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Mission Istaanbul

Directed by	Apoorva Lakhia
Produced by	Ekta Kapoor Shobha Kapoor Sunil Shetty Shabbir Boxwala
Written by	Apoorva Lakhia Suresh Nair (Story) Raj Vasant (Dialogue)
Starring	Vivek Oberoi Shriya Saran Zayed Khan Sunil Shetty Shabbir Ahluwalia
Music by	Anu Malik
Cinematography	Gururaj R. Jois
Release date(s)	July 11/25,2008
Language	Hindi

Mission Istaanbul is a 2008 action film starring Vivek Oberoi, Shriya Saran, Sunil Shetty and Zayed Khan. The film, directed by Apoorva Lakhia features Abhishek Bachchan in a special appearance.

1 Plot
2 Cast
3 Trivia
4 References
5 External links

[edit] Plot

Vikas Sagar (Zayed Khan) is one of the most promising journalists in the country. Owais Husain (Sunil Shetty) who heads a controversial Istanbul based news channel makes him an offer to join the channel for an outrageous salary and other perks. This offer couldn't have come at a better time for Vikas who was undergoing a painful divorce with his wife Anjali (Shriya Saran)

But little does he know that one decision will change his life forever. When he voices his plans to quit the channel, he is reminded by Turkish commando, Rizwan Khan (Vivek Oberoi), how others who quit had been bumped off because they knew too much.

It's upto Vikas Sagar and Rizwan Khan to bring down Owais Hussain

[edit] Cast

Zayed Khan as ...... Vikas Sagar
Vivek Oberoi as ...... Rizwan Khan
Shabbir Ahluwalia as ...... Khalil
Shriya Saran as ...... Anjali
Sunil Shetty as ...... Owais Hussain
Nikitin Dheer as ...... Ghazni
Shweta Bharadwaj (Model turn Actress) as..... ? ^[1]

[edit] Trivia

For the climactic battle in Apoorva Lakhia's Mission Istaanbul, the reed-thin Zayed Khan put on 11 kg and weighed 75 kg for the first time in his life. All because he had to take on the movie's bad man Niketan Dheer, who was 6 feet 4 inches tall and weighed 86 kg.
Vivek Oberoi grew his hair for his role as a turkish commando in the film and even worked out to flex some muscles.

[edit] References

^ http://indiafm.com/news/2008/05/28/11473/index.html <ref>
- [[Abhishek Bachchan]] in a special appearance
== Production == [[Zayed Khan]]'s role was initially meant to be played by [[Bobby Deol]].<ref>[http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/StoryPage.aspx?id=da66c2be-ce33-4ea0-93f4-21bdc33f516a&MatchID1=4665&TeamID1=10&TeamID2=3&MatchType1=1&SeriesID1=1174&PrimaryID=4665&Headline=Zayed+replaces+Bobby+in+EMMission+Istanbul%2fEM Zayed replaces Bobby in Mission Istaanbul- Hindustan Times]</li></ol></ref>