Pathaan is a 2023 Indian Hindi-language action thriller film directed by Siddharth Anand and produced by Aditya Chopra under Yash Raj Films, the film stars Shah Rukh Khan in the titular role, alongside Deepika Padukone, John Abraham, Dimple Kapadia, and Ashutosh Rana. It is the fourth instalment in the YRF Spy Universe and the first instalment in the universe to establish crossovers between characters from other universe films. The film follows Pathaan, an exiled RAW agent, who works with ISI agent Rubina Mohsin, to take down Jim, a former RAW agent turned rogue, who plans to attack India with a deadly lab-generated virus.