Action packed adventure movie “Mission Istaanbul” was released on under the banners of Popcorn Motion Pictures and Balaji Telefilms Ltd on July 25, 2008. The movie starred Zayed Khan and Vivek Oberoi in the lead roles. The movie is directed by Apoorva Lakhia. Other star cast of the movie includes Shabbir Ahluwalia, Shreya Saran, Sunil Shetty, Nikitin Dheer, Abhishek Bachchan and Shweta Bhardwaj. The music for the movie is composed and directed by talented music directors like Shamir Tandon, Chirantan Bhatt, Anu Malik and Mika Singh. The songs of the movie are sung by Kunal Ganjawala, Gayatri Ganjawala, Shaan, Javed Ali, Sunidhi Chauhan and Mika Singh. The movie is shot across the beautiful locations of Turkey.

The songs of the bollywood movie Mission Istaanbul are listed below:
1. Apun Ke Saath Jo Bhi Ladega, Sir Saale Ka Wahin Phatega
2. Ek Baat Kahoon Dildaara Tere Ishq Ne Mujhko Maara
3. Jo Gumshuda Aankhon Mein Hai, Jo An Kahin Saanson Mein Hai
4. Yeh Mission Nahin Aasaan Yeh Mission Istanbul, Jaayegi Is Mein To Jaan Yeh Mission Istanbul
5. Girl I Feel That Damn There’S Nobody Like You… Ooo… Ooo…
6. World Hold On Zara Massive Mera Future Welcome To The Other Side

This action packed movie is based on the real life terrorism the world is facing over. The movie comes with characters resembling the most ferocious terrorist Osama Bin Laden, his hideouts and also a TV channel called Al Johra resembling Al Jazera which broadcasts the exclusive footage of these anti social terrorists. The story line of the movie revolves around a young man Vikas ( Zayed Khan ), a young dynamic journalist in Turkey. When he was going through through his divorce with wife Anjali ( Shriya Saran ), he was offered the job of heading the most controversial TV channel Al Johra presently being headed by Owais (Sunil Shetty ).

Vikas’s decision of taking over as the head of Al Johra changed his life altogether. Turkish commando Rizwan ( Vivek Oberoi ) warns Vikas about quitting the channel, if he does so he would also be killed just like Rizwan was. From here on the movie is all about how the two stars fight with the terrorists and get out of this complete mess. The story unfolds with great pace in the first half but becomes too heroic in the second half when the two heroes destroys the whole comrade of terrorists, which is un realistic. Both the actors have done well in their respective characters. The movie on a whole is not a big entertainer, its too bollywoodish.