38-506: Mission Istaanbul is a 2008 Indian Hindi -language action thriller film starring Vivek Oberoi , Shriya Saran and Zayed Khan . The film, directed by Apoorva Lakhia , features Abhishek Bachchan in a special appearance. The film is based on an organisation Al Johara which bears a resemblance to Qatar -based news channel Al Jazeera , which was criticized by the White House as being an outlet for terrorists. The film deals with
76-416: A falafel roll, he finds a note in his pocket telling him he is being followed by Ghazni's men. While running from Ghazni's men, Vikas bumps into Rizwan, who tells him he is being tracked wherever he goes and what he does, so then Rizwan beats up Ghazni's men and removes the trackers. Rizwan tells Vikas that Abu Nazir is actually dead but being kept alive by Al Johara through videotapes by using digital images of
114-593: A helicopter and rides away, seeing Owais get killed. Reeling at this close encounter with terrorism and watching a brutal killing, Vikas arrives in Istanbul in a daze. Ghazni finds out about Owais' death and holds a funeral. At the funeral, Vikas is approached by a former Turkish commando, Rizwan Khan, who hints that no senior employee has ever quit Al Johara and rattles off a list of Al Johara employees who had been killed in terrorist attacks within days of there being of rumours of their plans to quit or their resumes circulating in
152-493: A larger role in state politics. However, his party faced defeat in the 2002 state elections . However, him and his party were later elected in the 2008 state elections . He became the youngest, and 11th chief minister of the state of Jammu and Kashmir after forming a government in coalition with the Indian National Congress , on 5 January 2009. He would serve in that position until 2015, after being defeated in
190-418: A senior producer at the controversial news channel Al Johara, offers him a job as the head of the channel's India bureau. Vikas is going through a divorce with his wife Anjali, and getting his mind off things, Vikas accepts the offer and flies to Istanbul to start work for Al Johara. Vikas then meets Dr. Lisa Lobo, at a party, who is headed to Istanbul to attend a medical convention. It is later revealed that Lisa
228-482: A special appearance in the item number "Nobody Like You." Turkish ballet dancer Tanyeli appeared in the song "World Hold On." Zayed Khan 's role was initially meant to be played by Bobby Deol . Tusshar Kapoor was offered a villain role but turned that role down which then went to Nikitin Dheer . A soundtrack for Mission Istaanbul was released prior to the film and is available for retail. The soundtrack closely follows
266-607: Is a B.Com. graduate of Sydenham College of Commerce and Economics. He was employed with ITC Limited and The Oberoi Group till the age of 29 before entering politics. He did commence an MBA with the University of Strathclyde , however due his election to the Lok Sabha, he dropped out from the course. He is married to Payal Nath She is the daughter of a retired army officer, Ram Nath. In September 2011, Omar confirmed that he and his wife have separated. His younger sister, Sara,
304-472: Is a R.A.W. agent looking forward to recruiting Vikas. Once in Istanbul, Vikas meets with the head of Al Johara, Ghazni, who has business interests all over the world but whose obsession these days is Al Johara as an instrument to shape world events. There is only one word of caution to Vikas, and that's never ever to venture onto the 13th floor known as the Catacomb. He once again meets Owais, who tells him that he
342-506: Is a grandson of Sheikh Abdullah , and the only son of Farooq Abdullah , a physician and former Chief Minister of J&K. All three men have held the position of Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir . His mother, Mollie, an Englishwoman and a nurse by profession, has said that she was not in favor of him joining politics. He studied at the Burn Hall School located at Sonwar Bagh , Srinagar and then at Lawrence School, Sanawar . He
380-540: Is an Indian politician who is currently serving as the chief minister of the union territory of Jammu and Kashmir . He had previously served as the chief minister of the state of Jammu and Kashmir between 2009 and 2014, and is the current vice president of the Jammu and Kashmir National Conference , a position he has held since 2009. Abdullah also served as a member of parliament in the Lok Sabha from 1998 to 2009, representing
418-465: Is as simple as it looks in the offices of Al Johara, especially when he seems to bump into strangers whose faces he soon recognizes as suicide bombers in a couple of terrorist attacks. Vikas, confused, accidentally goes to the forbidden 13th floor of the building and is tortured by Al Johara's staff. Lisa arrives and saves him by taking him away. Vikas goes back to his apartment only to find his passport, documents and money all missing. Later on, while buying
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#1732916878826456-573: Is looking forward to quitting his job and settling down with his Irish girlfriend. Ghazni sends Vikas and Owais on an assignment to cover kidnapped journalists in one of terrorist Abu Nazir's terrorist-camps in Afghanistan. The two meet Abu Nazir's brother, Khalil, who tries to scare Vikas by killing one of the kidnapped journalists and is later revealed to be Ghazni's right hand. Vikas, shocked, takes action and fights Khalil's thugs. Khalil then shoots Owais multiple times leading to his death. Vikas jumps on
494-408: Is spotted. Rizwan realises that Lisa has not yet called them and hence goes to her house with Vikas only to find her killed by Khalil. While dying, she gives her boss' contact to them, but by the time Vikas and Rizwan get there, he too is dead. Vikas then meets Ghazni and his men who are holding Anjali hostage. Anjali is tortured by Ghazni, and his men, and so is Vikas, especially when he refuses to give
532-434: Is working for RAW. Ghazni sends his men to get the pen drive back, but his men are brutally beaten up by Vikas, Rizwan and Lisa. Ghazni kills Zahir (a man that came to retrieve the pen drive) and frames the trio for the murder and putting a bounty on their heads. Vikas calls Anjali, who tells him that she is coming to Istanbul to pick him up. This call allows Ghazni to track Vikas, and hence he and Rizwan are forced to fend off
570-681: The 2008 Kashmir Elections , the National Conference won the largest number of seats, and formed a coalition government with the Congress party, and Omar was sworn in as the 11th Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir on 5 January 2009 at the General Zoravar Singh Auditorium in the University of Jammu , Jammu , raising hope amongst the people of Jammu and Kashmir who had been reeling under insurgency and violence caused by cross border terrorism since 1989. In 2009, Omar Abdullah
608-483: The 2014 state elections . He was the last leader of opposition in the erstwhile state Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly , serving as an MLA from Beerwah constituency, before the assembly was dissolved in 2018 and the state of Jammu & Kashmir ceased to exist as on 6 August 2019 and became a union territory following the revocation of Article 370 , which Abdullah fiercely opposed. Following being arrested and detained in 2020, Abdullah returned to politics first in
646-577: The 2024 Indian general election , where he was defeated for a seat. Despite initially refusing to run for a seat, Abdullah was elected as an MLA following the 2024 union territory elections , being elected the first chief minister of the union territory of Jammu and Kashmir , in alliance with the INDIA bloc. He took office in October 2024. Omar Abdullah was born on 10 March 1970 in Rochford, Essex , United Kingdom. He
684-665: The 2024 Lok Sabha Election Omar Abdullah was defeated by Engineer Sheikh Abdul Rashid . In run up to the 2024 Lok Sabha polls, Omar Abdullah showed unwillingness to go for a seat sharing agreement with other political parties under the INDIA alliance in Jammu and Kashmir, and insisted on NC contesting all seats in Kashmir region. He won both of his assembly seats from Budgam Assembly constituency and Ganderbal Assembly constituency and later withdrew his Budgam seat and retained Ganderbal seat. After
722-631: The Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir , Manoj Sinha , on 11 October was sworn in as Chief Minister on 16 October 2024. On the intervening night of 4 and 5 August 2019, Omar Abdullah was placed under preventive detention by the Indian Government under Section 107 of the CRPC. This came as a backdrop to the government's decision of scrapping Article 370 of the Constitution of India , which gave
760-580: The National Conference party, replacing his father, Farooq Abdullah. He lost his Ganderbal seat in the Kashmir assembly elections held in September–October 2002. Abdullah was re-elected as the National Conference party's president in 2006. In March 2006, much to the disapproval of the centre Omar Abdullah had a one-on-one meeting with Pakistan's president, Pervez Musharraf , in Islamabad . This
798-678: The Srinagar parliamentary constituency , and was a union minister of State for External Affairs . The son of former Jammu and Kashmir state chief minister Farooq Abdullah , he joined politics in 1998 after being elected as the youngest member of the Lok Sabha, a feat he repeated in subsequent three elections. He was the union minister of State for External Affairs in Atal Bihari Vajpayee 's NDA government, from 23 July 2001 to 23 December 2002. He resigned from NDA government in October 2002 to concentrate on party work. During this time, he took
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#1732916878826836-516: The 13th floor, Vikas finds out the truth about how Al Johara helps terrorism increase and what they do and saves it on a pen drive while subsequently erasing the data and leaving a virus on Al Johara's computers. At the same time, Rizwan is covering Vikas by shooting any guards that come their way. Lisa helps them escape the Al Johara building and tells them that she informed Ghazni about Vikas' activities earlier so that he could trust her, but actually, she
874-623: The Public Safety Act (PSA) which was revoked on 24 March 2020. Mr. Abdullah has been appointed a member of the Coordination Committee of the Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance at its Mumbai convention on 1 September 2023. The coordination committee will decide the national agenda, common campaign issues and common program of the country's main opposition alliance ( I.N.D.I.A. ). In
912-550: The blatant product and tagline placement for a fizzy drink done so horribly badly that I, for one, am never going to be able to pick up a can of the stuff again. Mission Istaanbul grossed ₹ 9.34 crore (US$ 1.1 million) worldwide. List of Bollywood films of 2008 This is a list of films produced by the Bollywood film industry based in Mumbai in 2008 . Omar Abdullah Omar Abdullah (born 10 March 1970)
950-677: The government dossier continues. Abdullah's sister, Sara Abdullah Pilot has filed a writ petition in the Supreme Court challenging Abdullah's detention calling it "wholly antithetical to a democratic polity and undermines the Indian Constitution" and asking that the SC secure Abdullah's release. The petition also includes a habeas corpus for Abdullah to be produced before the Supreme Court. On 10 February 2020, senior advocate Kapil Sibal , appearing for petitioner Sara Abdullah Pilot, mentioned
988-486: The job market. Vikas remembers Owais telling him that he wants to quit his job. This makes Vikas suspicious about Al Johara being connected to terrorism. Before asking any more questions, Rizwan Khan disappears. Vikas discreetly runs a check on the names rattled off by Rizwan and discovered he was indeed telling the truth. Five Al Johara reporters before Owais had either died in a car bomb explosion, abducted and killed or simply found dead. He slowly notices that not everything
1026-562: The pen drive. Eventually, he gives it to them because Khalil was about to shoot Anjali. After the pen drive download was complete, Khalil attempts to kill Vikas and Anjali, but an explosive fitted by Rizwan blows up, allowing Vikas to free himself. Vikas and Ghazni engage in a lengthy fight as well as Rizwan and Khalil, where Vikas and Rizwan manage to kill off their opponents. In the end, Vikas and Anjali are reunited, and Rizwan unexpectedly turns up at their place. Additionally, politician Omar Abdullah appeared as himself. Abhishek Bachchan made
1064-618: The police. Rizwan disappears, while Vikas is repeatedly chased by cops but manages to escape. On one occasion, he meets the Indian Ambassador and tries to tell her the truth, but she does not seem to believe him because Ghazni is a very respected man in Turkey. While escaping, Vikas runs into Rizwan, who takes him to the airport where Anjali is coming. Rizwan forces Vikas to let Anjali to go with Ghazni and his men because his informants are everywhere, and Vikas will probably get killed by Ghazni if he
1102-601: The role of Al Johara based in Turkey , a NATO country with troops engaged in Afghanistan , and the role of the Indian Intelligence agency R.A.W. The story is based on the life of India's top news reporter Vikas Sagar. He would do anything for his news report, even risk his life. Ambitious, popular, and professional, Vikas is considered one of the most promising journalists in the business. Due to this reason, Owais Hussain,
1140-503: The show. But that's not enough. At the box-office, this mission won't work!" Elvis D'Silva of Rediff.com gave it 1 out of 5, writing. "Sequences, set pieces and plot devices are liberally sourced from such Hollywood fare as Enemy Of The State , The Siege , The Matrix , Swordfish and the Hong Kong actioner Infernal Affairs . The rest apparently came from the fertile imaginations of the director and writer Suresh Nair. One of which would be
1178-526: The state of Jammu & Kashmir semi-autonomous powers. After the expiry of the six-month detention without any charges, Abdullah was again charged and detained under the Public Safety Act (PSA) which was later revoked on 24 March 2020. "The capacity of the subject to influence people for any cause can be gauged from the fact that he was able to convince his electorate to come out and vote in huge numbers even during peak of militancy and poll boycotts,"
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1216-400: The terrorist and doctoring old footage because the man who killed Abu Nazir was indeed Rizwan himself as he had lost his family in a blast. Rizwan and Vikas plan to expose Al Johara by breaking into the 13th floor. First, they break the hands of a man who Vikas had seen authorising the special lift. Rizwan shoots numerous guards on his way to the 13th floor while covering Vikas. Once they reach
1254-418: The theme of the film spanning a wide variety of music directors such as Mika Singh , Hamza Farooqui, Chirantan Bhatt , Shamir Tandon and Anu Malik . The album consists of 9 songs, including 3 remix versions. Mission Istaanbul received negative reviews from critics. Taran Adarsh of Bollywood Hungama gave it 1.5 out of 5, writing, "On the whole, MISSION ISTAANBUL rests on action and only action to salvage
1292-405: The two. I don't know why should I fear the nuclear deal. It is a deal between two countries which, I hope, will become two equals in the future. The enemies of Indian Muslims are not America or deals like these. The enemies are the same as the enemies of all those who are poor—poverty, hunger, lack of development and the absence of a voice". On 6 February 2020 the government of India booked him under
1330-510: Was accused of covering up the rape and murder of two young women in Shopian . Many regarded this as Abdullah's first failure, as even moderates felt Abdullah had bowed to pressure from New Delhi. At the 2024 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election , Abdullah's Jammu and Kashmir National Conference and its allies alliance secured 49 seats allowing him to be nominated to be the new Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir. Omar Abdullah met with
1368-453: Was elected to 13th Lok Sabha (2nd term as a Member of Parliament). On 13 October 1999, he took oath as Union Minister of State, Commerce and Industry . On 22 July 2001, he became the youngest Union Minister, when he was made Union Minister of State for External Affairs . He resigned from the post on 23 December 2002, to concentrate on party work. On 23 June 2002, he became the President of
1406-594: Was married to Sachin Pilot , son of Rajesh Pilot whose divorced news has come recently. He had a role in director Apoorva Lakhia ’s film, Mission Istanbul (2008) playing himself. In 1998, at the age of 28, Omar Abdullah was elected to the 12th Lok Sabha , becoming the youngest member. In 1998–99, he was a member of both the Committee on Transport and Tourism and the Ministry of Tourism's Consultative Committee. In 1999, he
1444-486: Was the first meeting of its kind between a mainstream politician from Jammu & Kashmir and the Pakistani government, thereby re-enforcing Omar's growing commitment to the solution of the Jammu & Kashmir cause. On 22 July 2008, Omar gave a speech during the 2008 Lok Sabha vote of confidence , which was praised and won him fans on the internet. "I am a Muslim and I am an Indian, and I see no distinction between
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