espionage that went on under his roof]].

** Iqbal looks sympathetic when Sehmat and her parents bid each other a tearful farewell after the wedding, and seals his status as a NiceGuy when he makes it clear that he doesn't expect to share a bed with Sehmat until they grow to love each other - something that he didn't have to do given that they were legally married.

* TallDarkAndHandsome: Iqbal.

* MagnificientBastard: Khalid Mir, the Indian Intelligence officer to whom Sehmat reports. [[spoiler: The extent to which he is prepared to go to make the mission succeed becomes apparent when, despite genuinely respecting and caring for Sehmat, he doesn't hesitate to fall back to "Plan B" - which would involve killing Sehmat and a whole host of others - when it seems that it isn't possible to extract Sehmat safely]].

''Film/{{Raazi}}'' (meaning: willing) is a 2018 [[{{Bollywood}} Indian]] espionage drama directed by Meghna Gulzar and starring Alia Bhatt and Vicky Kaushal. Set in 1971, it tells the story of Sehmat (Bhatt), a 20-year-old girl from Kashmir, India, who is married off to the son of a prominent Pakistani army officer in order to spy and pass on military secrets to the Indian Intelligence. Sehmat fits in easily with her new family and genuinely loves her husband (Kaushal). But when it comes to choosing which comes first - family or country - there is never any doubt in her mind. How far will she have to go to accomplish her mission? What will be the collateral damage? Will she survive? Does it even matter, given that the nation's interests are at stake?