Taandob is a 2025 Bangladeshi political action thriller film written and directed by Raihan Rafi, who also co-wrote the screenplay with Adnan Adib Khan. The film revolves around an attack on a fictional television channel in Bangladesh, featuring Shakib Khan, Sabila Nur and Jaya Ahsan in the lead roles.

Produced by Shahriar Shakil under the banner of Alpha-i and co-produced by SVF, Taandob was released on 7 June 2025 during Eid-ul-Adha. It is the second instalment of Raihan Rafi Cinematic Universe.

The film received positive reviews from critics, praising the cast performances (especially Shakib Khan and Siam Ahmed ), direction, music, story, visuals, emotional weight and social message, and became a commercial success. Taandob is currently second highest grossing Bangladeshi film of 2025 as well as one of the highest grossing Bangladeshi film of all time.

During a live interview on "Channel Bangla," the Minister of Power and Energy, Mahtab Hossain, gets gunned by a masked gunman—Swadhin, the leader of an armed group in monkey mask that hijacks the news station. Chaos erupts as SWAT teams, police, and media converge on the scene. The gunmen terrorize the staff, at one point threatening to strip the CEO, Masrur, naked when he tries to raise his voice against the hijackers. Swadhin issues an ultimatum live on air: within one hour, four individuals must be brought to the building—Minister of Religion Monayem Chowdhury, former IGP Rafiqullah, channel owner Fayez Karim, and a top journalist—or mass destruction will follow. To prove his seriousness, Swadhin detonates a bus outside the station.

The named individuals are taken to the office of the Home Minister as a staging point before being sent to the station, but a trustworthy journalist is needed to mediate. Fayez suggests Saira Ali, a formerly fearless and principled reporter known for speaking truth to power. Though initially reluctant, Saira agrees for the sake of the hostages. Before she enters the building, SWAT commander Bayezid equips her with a pen containing a hidden camera, which Swadhin immediately detects and destroys it. He forces everyone to go live on air.

Swadhin claims the hijacking is a mission to demand accountability and justice. When Saira asks why he targeted a news station, he begins to recount his tragic past:

Eight years earlier, Swadhin was an unemployed young man desperately seeking a job. His girlfriend, Nishat, was under pressure from her family to marry, and her father gave Swadhin two months to find employment. Swadhin’s father, Salam, a respected school headmaster, refused to use his influence to help, insisting that Swadhin succeed on his own. After a month of rejections, Swadhin moved to Dhaka to stay with Saddam, a former student of his father's. Despite tireless efforts, he continued to be turned down.

Eventually, Swadhin was offered a job and joyfully informed Nishat and his father. However, on his joining day, he was turned away—the offer had been made in error, and he was kicked out but the peon told Swadhin that the position had gone to someone who paid a bribe. Saddam advised him to take up part-time delivery work while continuing to apply for jobs in affluent areas like Gulshan and Banani. Out of shame, Swadhin lied to his family about his situation. When he attempted to confess the truth to Nishat’s father, the latter, not wearing his hearing aid, failed to hear him.