Secret) is a 2023 Hindi-language spy thriller film written, produced, scored and directed by Vishal Bhardwaj, based on Amar Bhushan's espionage novel Escape to Nowhere.

The film revolves around a Research and Analysis Wing operative who is assigned to track down a mole, who is selling defense secrets, while also grappling with her dual identity as a spy and lover.

However, with Khan's death in 2020, and other male actors rejecting the script, he rewrote it with a female protagonist and narrated it to Tabu, who accepted the role.

The film was announced on September 2021 and principal photography commenced the following month and continued till April 2022, where it was shot predominantly in Delhi and Canada.

Khufiya was released on 5 October 2023 on Netflix to positive reviews from critics, praising the performances of the lead cast, screenplay and direction.

She establishes that R&AW employee Ravi, whose lavish lifestyle does not match his income, must be the mole and suspects his wife Charu to be his partner in delivering secrets.

Ravi & his family, who are now living poor as refugees in the U.S. state of South Dakota, are given the opportunity by KM to return to India as heroes if they kill Brigadier Mirza.

[3][4] Vishal put the film's pre-production on hold, due to his shift in focusing on television series, and had commissioned two projects for Netflix and Amazon Prime Video: one being an adaptation of the Salman Rushdie's novel Midnight's Children and the other being based on the hijacking of Indian Airlines Flight 814.

[1][2] While the former was pulled out, even before the production was set to commence, works on the latter were halted indefinitely due to the controversy surrounding over Tandav (2021), which led the platform to revise streaming content.

[7][8][9] Gabbi was chosen for the role after sharing a similar working relationship with Bhardwaj, as "nobody wanted to play the young mother and I needed a person who would trust me blindly.

"[24] Dhaval Roy of The Times of India gave 4 stars out of 5 and said "The fictional take on a novel said to be inspired by true events tells an engaging spy story.

"[26] Anuj Kumar wrote in The Hindu that "Powered by the poetic charm of his female leads, the writer-composer-director paints a haunting character study of three emotionally conflicted women caught in the crosshairs of espionage.

"[28] Shreya Tinkhede of Times Now rated three out of five stars, saying "Khufiya is a sincere attempt by Vishal Bhardwaj to paint the dark and gruesome world of espionage with meticulous attention to detail.

"[32] In contrast, Prannay Pathak of Hindustan Times wrote "The film manages to tie up its own contrivances to a tidy enough end, with some humour.

"[33] Shubhra Gupta of The Indian Express rated 2 out of 5 stars and summarized "Despite the top-notch acting talent headed by the peerless Tabu, and Bhardwaj’s manifest skill in creating atmosphere which includes lashes of unexpected humour, ‘Khufiya’ remains, at best, a mixed bag, more drab than fab.

"[35] Anvita Singh of India Today gave 2.5 out of 5 and wrote "After its sparkling painting-like initial frame, 'Khufiya', sadly, remains a blur throughout.