The film supports an ensemble cast with Zahan Kapoor starring as the titular Faraaz Ayaaz Hossain with Juhi Babbar, Aamir Ali, Aditya Rawal, Pallak Lalwani, and six newcomers, Jatin Sarin, Reshham Sahaani, Ninaad Bhatt, Harshal Pawar, and Sachin Lalwani including Kapoor marking their debuts.

[4] The film commences with playful banter among the five terrorists Nibras, Mubashir, Rohan, Bikash, and Rajiv in Dhaka, ultimately leading them to Holey Artisan Bakery.

Outside, reinforcements from BAF, DB, Ansar, CID, and Counterterrorism and Transnational Crime Unit join for a final assault, ending the terrorists' reign.

The rights of Bangladeshi crime reporter Nuruzzaman Labu's 2017 book Holey Artisan: A Journalistic Investigation, about the July 2016 Dhaka attack, were acquired by Mahesh and Mukesh Bhatt's Vishesh Films in 2020.

A joint production, with Anubhav Sinha and Bhushan Kumar depicting the Holey Artisan Bakery attack in July 2016 in Dhaka, Bangladesh.

"[12][13] The film's director Mehta defends against those remarks by referring to a The Business Standard opinion article that emphasizes "artistic freedom" and "being a target of cancel culture.

"[14][15] Ruba Ahmed, the mother of Abinta Kabir, who was killed in the attack, filed a writ on 12 February 2023, seeking a ban on the film for misrepresenting her daughter and Bangladesh.

Concluding, Kukreja wrote, "Faraaz doesn't set out to send you home with a moral lesson yet puts across its point very subtly.

"[22] Renuka Vyavahare writing for The Times of India rated 3.5 out of 5 and wrote, "Hansal Mehta’s acclaimed body of work is testament to his sensibility".

Concluding, Kumar mentioned the present scenario of "religious chauvinism" and wrote, "Faraaz is an ache that will gradually grow on the discerning.

"[24] Shubhra Gupta of The Indian Express gave the movie 2 out of 5 starts rating and states "At a time where rampant bigotry and muscular nationalism is on the rise, films which give us humans of all shades are more than welcome.