Kurbaan (2009 film)

Kurbaan
Theatrical release poster
Hindi	क़ुरबान
Directed by	Rensil D'Silva
Produced by	Hiroo Yash Johar Karan Johar
Screenplay by	Rensil D'Silva
Story by	Rensil D'Silva Karan Johar
Starring	Kareena Kapoor Saif Ali Khan Vivek Oberoi Om Puri Kirron Kher Rupinder Nagra Dia Mirza
Music by	Salim-Sulaiman
Cinematography	Hemant Chaturvedi
Edited by	Asif Ali Shaikh
Production company	Dharma Productions
Distributed by	UTV Motion Pictures
Release date	20 November 2009 (2009-11-20)
Running time	160 minutes
Country	India
Language	Hindi
Budget	₹380 million (US$5.6 million)
Box office	₹240 million (US$3.6 million)

Kurbaan (Sacrifice) is a Bollywood crime drama film directed by Rensil D'Silva and produced by Karan Johar. The film, set against the backdrop of global terrorism, features Kareena Kapoor, Saif Ali Khan and Vivek Oberoi in pivotal roles along with Dia Mirza, Rupinder Nagra, Om Puri and Kirron Kher. Released on 20 November 2009, the film deals with an underground organization's attempt at instilling fear by means of terrorism in the United States. It also intersperses philosophical arguments over the corruption of religious beliefs in an attempt to rectify the damage to non-involved Muslims the world-over.

Avantika Ahuja (Kareena Kapoor) who lives in the United States returns to Delhi after her father has a cardiac arrest. While in Delhi she meets Ehsaan Khan (Saif Ali Khan), a University professor from Mumbai. Being in the same career field at the same place, love blossoms between the two. Meanwhile Avantika gets a call from New York asking her to rejoin her job. She breaks this news to Ehsaan and expresses her desire to work in the US, Ehsaan agrees and joins her but Avantika's father has some reservations about his daughter marrying a Muslim. However he gives in as the couple has decided to get married. Eventually they get married and move to the USA.

Avantika helps Ehsaan in getting a job at the same university where she teaches and Ehsaan is appointed as a professor to teach Islam and the Modern World. Avantika's life changes when her neighbor Salma (Nauheed Cyrusi) informs her about her house arrest and requests Avantika to help her by contacting her friend Rihana (Dia Mirza), a TV reporter. Avantika meets Rihana and tells her about Salma's problem and meanwhile she meets Riyaz (Vivek Oberoi), Rihana's boyfriend and colleague who takes Salma's problem as a case of domestic violence. Unfortunately, Rihana has to fly out of the city before meeting Salma and she gets her flight information when Avantika is still at her office.