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{{short description|2021 film by Ribhu Dasgupta}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2023}}
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{{Infobox film
| name = The Girl on the Train
| image = The Girl on The Train 2021 poster.jpg
| alt =
| caption = Official release poster
| director = [[Ribhu Dasgupta]]
| screenplay = [[Erin Cressida Wilson]]<br>Ribhu Dasgupta<br>Viddesh Malandkar
| story = Ribhu Dasgupta
| based_on = {{Based on|''[[The Girl on the Train (novel)|The Girl on the Train]]''|[[Paula Hawkins (author)|Paula Hawkins]]}}
| producer = [[Vivek Agrawal|Vivek B. Agrawal]]<br>Shibashish Sarkar
| starring = {{Plainlist|
* [[Parineeti Chopra]]
* [[Aditi Rao Hydari]]
* [[Kirti Kulhari]]
* [[Avinash Tiwary]]
}}
| music = Gilad Benamram
| cinematography = Tribhuvan Babu Sadineni
| editing = Sangeeth Varghese
| studio = [[Reliance Entertainment]]
| distributor = [[Netflix]]
| released = {{Film date|df=yes|2021|2|26|ref1=<ref name="release date" />}}
| runtime = 120 minutes<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbfc.co.uk/release/the-girl-on-the-train-q29sbgvjdglvbjpwwc01mjkzody|title=The Girl on The Train (2021)|website=[[British Board of Film Classification]]|access-date=26 February 2021|archive-date=20 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210420224142/https://www.bbfc.co.uk/release/the-girl-on-the-train-q29sbgvjdglvbjpwwc01mjkzody|url-status=live}}</ref>
| country = India
| budget = 
| gross = 
| language = Hindi
}}

'''''The Girl on the Train''''' is a 2021 Indian [[Hindi]]-language [[Mystery film|mystery]] [[thriller film]] directed by [[Ribhu Dasgupta]] and produced by [[Reliance Entertainment]], based on British author [[Paula Hawkins (author)|Paula Hawkins]]'s 2015 novel [[The Girl on the Train (novel)|of the same name]]. The film stars [[Parineeti Chopra]], [[Avinash Tiwary]], [[Aditi Rao Hydari]] and [[Kirti Kulhari]] and was released worldwide on 26 February 2021 on [[Netflix]].<ref name="release date">{{Cite web |date=13 January 2021 |title=Parineeti Chopra's The Girl on The Train to release on Netflix on Feb 26 |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/movies/bollywood/story/parineeti-chopra-s-the-girl-on-the-train-to-release-on-netflix-on-feb-26-1758571-2021-01-13 |access-date=13 January 2021 |website=[[India Today]] |archive-date=13 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210113060717/https://www.indiatoday.in/movies/bollywood/story/parineeti-chopra-s-the-girl-on-the-train-to-release-on-netflix-on-feb-26-1758571-2021-01-13 |url-status=live }}</ref>

==Premise==
The film revolves around Mira Kapoor ([[Parineeti Chopra]]), an [[Alcoholism|alcoholic]] and troubled [[divorcee]] who gets embroiled in a big murder investigation.

==Plot==
The film begins with Nusrat being chased by someone in the forest and Mira is standing at the station. In a flashback it is shown that Mira met her husband Shekhar at a wedding where they fell in love. They both get married and Mira is pregnant. Mira is fighting a case against Jimmy Bhagga where she successfully wins and Jimmy has to go to jail. A few months later she is hit by a car. Mira suffers from anterograde amnesia caused by a car accident. She is also an alcoholic, which doesn’t exactly help the memory loss either. She and Shekhar have separated and Shekhar married someone else.

Obsessed with a seemingly perfect couple she sees from the train window on her commute to London, one drunken night Mira follows the young woman into the forest but doesn’t recall what happens next.

Mira is actually a bit of a badass. The police have a decent amount of circumstantial evidence against her and even move to make an arrest but Mira escapes out the window and calls in a favour from the family member of a former client. Get me a phone, cash, and a gun, she says.

Mira discovers that the missing girl Nusrat wasn’t as happily married as she looked and that she was having an affair. It’s entirely plausible that Mira is the killer – in a drunken rage which she accidentally records on her phone, Mira fantasizes about smashing Nusrat’s head in, angry that she is ruining her own marriage.

There are plenty of other suspects too, though, including Nusrat’s sex pest dance teacher, a blackmailing private eye, and more than one aggressive and abusive husband.

In the story, we learn that Mira’s philandering ex-husband Shehkar has been gaslighting her for years. She’s a blackout drunk but she isn’t the violent, offensive brute that he’s been claiming, and she isn’t responsible for him losing his job.
Though Nusrat was unhappy in her marriage to abusive Anand and was pregnant by someone else, Anand didn’t kill her. Nor did the kindly therapist who was trying to help Nusrat. It turns out the Nusrat’s baby was Shehkar’s, and the night Mira followed Nusrat into “Greenwich Forest” Shehkar was there too and it was him who bashed Mira over the head with a rock and left her there. Nusrat told him of the pregnancy, they fought, and Shehkar strangled Nusrat, leaving her for dead.

But, she wasn’t dead, and here’s where the film diverts. It turns out there were two other people in Greenwich Forest that night. These are the police woman in charge of the case, Inspector Dalbir, and a private detective named Walter, who was hired by Anand to follow Nusrat.

Walter’s pictures from the night reveal that, unbelievably, Dalbir killed Nusrat. The daughter of an organized crime boss Mira had sent down and who had killed himself in jail(Jimmy Bhagga), Dalbir had a vendetta against Mira. It was she who crashed the jeep into Mira and Shekhar, causing Mira to lose her baby and get amnesia. It’s Dalbir who later mows down and kills Walter.

Dalbir had been tailing Mira for a time, and followed her into the forest. Finding her unconscious having been hit by Shekhar, Dalbir saw an opportunity to murder her in revenge. But Nusrat, who had just woken up, caught Dalbir trying to off Mira. Dalbir can’t leave a witness, so instead she decides to kill Nusrat and frame Mira for the murder.

Following the trail to Walter’s house, Mira solves the crime, and when Dalbir turns up to kill her and destroy the evidence ,a fight ensues and badass Mira ends up shooting Dalbir.

Then there’s a musical montage, a voiceover about a train where Mira decides to quit alcohol and begin a new life.

== Cast ==
* [[Parineeti Chopra]] as Mira Kapoor
* [[Aditi Rao Hydari]] as Nusrat John Joshi
* [[Kirti Kulhari]] as Inspector Dalbir Kaur Bagga
* [[Avinash Tiwary]] as Dr. Shekhar Kapoor, Mira's ex-husband
* [[Tota Roy Chowdhury]] as Dr. Hamid, the psychiatrist <ref>{{Cite web|date=13 January 2021|title=The Girl on the Train teaser: Parineeti is intense as hell|url=https://www.indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/the-girl-on-the-train-teaser-parineeti-chopra-is-intense-as-hell-7144496|access-date=22 January 2021|website=The Indian Express|archive-date=25 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210125231409/https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/the-girl-on-the-train-teaser-parineeti-chopra-is-intense-as-hell-7144496/|url-status=live}}</ref>
* Suresh Sippy (Mira's Doctor)
* Nisha Aaliya as Piya, Mira's friend
* Sharik Khan as Wasim, Piya's friend
* Diljohn Singh as Rajiv <ref>{{Cite web|title=Diljohn Singh - IMDb|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5885498/|website=IMDB|access-date=25 March 2021|archive-date=15 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170215160625/http://www.imdb.com/name/nm5885498/|url-status=live}}</ref>
* Shamaun Ahmed as Anand Joshi, Nusrat's husband
* Monisha Hassen as Zehra, Shekhar's boss
* Vaunisha Kapoor as Party Guest
* Nina Kumar as Zehra's friend
* Krishan Tandon as Jimmy Bagga, Dalbir's father
* Persephone Hulewicz as Pri
* Vishakh Vadgama as Officer Kunal
* Natasha Benton as Anjali Kapoor, Shekhar's second wife
* Richie Lawrie as Walter
* Matthew Park as actor

== Production ==
The film was announced on 24 April 2019.<ref>{{Cite news |date=24 April 2019 |title=Parineeti Chopra to star in official Hindi remake of 'The Girl On The Train' |work=[[The Week (Indian magazine)|The Week]] |url=https://www.theweek.in/news/entertainment/2019/04/24/parineeti-chopra-to-star-official-hindi-remake-of-the-girl-on-the-girl.html |access-date=6 August 2019 |archive-date=6 August 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190806101754/https://www.theweek.in/news/entertainment/2019/04/24/parineeti-chopra-to-star-official-hindi-remake-of-the-girl-on-the-girl.html |url-status=live }}</ref> In May 2019 it was revealed that first schedule will be in [[England]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=8 May 2019 |title=Parineeti Chopra to shoot The Girl on the Train in England, says 'it is going to be like school' |work=[[Hindustan Times]] |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/bollywood/parineeti-chopra-to-shoot-the-girl-on-the-train-in-england-says-it-is-going-to-be-like-school/story-lNbkHtzxHEIvAyzgYgOsEL.html |access-date=6 August 2019 |archive-date=6 August 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190806094911/https://www.hindustantimes.com/bollywood/parineeti-chopra-to-shoot-the-girl-on-the-train-in-england-says-it-is-going-to-be-like-school/story-lNbkHtzxHEIvAyzgYgOsEL.html |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Kirti Kulhari]] was roped in to play a British cop.<ref name=":p1">{{Cite news |date=6 August 2019 |title=Kirti Kulhari to play British cop in Parineeti Chopra-starrer The Girl On The Train Hindi remake |work=[[India Today]] |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/movies/bollywood/story/kirti-kulhari-to-play-british-cop-in-parineeti-chopra-starrer-the-girl-on-the-train-hindi-remake-1577765-2019-08-06 |access-date=6 August 2019 |archive-date=6 August 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190806095556/https://www.indiatoday.in/movies/bollywood/story/kirti-kulhari-to-play-british-cop-in-parineeti-chopra-starrer-the-girl-on-the-train-hindi-remake-1577765-2019-08-06 |url-status=live }}</ref>

[[Principal photography]] began in early August 2019 in [[London]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=4 August 2019 |title=Parineeti Chopra's Hindi remake of The Girl on The Train goes on floors; makers aim for 2020 release |url=https://www.firstpost.com/entertainment/parineeti-chopras-hindi-remake-of-the-girl-on-the-train-goes-on-floors-makers-aim-for-2020-release-7107871.html |access-date=6 August 2019 |website=[[Firstpost]] |archive-date=5 December 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201205190207/https://www.firstpost.com/entertainment/parineeti-chopras-hindi-remake-of-the-girl-on-the-train-goes-on-floors-makers-aim-for-2020-release-7107871.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Railway scenes were shot on location on the [[Mid-Norfolk Railway]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.edp24.co.uk/news/bollywood-film-shot-in-norfolk-awaits-netflix-release-6915830 |title=Bollywood film shot in Norfolk to be released on Netflix |date=19 January 2021 |access-date=20 January 2021 |archive-date=28 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210128172243/https://www.edp24.co.uk/news/bollywood-film-shot-in-norfolk-awaits-netflix-release-6915830 |url-status=live }}</ref>

== Release ==
''The Girl on the Train'' was scheduled for release on 8 May 2020.<ref>{{Cite web |date=5 August 2019 |title=Parineeti Chopra starrer The Girl on The Train remake goes on floors; film to release in 2020 |url=https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/news/bollywood/parineeti-chopra-starrer-girl-train-remake-goes-floors-film-release-2020/ |access-date=5 August 2019 |website=[[Bollywood Hungama]] |archive-date=6 August 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190806130031/https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/news/bollywood/parineeti-chopra-starrer-girl-train-remake-goes-floors-film-release-2020/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=4 August 2019 |title=Parineeti Chopra starts filming 'The Girl On The Train' Hindi adaptation |work=[[The Times of India]] |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/parineeti-chopra-starts-filming-the-girl-on-the-train-hindi-adaptation/articleshow/70521681.cms |access-date=5 August 2019 |archive-date=29 January 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200129040443/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/parineeti-chopra-starts-filming-the-girl-on-the-train-hindi-adaptation/articleshow/70521681.cms |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="rd">{{Cite tweet |number = 1200400105272045569 |user=taran_adarsh |title=Release date finalized... The #Hindi adaptation of #TheGirlOnTheTrain – not titled yet – to release on 8 May 2020... Stars Parineeti Chopra, Aditi Rao Hydari, Kirti Kulhari and Avinash Tiwary... Directed by Ribhu Dasgupta... Produced by Reliance Entertainment... Glimpses.https://t.co/DfRPk6ypQA |author=Taran Adarsh |date=29 November 2019}}</ref> The release was delayed due to COVID-19 pandemic.<ref>{{Cite web |date=4 May 2020 |title=Movies that were supposed to release in May, but won't hit the screens due to lockdown |url=https://www.easterneye.biz/movies-that-were-supposed-to-release-in-may-but-wont-hit-the-screens-due-to-lockdown/ |url-status=live |access-date=9 May 2020 |website=[[Eastern Eye]] |archive-date=18 December 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201218141422/https://www.easterneye.biz/movies-that-were-supposed-to-release-in-may-but-wont-hit-the-screens-due-to-lockdown/ }}</ref> The film was released on 26 February 2021 on [[Netflix]].<ref name="release date" />

== Soundtrack ==
{{Infobox album
| name = The Girl on the Train
| type = soundtrack
| artist = [[Sunny and Inder Bawra]] and [[Vipin Patwa]]
| cover =
| alt =
| released = 9 February 2021<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.jiosaavn.com/album/the-girl-on-the-train/Sjq0Tp2vJbw_|title=The Girl on the Train – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack|date=8 February 2021|publisher=Jiosaavn|access-date=9 February 2021|archive-date=9 February 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210209080551/https://www.jiosaavn.com/album/the-girl-on-the-train/Sjq0Tp2vJbw_|url-status=live}}</ref>
| recorded =
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = [[Feature film soundtrack]]
| length = 17:00
| language = Hindi
| label = [[Zee Music Company]]
| producer =
| prev_title =
| prev_year =
| year =
| next_title =
| next_year =
| misc = {{external music video| header = Official audio
|{{YouTube|XNTlueTL7w4|The Girl on the Train - Full Album}}
}}}}

The film's music was composed by [[Sunny and Inder Bawra]] and [[Vipin Patwa]] while lyrics written by [[Kumaar]].

{{Tracklist
| headline = Track listing
| total_length = 17:00
| extra_column = Singer(s)
| title1 = Chhal Gaya Chhalaa
| extra1 = [[Sukhwinder Singh]]
| music1 = [[Sunny and Inder Bawra]]
| length1 = 4:10
| title2 = Matlabi Yariyan
| extra2 = [[Neha Kakkar]]
| music2 = [[Vipin Patwa]]
| length2 = 4:06
| title3 = Mahi Mera Ranjha
| extra3 = [[Navraj Hans]], [[Jonita Gandhi]]
| music3 = Sunny and Inder Bawra
| length3 = 4:14
| title4 = Matlabi Yariyan
| note4 = Unplugged
| extra4 = [[Parineeti Chopra]]
| music4 = Vipin Patwa
| length4 = 4:30
}}

== Reception ==
The film received mixed reviews from critics. {{Rotten Tomatoes prose|9|4.00|eleven}}<ref>{{cite Rotten Tomatoes|title=The Girl on the Train (2020)|id=the_girl_on_the_train_2021|type=m|access-date=August 10, 2021}}</ref>

Umesh Punwani of ''[[Koimoi]]'' rated it 3.5 out of 5 stars, calling it "A Mysterious Journey With No Stops Led By A Deadly Kohl-Eyed Parineeti Chopra!".<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-02-27|title=The Girl On The Train Movie Review (2021): A Mysterious Journey With No Stops Led By A Deadly Kohl-Eyed Parineeti Chopra!|url=https://www.koimoi.com/bollywood-movies/movie-reviews/the-girl-on-the-train-movie-review-2021-a-mysterious-journey-with-no-stops-led-by-a-deadly-kohl-eyed-parineeti-chopra/|access-date=2021-02-27|archive-date=2 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210302161947/https://www.koimoi.com/bollywood-movies/movie-reviews/the-girl-on-the-train-movie-review-2021-a-mysterious-journey-with-no-stops-led-by-a-deadly-kohl-eyed-parineeti-chopra/|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Bollywood Hungama]] rated it 2.5/5 stars saying "The Girl On the Train is an average fare".<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-02-26|title=The Girl On The Train Review|website=[[Bollywood Hungama]]|url=https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movie/the-girl-on-the-train/critic-review/the-girl-on-the-train-movie-review/|access-date=5 March 2021|archive-date=9 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210309141328/https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movie/the-girl-on-the-train/critic-review/the-girl-on-the-train-movie-review/|url-status=live}}</ref>
Saibal Chatterjee of ''[[NDTV]]'' gave 1.5 out of 5 stars.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-02-26|title=The Girl On The Train Review:Parineeti Chopra's Film Runs Out Of Steam Quickly/|url=https://www.ndtv.com/entertainment/the-girl-on-the-train-review-parineeti-chopras-film-runs-out-of-steam-pretty-quickly-1-5-stars-2379505/|access-date=5 March 2021|archive-date=6 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210306050039/https://www.ndtv.com/entertainment/the-girl-on-the-train-review-parineeti-chopras-film-runs-out-of-steam-pretty-quickly-1-5-stars-2379505|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Anna M. M. Vetticad]] of ''[[Firstpost]]'' rated 2 out of 5 praising [[Parineeti Chopra]] 's sincere performance and saying rest of the cast a mixed bag.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-02-26|title=The Girl on the Train movie review: Parineeti Chopra's sincere performance is derailed by lackluster storytelling/|url=https://www.firstpost.com/entertainment/the-girl-on-the-train-movie-review-parineeti-chopras-sincere-performance-is-derailed-by-lacklustre-storytelling-9352161.html|access-date=5 March 2021|archive-date=27 February 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210227015554/https://www.firstpost.com/entertainment/the-girl-on-the-train-movie-review-parineeti-chopras-sincere-performance-is-derailed-by-lacklustre-storytelling-9352161.html|url-status=live}}</ref> ''[[The Times of India]]'' rated the film 3 stars out of 5 praising Chopra's and Kulhari's performances <ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-02-26|title=THE GIRL ON THE TRAIN REVIEW: PARINEETI CHOPRA, KIRTI KULHARI MAKE EARNEST EFFORTS TO RENDER JUSTICE TO THIS HINDI ADAPTATION|website=[[The Times of India]]|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/web-series/reviews/english/the-girl-on-the-train/ottmoviereview/80491676.cms|access-date=5 March 2021|archive-date=5 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210305120354/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/web-series/reviews/english/the-girl-on-the-train/ottmoviereview/80491676.cms|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Accolades==
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"
|-
!scope="col"| Year
!scope="col"| Award
!scope="col"| Category
!scope="col"| Nominee(s)
!scope="col"| Result
! scope="col" class="unsortable"| {{Abbr|Ref.|Reference(s)}}
|-
!scope="row" rowspan="2"| [[67th Filmfare Awards]]
| rowspan="2" | 30 August 2022
| Best Supporting Actress
| [[Kirti Kulhari]]
| {{nom}}
|rowspan="2"|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://m.filmfare.com/features/nominations-for-the-67th-wolf777news-filmfare-awards-2022_-55253|title=Nominations for the 67th Wolf777news Filmfare Awards 2022|publisher=[[Filmfare]]|access-date=20 August 2022|archive-date=19 August 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220819194708/https://m.filmfare.com/features/nominations-for-the-67th-wolf777news-filmfare-awards-2022_-55253|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
|Best Playback Singer (female)
|[[Neha Kakkar]]
|{{nom}}
|}

== References ==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
*{{IMDb title|11090488}}
*{{Bollywood Hungama movie|the-girl-on-the-train}}

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