Jazbaa

Jazbaa
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Sanjay Gupta
Produced by	Sanjay Gupta Aishwarya Rai Anuradha Gupta Nittin Keni Akash Chawla Sachin R. Joshi Raina Sachin R. Joshi Ajay Yadav (Executive) Vishal A. Singh (Creative Executive)
Screenplay by	Sanjay Gupta Robin Bhatt
Starring	Aishwarya Rai Irrfan Khan Shabana Azmi
Music by	Amjad-Nadeem Arko Pravo Mukherjee Background score: Amar Mohile
Cinematography	Sameer Arya
Edited by	Sunil Nayak
Production company	Zee Studios / White Feather Films Viiking Media & Entertainment
Distributed by	Essel Vision Productions
Release date	9 October 2015 (2015-10-09)
Running time	123 minutes
Country	India
Language	Hindi
Budget	₹28–30 crore
Box office	est.₹33.19–42.9 crore

Jazbaa (translation: Passion or Emotion) is a 2015 Indian crime thriller film directed by Sanjay Gupta. The film's narrative revolves around an attorney forced to defend an unsavory criminal after her daughter is kidnapped. It stars Aishwarya Rai and Irrfan Khan in the lead roles, with Shabana Azmi, Atul Kulkarni, Jackie Shroff and Chandan Roy Sanyal in supporting roles. It is a remake of the 2007 South Korean film Seven Days. The film was released on 9 October 2015 and turned out to be financially profitable. The film marked Aishwarya's return on screen after a five-year break.

Rai's performance received nominations for Best Actor in an Action Role at 2015 Big Star Entertainment Awards and in 2016, Screen Award for Best Actress (Popular Choice). She won Power-packed performance of the year at Stardust Awards.

Anuradha Verma (Aishwarya Rai) is a prominent criminal lawyer and a single mother who has never lost a case. On the day of a parent-child race organized in her daughter Sanaya's (Sara Arjun) school, Sanaya gets kidnapped and kidnapper contacts her and tells her that she has to defend a convicted felon to get her daughter back. Anuradha has to lie to police and her friends that Sanaya is safe at her grandmother's house.The felon is Niyaaz Shaikh (Chandan Roy Sanyal) who is convicted for the rape and murder of a young woman and the case against him is set for judgement in four days. The kidnapper keeps track of Anuradha very closely to make sure she complies with his demand. As all evidence suggests that he is the murderer, Anuradha has to work hard to win the case, and with the time running out, she tries to get help from her police friend Yohan (Irrfan Khan), who has been suspended from the police force by other corrupt officers for flouting the rules and regulations too often. The case against Niyaaz Shaikh is closely monitored by a powerful politician Mahesh Maklai (Jackie Shroff) who asks a renowned public prosecutor (Atul Kulkarni) who has been defeated by Anuradha in the past to take up as rape is a critical issue the current government is fighting.