“Nabab” promises action-packed extravaganza

Shakib Khan may have had a rough couple of months off the screen – with the whole Apu Biswas debacle, and conflicts with the Directors' Association – but his on-screen presence seems to be on the rise with Eid season coming. A day after the trailer launch of “Rajniti”, another one of Shakib's films, “Nabab” - gave fans its first trailer, promising action and glamour in abundance.

The film, produced by Jaaz Multimedia, has Joydeep Mukherjee and Abdul Aziz as directors, with Kolkata's Subasree Ganguly in the female lead. Rajatabha Dutta, Amit Hasan and Sabyasachi Chakrabarty are also in the cast.

The trailer, which shows the film to be at least partly based in India (if not entirely), has gunshots and glam shots in equal proportions. The plot seems to revolve around some terrorist activity, with a suave, hardened crime-fighter Shakib chasing them down. A number of songs are also previewed in the trailer, in full-blast grandeour that people have come to expect of in Jaaz Multimedia films. The trailer ends with Shakib claiming that he has taken the oath to 'save the country', and he can do it alone.

The film is set to release this Eid.