Tere Bin Laden

Ali Hassan, a reporter at Danka TV in Karachi, dreams of moving to the United States to work for an American news channel. He gets a chance to travel for a US audition but ruins it on board by filming his audition and repeatedly muttering hijack and bomb, which frightens passengers and crew. He is deported upon arrival, and his visa applications are rejected repeatedly in the years that follow.

Back in Karachi, Ali continues at Danka TV but struggles to cover major events, as the channel remains unknown in the city and access is hard to come by. Majeed Khan keeps him employed, but the lack of opportunities pushes him toward risky schemes to break into the US market.

Jamal Bhai explains that with six visa rejections, Ali would need a brand new passport costing Rs 2.72 Lakhs or take a dangerous jihadi route via Iran to Irzaq. Ali wants the passport but lacks the funds, pushing him toward the illicit option.

While covering a local event about the rooster that crowed the loudest, Ali meets Noora, an Osama Bin Laden look-alike who runs a chicken farm in Karachi. Ali hatches a plan to fake an Osama tape to cash in on the US bounty and drags his assistant Gul into the plot.

Ali, Gul, Lateef (from Saudi Arabia), Zoya, Jamal Bhai's assistant, and a radio jockey Qureshi band together to create the fake tape. Lateef writes an Arabic script, Zoya handles the makeup, and Qureshi provides the dubbing while a scriptwriter polishes the dialogue.

Noora unknowingly reads lines he cannot understand as he is filmed, and Zoya and Qureshi swap the background to a world map with an AK-47 in the foreground. Qureshi dubs the audio, and the finished tape is sold to the channel owner for Rs 10 Lakhs.

Majeed sells the tape in advance for Rs 30 Lakhs, hoping to fund a new identity and passport. Zoya opens a beauty parlor, and Ali pays Jamal Bhai for a fresh identity, but Jamal warns that heightened security will shut down the business and returns Ali's money.

Lateef resigns from Majeed’s operation, signaling cracks in the scheme and foreshadowing trouble ahead. The move underscores the risk and moral cost of the deception.

The US government takes the tape seriously and launches an investigation; the FBI, led by Ted Wood, and the Pakistani ISI begin tracing its origin. Noora hides while authorities scrutinize the Urdu-script visuals to locate where the tape originated.

Majeed is abducted by agents and tortured to extract information; under pressure he identifies the clue Pappu Chattri and the umbrella that leads Usman to Ali and Gul. The investigation tightens as the search spreads from Karachi to international contacts.

Ali, Gul, Noora and the others are arrested. To try and manage the fallout, Ali convinces Ted that a new tape in which Osama declares a ceasefire could serve as a controlled fix.

The United States accepts the ceasefire approach, and Ted Wood is appointed Defense Secretary as a result of the case’s handling. The ceasefire narrative reshapes diplomatic dynamics, even as the legality of the original plan remains contested.

Ultimately, Ali reaches the United States, achieving his dream of entering US media circles. Noora changes his life, marries Zoya, and helps in her beauty parlor, while the plan’s consequences ripple through the group.

Usman, the Pakistani intelligence chief, is shown admitted to a mental hospital as he tries to tell the world the truth. The ending emphasizes personal resolutions and unresolved questions about accountability.