Sacrificed) is a 2009 Indian Hindi-language action thriller film directed by Rensil D'Silva and produced by Karan Johar under Dharma Productions.

In his directorial debut, D'Silva framed the script through the lens of the female protagonist, the romance between Kapoor and Khan, the thriller element, and a social message.

At the 55th Filmfare Awards, Kurbaan received 2 nominations – Best Actress (Kapoor) and Best Male Playback Singer (Sonu Nigam & Salim Merchant for "Shukran Allah").

[2] Avantika Ahuja, a psychology professor living in the United States, returns to Delhi after her father falls ill.

She manages to inform Avantika about her situation of house arrest and requests that she contact Rehana, a friend and TV reporter.

Overhearing voices, she decides to investigate and finds out that a group of men from her neighborhood, led by the family elder Bhaijaan, are planning a mission.

A heartbroken Riyaz finds Avantika's voice message for Rehana and begins his own quest to uncover the real culprits behind the flight bombing.

Aapa explains the reasons for Jihad to Avantika and also reveals that Ehsaan was an Afghan man with no political ideology until his first wife and son were killed by American bombs.

Riyaz sets up a meeting with the FBI for the next day, but his plan is derailed when one of the men sees Salma's picture, and Bhaijaan decides to bring the date of the mission forward.

Ehsaan kills Aapa in order to free Avantika, and he admits that he loves her and asks her to take care of their child.

As he knew filming schedules in Delhi around October (winter season), he researched the different styles by going to the colleges, canteens, and the local markets.

For Kapoor, he designed full sleeve t-shirts with V-necks and dark-colored ankle-length churidars with Jaipuri work, mojri and scarves.

[20] Her costumes featured rust, burgundy, olive green, blue and purple colors, as observed during the Delhi University scenes.

Additionally, Narula gave her Zara trench coats, jeans, and track pants, while sporting her sacred pendant.

[20] Oberoi was given a lot of dark jeans, t-shirts, sweaters, wind cheaters in navy blue, grey, olive green, and black leather jackets, all from Zara and H&M, while Mirza was given short skirts with jackets and work bags, in black formal work outfits.

[21] Khan noted the cold weather conditions to an added difficulty in getting the pitch and tone right while delivering dialogues.

Hence, barring a few shots, wide-angle shoots were cancelled enforcing recreation of scenes planned in Delhi for Mumbai between mid-March to April 2009.

[41] Vinayak Azad (The Regional Officer of the Censor Board) noted the setting of the film, which is terrorism, led to the decision.

[citation needed] ASTPL, an Indian software developer, also released a mobile video game based on the film.

In his review for Economic Times, Gaurav Malani wrote: "Kurbaan is an outcome of sensitive filmmaking, Technically, the film is proficient in all departments.

the narrative bears a striking resemblance to Kabir Khan's New York (2009), both in terms of the theme and setting of the story and structure of the screenplay."

[43] Critic Taran Adarsh in his review for Bollywood Hungama gave the film 4 (out of 5), noting "Kurbaan is embellished with superlative performances.

"[44] Rajeev Masand from CNN-IBN noted "It's a compelling thriller that doesn’t shy away from touching prickly issues, director Rensil D’Silva makes a confident debut with a film that is respectable and engaging."

"[46] A review by Anil Sinanan for Time Out denoted, "However, this has to be applauded for exploring a topical and sensitive subject in the widest commercial context.

[47] Nikhat Kazmi of The Times of India rated the film 3.5 on 5, adding on "Kudos to Karan Johar for shifting gears completely and entering into serious territory.

[53] Producer Mohan Kumar added: "Movies which did good business at the box office this year were fun films [...] even though Kareena-Saif starrer Kurbaan had a backdrop of terrorism, it did not do well.

[59] However, the Court refused to grant interim relief in a petition seeking a stay on release on the ground that its songs hurt sentiments of the Muslim community.

[60] In a related event, a local court rejected a private complaint seeking to delete an obscene shot (portrayed through the song "Rasiya") in the film showing Kapoor and Khan in partially nude poses.

[63][64] The lawsuit requested restraining order that prevented the representatives of Dharma Productions from leaving the US with its assets and the shot footage.

However, initially, UTV assured D'Silva that dubbing was only for a very small number of prints that would go in the Hindi belt where English was not understood.