Nabab

Nabab
Theatrical release poster
Directed by
Screenplay by
Story byPele Bhattacharya
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyTuban
Edited bySomnath Dey
Music by
Production
companies
Distributed by
Release dates
  • 26 June 2017 (2017-06-26) (Bangladesh)
  • 28 July 2017 (2017-07-28) (India)
Running time
140 minutes
CountriesBangladesh
India
LanguageBengali
Budget5 crore
Box office9.10 crore (equivalent to 13 crore or US$1.5 million in 2023)

Nabab is a 2017 Indo-Bangladeshi action thriller film directed by Joydip Mukherjee and produced by Abdul Aziz and Himanshu Dhanuka under the banner of Jaaz Multimedia and Eskay Movies. The film features Shakib Khan in the title role, an intelligence agent tasked with a secret operation in West Bengal, India and Subhashree as a crime news reporter and Nabab's love interest. It also features Sabyasachi Chakrabarty, Amit Hasan, Aparajita Adhya, Kharaj Mukherjee and Arindam Saha in supporting roles. This Film is based on 1999 hindi action-comedy film Baadshah starring Shahrukh Khan, Twinkle Khanna . The Baadshah film's plot is loosely based on the 1995 American film Nick of Time.

The soundtrack album and background score of the film was composed by Savvy Gupta and Akassh. The film was released on 26 June 2017 on the occasion of Eid in Bangladesh and released in India on 28 July 2017. The film marks the second collaboration of Shakib Khan with Joydip Mukherjee after success of Shikari (2016). The film had a production budget of 5 crore (US$410,000) and earned 9.10 crore (equivalent to 13 crore or US$1.5 million in 2023) within the first five days of its release.