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== In popular culture ==
Films in the 1960s and 1970s, such as ''Aankhen'' (1968), starring [[Dharmendra]] and [[Mala Sinha]], ''Prem Pujari'' starring [[Dev Anand]] in 1970, and ''[[Hindustan Ki Kasam (1973 film)|Hindustan Ki Kasam]]'' (1973) starring [[Raaj Kumar]] and [[Priya Rajvansh]] referenced "agents" and "espionage". However, since the late 1990s and early 2000, [[Bollywood]] and [[Cinema of India#Regional industries|other regional]] films have openly mentioned R&AW and its allied units, with the intelligence agencies at the center of the plot. In ''[[The Hero: Love Story of a Spy|The Hero]]'' (2003) film [[Sunny Deol]] played a RAW spy, who eliminates Pakistani terrorists who tried to gain bombs to use against India.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ten Bollywood female spies... |url=https://www.livemint.com/Consumer/TlAMqMcR5Ch6QnqAArJYXN/Ten-Bollywood-female-spies-to-remember.html%3Ffacet%3Damp&ved=2ahUKEwixkYSJjdeBAxVbUGwGHXiqC904ChAWegQIChAB&usg=AOvVaw0o0nfyZJ270RevJADst8VT |website=Live Mint}}</ref> In ''[[Romeo Akbar Walter]]'' (2019), [[John Abraham]] played the role of a spy recruited by the Research and Analysis Wing.<ref>{{Citation |last=Grewal |first=Robbie |title=Romeo Akbar Walter |date=2019-04-05 |type=Action, Drama, Thriller |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8550208/ |access-date=2024-03-26 |others=John Abraham, Jackie Shroff, Sikandar Kher |publisher=Kyta Productions, NNB Digital Media, VA Film Company}}</ref> In the film ''[[Mission Majnu]]'' (2023), [[Siddharth Malhotra]] played a secret raw field agent, [[Parmeet Sethi]] portrayed [[R.N. Kao]] while [[Sharib Hashmi]], [[Kumud Mishra]] also played the role of undercover raw agents.<ref>{{cite news |title=Mission Majnu teaser out! Sidharth Malhotra plays RAW agent, promises to protect India |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/binge-watch/story/mission-majnu-teaser-out-sidharth-malhotra-plays-raw-agent-promises-to-protect-india-2309986-2022-12-16 |access-date=22 November 2023 |work=India Today |language=en}}</ref>
[[Ravindra Kaushik]] is RAW's most celebrated spy. RAW selected him when he was a college student in his hometown [[Sri Ganganagar]]. [[Epic TV]] broadcast his biography in ''[[Adrishya]],'' a documentary show dedicated to India's legendary spies. In another episode India's current NSA, former RAW agent [[Ajit Doval]] story was featured.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Watch Adrishya Onilne {{!}} Episode 6 Ravindra Kaushik {{!}} EPIC ON |url=https://www.epicon.in/tv-shows/adrishya/season-1/e6-ravindra-kaushik |access-date=2023-10-02 |website=www.epicon.in |language=en |archive-date=3 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231003233050/https://www.epicon.in/tv-shows/adrishya/season-1/e6-ravindra-kaushik |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Citation |title=Adrishya - Ajit Doval {{!}} Full Episode {{!}} Indian Spy Master {{!}} Operation Black Thunder {{!}} EPIC | date=27 July 2022 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1UN3UYzuaw |access-date=2023-10-02 |language=en |archive-date=17 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230317170135/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1UN3UYzuaw |url-status=live }}</ref> The popular [[Malayalam cinema|Malayalam film]] [[Highway (1995 film)|Highway]], starring [[Suresh Gopi]] and [[Bhanupriya]], is a major example for a South Indian film featuring R&AW, and is the only Malayalam film to be so.{{Citation needed|date=March 2024}}

In 2023 film [[Khufiya]] directed by [[Vishal Bharadwaj]] actress [[Tabu (actress)|Tabu]] played a role of RAW operative as Krishna Mehra 'KM'. The movie was released on 5 October 2023 on [[Netflix]].

In [[Television in India|television channels in India]], ''2612'' which used to air on [[Life OK]], featured Cabir Maira as a R&AW agent Anand Swami who helps an STF officer Randeep Rathore to save the country from a terrorist attack. ''Time Bomb 9/11'', a series aired on [[Zee TV]], featured [[Rajeev Khandelwal]] in the role of a R&AW field officer who attempts to defuse a nuclear bomb set in India, as well as saving the life of the Indian prime minister. [[Zee Bangla]] featured a serial named ''Mohona'' where the chief protagonist is a R&AW officer. ''Sajda Tere Pyar Mein'' a series on [[Star Plus]], features [[Shaleen Bhanot]] in the role of a R&AW officer who asks a young woman named Aliya for help in catching a spy named Mahendra Pratap. The Indian version of ''[[24 (Indian TV series)|24]]'' has a host of characters affiliated with R&AW. The 2018 web series ''[[Sacred Games (TV series)|Sacred Games]]'' has a R&AW agent played by [[Radhika Apte]].<ref>{{Cite news|title=Sacred Games: Radhika Apte on playing a RAW agent, the freedom that comes with a Netflix series|language=en-US|work=Firstpost|url=https://www.firstpost.com/entertainment/sacred-games-radhika-apte-on-playing-a-raw-agent-the-freedom-that-comes-with-a-netflix-series-4716311.html|access-date=2018-11-09|archive-date=9 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181109113644/https://www.firstpost.com/entertainment/sacred-games-radhika-apte-on-playing-a-raw-agent-the-freedom-that-comes-with-a-netflix-series-4716311.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Foreign films which have actors playing R&AW agents include Pakistan-based-films such as ''[[Waar]]'' (2013).<ref>{{Cite web|last=Mondal|first=Sayantan|date=1 April 2017|title=Naam Madam X1: Before Shabana Khan, these female secret agents saved the country from peril|url=https://scroll.in/reel/833296/naam-madam-x1-before-shabana-khan-these-female-secret-agents-saved-the-country-from-peril|access-date=2021-08-29|website=Scroll.in|language=en-US|archive-date=29 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210829105125/https://scroll.in/reel/833296/naam-madam-x1-before-shabana-khan-these-female-secret-agents-saved-the-country-from-peril|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Ranneeti: Balakot & Beyond]] is a [[Hindi]]-language [[war drama film|war drama]] [[Web series|streaming television series]] directed by Santosh Singh for [[JioCinema]]. The series stars [[Ashutosh Rana]], [[Ashish Vidyarthi]], [[Jimmy Shergill]], [[Lara Dutta]], [[Aakanksha Singh]], [[Mir Sarwar]], [[Prasanna (actor)|Prasanna]], [[Sikandar Kharbanda]] and others.<ref>{{cite news |last=Prakash |first=Priya |title=New War, New Plan: 'Ranneeti - Balakot & Beyond' To Release On This Date |url=https://www.shethepeople.tv/film-theatre/ranneeti-balakot-and-beyond-plot-lara-dutta |access-date=27 April 2024 |work=[[SheThePeople]] |date=18 April 2024 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=JioCinema teases war room drama 'Ranneeti: Balakot & Beyond' |url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/jiocinema-teases-war-room-drama-ranneeti-balakot-beyond/article67887908.ece |access-date=27 February 2024 |url-access=subscription |work=[[The Hindu]] |date=26 February 2024 |language=en-IN}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Hungama |first=Bollywood |title=5 Years of Balakot airstrike: JioCinema shares a preview of Ranneeti: Balakot & Beyond starring Lara Dutta, Jimmy Shergill, Ashutosh Rana and more : Bollywood News - Bollywood Hungama |url=https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/news/bollywood/5-years-balakot-airstrike-jiocinema-shares-preview-ranneeti-balakot-beyond-starring-lara-dutta-jimmy-shergill-ashutosh-rana/ |access-date=27 February 2024 |work=[[Bollywood Hungama]] |date=26 February 2024 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Ranneeti: Balakot & Beyond Web Series {{!}} Review, Cast, Trailer, Watch Online at JioCinema |url=https://www.gadgets360.com/entertainment/ranneeti-balakot-and-beyond-web-series-120814 |website=[[NDTV|Gadgets 360]] |access-date=27 February 2024 |language=en}}</ref> The series was premeiered on 25 April 2024 on [[JioCinema]].

Some academic commentators have linked the increasing surfeit of Indian films and TV series on espionage thriller genre, where an Indian hero staves off impending global catastrophe, as a marker of an aspirational ''[[Indian Century|Pax Indica]]'' not based on 'older paradigms of [[Internationalism (politics)|internationalism]] based on universal brotherhood and non-violent pacifism associated with [[Gandhi]] and [[Nehru]]' but on the motif of an increasingly assertive [[India as a rising superpower|potential superpower]].<ref>{{cite web|last1=Maderya|first1=Kumuthan|title=The Myth of the Global Brown Messiah in Kollywood Cinema|url=http://www.popmatters.com/column/183252-the-myth-of-the-global-brown-messiah-in-kollywood-cinema/P2/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924080107/http://www.popmatters.com/column/183252-the-myth-of-the-global-brown-messiah-in-kollywood-cinema/P2/|archive-date=24 September 2015|access-date=7 August 2014|website=PopMatters|df=dmy-all}}</ref>