Escape from Taliban Movie Details :
Escape From Taliban is a 2003 Indian film directer is Ujjal Chattopadhyaya. The film is based on the story A Kabuliwala’s Bengali Wife by Sushmita Banerjee, who fled Afghanistan in 1995 after six years of living there with her Afghan husband. During that time, the Taliban issued a death sentence for her because she refused to abide by their rule on converting to Islam.
Sushmita Banerjee, whose book inspired this movie, was shot dead by suspected Taliban militants in Afghanistan in September 2013.
- Directer : Ujjal Chattopadhyaya
- Producer : Ashok Khemka,Vijay Nopany
- Writter : Sushmita Banerjee,Ujjal Chattopadhyaya,Shubhrajyoti
- Starring : Manisha Koirala,Nawab Shah
- Music : Babul Bose
- Cinematography : Vivek Banerjee
- Edited : Ujjal Nandi
- Production Design : T.K. Dey,Anil Lohia
- Art Direction : Bijon Das Gupta
- Costume Design : Shaahid Amir
- Makeup Department : Chandrakant Ankolkar,Pravin Banker,Luize Joyce Margaret
- Special Effects : Nandu Chaudhari
- Action Directer : Babbu Khanna
- Production Company : ESC Films
- Distributors : Panorama Studios,Eros Entertainment
- Genres : Adventure,Drama,Thriller,War
- Release date : 14 February 2003
- Running time : 166 minutes
- Country : India
- Language : Hindi,Urdu,English
Star Cast of The Film :
- Manisha Koirala … Sushmita Bannerjee / Sayed Kamal
- Nawab Shah … Jaanbaz Khan (as Nawab Khan)
- Vineeta Malik … Abu
- Prithvi Zutshi … Dranai Chacha
- Alyy Khan … Abdul Malik (as Aly Khan)
- Shoorveer Tyagi i … Omar Abdullah
- Pritam Wadhwa … Farid Khan
- Ferozeh … Gulghutti
- Krupa Sindhwad … Tinni
- Vasundhara Zutshi … Sorina
- Jahangir Khan … Kala
- Benika … Sadagi
- Baby Krupa … Tinni
- Asha Sharma … Anuradha
- Yusuf Hussain … Colonel Banerjee
- Nirmal Bhawnani … Musa
- Akbar Khan … Sawali
- Parveen Bano … Sultan-bibi (as Parveena Bano)
- Hansika Motwani … Guncha (as Seema Motwani)
- Ali Khan … Asam Chacha
- Shabnam Kapoor … Pablu
- Shakila Majid … Nalesira (as Shakeela Majeed)
- Savi Sidhu … Rammajan
- Mili … Samala
- Shubhrajyoti … Jalil
- Sunil Kapoor … Siddique
- Jasvin Bambra … Rohana
- Sushovan Banerjee … Indian embassy staff
- Hasim Khan … Afghan embassy staff
Story of The Film :
Sushmita and Jaanbaz live in India, and they are in love. They intend to marry, but Sushmita’s family is strongly opposed to the marriage, since Jaanbaz is a Muslim and they are Hindus. But Sushmita and Jaanbaz do get married, and Jaanbaz takes her with him to his country–Afghanistan. On the way there, Sushmita is horrified to see mutilated corpses, bomb explosions, and armed militants. She is terrified and asks Jaanbaz to take her back, but Jaanbaz takes her to his home. Jaanbaz’s family is delighted with Sushmita and welcomes her. But some members of his family regard her as a non-believer. Soon, Sushmita is given a Muslim name, Sayed Kamal and, later, gives birth to a baby girl. Sushmita’s attempts to flee with her daughter are all in vain. Is she destined to live in a country where women have no rights, bear abuse all the time, and cannot even leave the threshold of their dwelling without a male escort? How can one woman and a child escape from the Taliban?
Escape from Taliban Movie Songs / Music :
- “Aye Jaane Jaa” – Udit Narayan, Kavita Krishnamurthy
- “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
- “Rimil Baba” – Sadhana Sargam, Babul Supriyo, Sonu Nigam
Escape from Taliban Movie Review :
This film review are Mostly positive from Critics, IMDB Public Reviewing site give 4.4 Star Out Of 10 Star with Reviewers are 160.
“Escape from Taliban” is based on the true life story of Sushma Baneerjee, a Bengali lady, married to Afgan, who reaches Afganistan, just to witness the atrocities in the land. She has to face stern hardship including humiliation. beatings, and even life threatens from the Talibans, which leaves no other choice than flee from Afganistan. She can’t directly contact her house in India or has a passport to cross the borders. The film revolves around her helplessness and her determination to escape from the Talibans. She’s captured and faces further torments from her family and the Talibans.
Critics Rating by Omar Ahmed, from Empireonline give 3 star out of 5 Star.
Escape from Taliban Movie Box Office Collection :
INDIA
| Schedule | Amount (in Crores) |
|---|---|
| Opening Day | 10 Lakhs |
| End of Opening Weekend | 32 Lakhs |
| End of Week 1 | 52 Lakhs |
| India box office Nett | 89 Lakhs 50 |
| India box office Gross | 1 Crores and 44 Lakhs |
| Overseas Gross | $1,000 |
| Worldwide collections Gross | 1 Crores 45 Lakhs |
| Budget | 3 Crores 50 Lakhs |
| Verdict | DISASTER |
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