The Spectacular Jihad of Taz Rahim is a 2015 Indian crime drama film directed by Raghav Murali and produced by Zaki Hossain.
[3] The film stars Rahsaan Noor, Monica Dogra, Kal Parekh, and Sorab Wadia in pivotal roles.
[1][6] Sabrina Jiwan is filming a news piece about a Muslim informant who was encouraged by the NYPD to entrap his victims.
Six months earlier, Taz was a struggling rapper living in Jackson Heights, New York, an immigrant Bangladeshi neighborhood.
After spending a few days incarcerated, Taz meets with the undercover cop, whose real name is Nick Patel.
Nick encourages Taz to pretend to move forward with Mo’s request in an attempt to uncover real terrorist activities.
Nick begins to feel the heat from his superiors and interviews Sabrina about Taz’s disappearance and his connection to the murders of two women at a local strip club.
[8][9] The producers had a desire to work with Monica Dogra ever since the release of her Star World television show The Dewarists and were able to cast her in the lead role of The Spectacular Jihad of Taz Rahim.