‘Khufiya’ appears to be an attempt in bringing a mainstream genre closer to the tone and aesthetic economy of the middlebrow film or old parallel cinema, effectively reducing risks but still trying to offer gratifications that are on par with what the typical genre film strived to deliver.
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Khufiya isn’t a deconstruction of the spy thriller, but it does blatantly re-orient viewers to what’s often missing or downplayed in stories about spies.