Escape from Taliban
Escape from Taliban | |
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Directed by | Ujjwal Chatterjee |
Written by | Sushmita Banerjee (book A Kabuliwala's Bengali Wife) Ujjwal Chatterjee (screenplay) Shubhrajyoti (dialogue) |
Produced by | Ashok Khemka Vijay Nopany |
Starring | Manisha Koirala Nawab Shah |
Cinematography | Vivek Banerjee |
Edited by | Ujjal Nandi |
Music by | Babul Bose |
Release date |
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Running time | 166 minutes |
Country | India |
Languages | Hindi Urdu English |
Budget | ₹3.50 crore[1] |
Box office | ₹1.44 crore[1] |
Escape from Taliban is a 2003
Afghan husband.[2]
Sushmita Banerjee, whose book inspired this movie, was shot dead by suspected Taliban militants in Afghanistan in September 2013.[3]
Plot
This story based on the story of Sushmita Bannerjee, a
Afghan businessman in 1989, shifted to Afghanistan in the same year and later fled back to India in 1995 to escape the Taliban who issued a death sentence for her because she refused to abide by their rule on converting to Islam.[4]
Cast
- Manisha Koirala as Sushmita Banerjee/Sayed Kamal
- Nawab Shah as Jaanbaaz
- Vineeta Malik as Abu
- Prithvi Zutshi as Dranai Chacha
- Alyy Khan as Abdul Malik
- Yusuf Hussain as Colonel Banerjee
Production
The film was shot in Jaisalmer, Hyderabad, Mumbai and Ladakh.[5]
Music
Lyrics were penned by
Mehboob
.
Title | Singer(s) |
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"Aye Jaane Jaa" | Kavita Krishnamurthy
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"Titli Si Ud Chali" | Alka Yagnik, Sana Aziz |
"Jeete Hain Yahan" | Sneha Pant, Kumar Sanu |
"Jeete Hain Yahan" (Arabic) | Chorus |
"Kahan Se Aate Hain" | Asha Bhonsle, Sunidhi Chauhan
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"Rimil Baba" | Sadhana Sargam, Babul Supriyo, Sonu Nigam |
References
- ^ a b "Escape from Taliban – Movie". Box Office India.
- ^ Chandrika Narayan; Masoud Popalzai (5 September 2013). "Afghan militants target, kill female author, police say". CNN. Archived from the original on 5 September 2013. Retrieved 5 September 2013.
- ^ "Indian Author Sushmita Banerjee killed by Taliban in Afghanistan". Archived from the original on 7 September 2013. Retrieved 5 September 2013.
- ^ Jeevan Vasagar. "Direct from Bollywood: Taliban the musical Archived 17 August 2021 at the Wayback Machine." The Guardian. 19 February 2003.
- ^ "BBC - Coventry and Warwickshire Films - Escape from Taliban". www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 10 January 2023.
External links
- Escape from Taliban at IMDb