A group of people travelling in a bus, later the bus stops for a tea break and the hooligans arrive at the same time when suddenly a passing convoy is attacked and the assassins try to kill the man inside one of the cars. The man using his swiftness foils the attack and manages to nab and arrest one of the attackers while killing another. The rest manage to escape the scene. This man is Chief Investigating Officer Rajib Chowdhury and the person in the car turns out to be Chief Minister Ananya Chatterjee who was impressed with Rajib and delegates to him the task of locating the people behind recent terrorist conspiracy to Rajib. Rajib promises to fulfill the job to the best of his ability. Masud a Muslim ACP is taken off from the Special Action Team when a notorious gangster Mustaq escapes his clutches. Despite being an honest and upright police officer with the bestintelligence gathering network in the force, Masud is rueful that he is being given low class treatment because he is a Muslim and is being perceived as having let Mustaq escape because he was a Muslim as well. Rajib wants Masud on the team, but Masud refuses. It is revealed that Rajib's father Constable Shymal Chowdhury was killed by terrorist in Bangladesh which motivated Rajib to join police force. Rajib escaped prison then went to the Commissioner's house to tell him the truth, but there he accused for the murder of Commissioner. With the help of his love interest Rajib reached to Mandal. But imprisoning his mother and few colleagues Mandal trapped Rajib to kill CM in a high security zone.
Before filming started Khan underwent extensive training for the action sequences and has reportedly lost 20 kg weight to fit as an counter-terrorism agent. The shooting schedule of Nabab commenced on 17 November 2016. The first phase of the film was shot in 10-day schedule and entirely filmed in Cox's Bazar. The second phase of the filming took place in Kolkata. The last phase of the film was filmed in Dhaka and Kolkata, and lasted 30-days. The entire film was shot on a 50-day schedule. The music of the film was shot at various locations in Kolkata. A romantic track sequence was shot at Kolkata film city in East Bengal.
Release
Nabab released across 128 screens in Bangladesh on 26 June 2017 which is the widest release for any Bangladeshi film. Despite release of two other films, Nabab opened on every multiplexes in Bangladesh.
Critical reception
In a review by The Daily Star, Nabab was praised for its costumes and design, but was criticised for its acting and the story's similarities to the Two Hindi film:Baazi & Baadshah.
Soundtrack
The soundtrack for the film is composed by Savvy and Akassh. The music video of the song "Sholoana" was released on YouTube on 1 June 2017. The music video of the song "Jabo Niye" was released on 10 June 2017. The music video of the song "O DJ O DJ" was released on 18 June 2017. The music video of the song "Saiyyan Beimaan" was released on 13 July 2017. The full soundtrack was released for digital streaming on Saavn on 1 June 2017.
Track listing
Controversy
After the release of trailers and songs from the film, different artists, producers, directors and 14 different film-related organizations in Bangladesh began to protest the release of Nabab. After claims by the protesters that the films 'broke' some of the rules of making joint ventures, the Censor Board of Bangladesh did not give clearance to release the films. In response, Jaaz Multimedia threatened to close down their cinema halls for Eid if their films would not be allowed to release. The protesters also brought Shakib Khan, star of Nabab, who once went on the streets of Bangladesh to protest the release of Indian films. Khan, at a press conference by Jaaz Multimedia, defended his position and former protests with claims that he only protested against big-budget Hindi/Urdu, not Bengali joint venture films. After a few weeks of protests, the Censor Board gave clearance to the films to release, in time to release on the holiday of Eid.
