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{{Infobox film
{{Infobox film
| name          = Escape from Taliban
| name          = Escape from Taliban
| image          = Escape From Taliban 2004 DVD cover.jpg
| image          = Escape From Taliban 2004 DVD cover.jpg
| image_size    =
| caption        = DVD cover
| caption        = DVD cover
| director      = [[Ujjal Chattopadhyaya]]
| director      = Ujjwal Chatterjee
| producer      = [[Ashok Khemka]]<br />[[Vijay Nopany]]
| producer      = [[Ashok Khemka]]<br />Vijay Nopany
| writer        = [[Sushmita Banerjee]] (book ''A Kabuliwala's Bengali Wife'')<br />[[Ujjal Chattopadhyaya]] (screenplay)<br />[[Shubhrajyoti]] (dialogue)
| writer        = [[Sushmita Banerjee]] (book ''A Kabuliwala's Bengali Wife'')<br />Ujjwal Chatterjee (screenplay)<br />Shubhrajyoti (dialogue)
| narrator      =
| narrator      =  
| starring      = [[Manisha Koirala]]<br />[[Nawab Shah (actor)]]
| starring      = [[Manisha Koirala]]<br />[[Nawab Shah (actor)|Nawab Shah]]
| music          = [[Babul Bose]]
| music          = '''Songs:'''<br/>Babul Bose<br/>'''Score:'''<br/>[[Vanraj Bhatia]]
| cinematography = [[Vivek Banerjee]]
| cinematography = Vivek Banerjee
| editing        = [[Ujjal Nandi]]
| editing        = Ujjal Nandi
| distributor    =
| distributor    =  
| released      = {{Film date|2003|02|14|df=y}}
| released      = {{Film date|2003|02|14|df=y}}
| runtime        = 166 minutes
| runtime        = 166 minutes
| country        = India
| country        = India
| language      = [[Hindi]]<br/>[[Urdu]]<br/>[[English language|English]]
| language      = Hindi<br/>[[Urdu]]<br/>English
| budget        = {{INR}}3,50 crore<ref name="auto">{{cite web|url=https://boxofficeindia.com/movie.php?movieid=556|title=Escape from Taliban – Movie|publisher=Box Office India}}</ref>
| budget        = {{INR}} 3.50 crore<ref name="auto">{{cite web|url=https://boxofficeindia.com/movie.php?movieid=556|title=Escape from Taliban – Movie|publisher=Box Office India}}</ref>
| gross          = {{INR}}1,44 crore<ref name="auto"/>
| gross          = {{INR}} 1.44 crore<ref name="auto"/>
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'''''Escape from Taliban''''' is a 2003 [[India]]n film directed by [[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 people|Afghan]] husband.<ref>{{cite news|title=Afghan militants target, kill female author, police say|url=http://www.cnn.com/2013/09/05/world/asia/afghanistan-indian-author-killed/index.html|newspaper=CNN|date=5 September 2013|author=Chandrika Narayan|author2=Masoud Popalzai|access-date=5 September 2013|archive-date=5 September 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130905220252/http://www.cnn.com/2013/09/05/world/asia/afghanistan-indian-author-killed/index.html|url-status=live}}</ref> During that time, the [[Taliban]] issued a death sentence for her because she refused to abide by their rule on converting to [[Islam]].<ref name="guard">Jeevan Vasagar. "[https://www.theguardian.com/india/story/0,12559,898302,00.html Direct from Bollywood: Taliban the musical] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210817222850/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2003/feb/19/india.afghanistan |date=17 August 2021 }}." ''The Guardian''. 19 February 2003.</ref> Sushmita Banerjee, whose book inspired this movie, was shot dead by suspected [[Taliban]] militants in Afghanistan in September 2013.<ref>{{cite web|title=Indian Author Sushmita Banerjee killed by Taliban in Afghanistan|url=http://news.biharprabha.com/2013/09/indian-author-sushmita-banerjee-killed-by-taliban-in-afghanistan/|accessdate=5 September 2013|archive-date=7 September 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130907101406/http://news.biharprabha.com/2013/09/indian-author-sushmita-banerjee-killed-by-taliban-in-afghanistan/|url-status=live}}</ref>
'''''Escape from Taliban''''' is a 2003 Indian film directed by Ujjwal Chatterjee. 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 people|Afghan]] husband.<ref>{{cite news|title=Afghan militants target, kill female author, police say|url=http://www.cnn.com/2013/09/05/world/asia/afghanistan-indian-author-killed/index.html|publisher=CNN|date=5 September 2013|author=Chandrika Narayan|author2=Masoud Popalzai|access-date=5 September 2013|archive-date=5 September 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130905220252/http://www.cnn.com/2013/09/05/world/asia/afghanistan-indian-author-killed/index.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
 
Banerjee, whose book inspired this movie, was shot dead by suspected [[Taliban]] militants in Afghanistan in September 2013,<ref>{{cite web|title=Indian Author Sushmita Banerjee killed by Taliban in Afghanistan|url=http://news.biharprabha.com/2013/09/indian-author-sushmita-banerjee-killed-by-taliban-in-afghanistan/|accessdate=5 September 2013|archive-date=7 September 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130907101406/http://news.biharprabha.com/2013/09/indian-author-sushmita-banerjee-killed-by-taliban-in-afghanistan/|url-status=live}}</ref>  because they believed she was "an Indian spy".<ref>{{Cite web |date=2013-09-14 |title=‘We Killed Sushmita Banerjee’ |url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/we-killed-sushmita-banerjee-says-renegade-taliban-militia/ |access-date=2025-05-27 |website=The Daily Beast |language=en}}</ref>


== Plot ==
== Plot ==
This story based on the story of Sushmita Bannerjee, a Bengali Brahmin woman, who was married to an Afghan businessman in 1989, shifted to Afghanistan in the same year and later fled back to India in 1995 to escape the Taliban.
The story is based on the life of Sushmita Bannerjee, a [[Bengali Hindus|Bengali Hindu]] woman who was married to an [[Afghan people|Afghan]] businessman in 1989. She moved to Afghanistan in the same year and 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]].<ref name="guard">Jeevan Vasagar. "[https://www.theguardian.com/india/story/0,12559,898302,00.html Direct from Bollywood: Taliban the musical] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210817222850/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2003/feb/19/india.afghanistan|date=17 August 2021}}." ''The Guardian''. 19 February 2003.</ref>


== Cast ==
== Cast ==
*[[Manisha Koirala]] as [[Sushmita Banerjee]]/Sayed Kamal
*[[Manisha Koirala]] as [[Sushmita Banerjee]] / Sayed Kamal
*[[Nawab Shah (actor)|Nawab Shah]] as Jaanbaaz
*[[Nawab Shah (actor)|Nawab Shah]] as Jaanbaaz
* Vineeta Malik as Abu
* Vineeta Malik as Abu
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* [[Alyy Khan]] as Abdul Malik
* [[Alyy Khan]] as Abdul Malik
* [[Yusuf Hussain]] as Colonel Banerjee
* [[Yusuf Hussain]] as Colonel Banerjee
==Production==
The film was shot in [[Jaisalmer]], Hyderabad, Mumbai and [[Ladakh]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Coventry and Warwickshire Films – Escape from Taliban |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/coventry/films/reviews/a_f/escape-from-taliban.shtml |access-date=2023-01-10 |publisher=BBC}}</ref>


== Music ==
== Music ==
Lyrics were penned by [[Mehboob]].
Lyrics were penned by [[Mehboob]].


{| class="wikitable"
{|class="wikitable"
! Title !! Singer(s)
! Song !! Singer
|-
|-
| "Aye Jaane Jaa"  
| "Ae Jaan-E-Jaan"  
| [[Udit Narayan]], [[Kavita Krishnamurthy]]  
| [[Udit Narayan]], [[Kavita Krishnamurthy]]  
|-
|-
| "Titli Si Ud Chali"  
| "Titli Si Ud Chali"  
| [[Alka Yagnik]], [[Sana Aziz]]  
| [[Alka Yagnik]]  
|-
|-
| "Jeete Hain Yahan"  
| "Jeete Hain Yahan"  
| [[Sneha Pant]], [[Kumar Sanu]]
| [[Kumar Sanu]]
|-
|-
| "Jeete Hain Yahan" (Arabic)
| "Jeete Hain Yahan" (Arabic)
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|-
|-
| "Kahan Se Aate Hain"  
| "Kahan Se Aate Hain"  
| [[Asha Bhonsle]], [[Sunidhi Chauhan]]
| [[Asha Bhosle]], [[Sunidhi Chauhan]]
|-
|-
| "Rimil Baba"  
| "Rimil Baba"  
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== References ==
== References ==
<references/>
{{reflist}}


== External links ==
== External links ==
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[[Category:2003 films]]
[[Category:2003 films]]
[[Category:2000s Hindi-language films]]
[[Category:2003 Hindi-language films]]
[[Category:Urdu-language films]]
[[Category:2000s Urdu-language films]]
[[Category:Films scored by Babul Bose]]
[[Category:Films scored by Babul Bose]]
[[Category:Films set in Afghanistan]]
[[Category:Films set in Afghanistan]]
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[[Category:Works about the Taliban]]
[[Category:Works about the Taliban]]
[[Category:Indian films based on actual events]]
[[Category:Indian films based on actual events]]
[[Category:Indian biographical films]]
[[Category:Indian biographical drama films]]
[[Category:Indian historical drama films]]
[[Category:Indian historical drama films]]
[[Category:Urdu-language Indian films]]
[[Category:War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) films]]




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Latest revision as of 17:17, 3 March 2026

Escape from Taliban
File:Escape From Taliban 2004 DVD cover.jpg
DVD cover
Directed byUjjwal Chatterjee
Produced byAshok Khemka
Vijay Nopany
Written bySushmita Banerjee (book A Kabuliwala's Bengali Wife)
Ujjwal Chatterjee (screenplay)
Shubhrajyoti (dialogue)
StarringManisha Koirala
Nawab Shah
Music bySongs:
Babul Bose
Score:
Vanraj Bhatia
CinematographyVivek Banerjee
Edited byUjjal Nandi
Release date
  • 14 February 2003 (2003-02-14)
Running time
166 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi
Urdu
English
Budget₹ 3.50 crore[1]
Box office₹ 1.44 crore[1]

Escape from Taliban is a 2003 Indian film directed by Ujjwal Chatterjee. 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.[2]

Banerjee, whose book inspired this movie, was shot dead by suspected Taliban militants in Afghanistan in September 2013,[3] because they believed she was "an Indian spy".[4]

Plot[edit | edit source]

The story is based on the life of Sushmita Bannerjee, a Bengali Hindu woman who was married to an Afghan businessman in 1989. She moved to Afghanistan in the same year and 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.[5]

Cast[edit | edit source]

Production[edit | edit source]

The film was shot in Jaisalmer, Hyderabad, Mumbai and Ladakh.[6]

Music[edit | edit source]

Lyrics were penned by Mehboob.

Song Singer
"Ae Jaan-E-Jaan" Udit Narayan, Kavita Krishnamurthy
"Titli Si Ud Chali" Alka Yagnik
"Jeete Hain Yahan" Kumar Sanu
"Jeete Hain Yahan" (Arabic) Chorus
"Kahan Se Aate Hain" Asha Bhosle, Sunidhi Chauhan
"Rimil Baba" Sadhana Sargam, Babul Supriyo, Sonu Nigam

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Escape from Taliban – Movie". Box Office India.
  2. ↑ 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.
  3. ↑ "Indian Author Sushmita Banerjee killed by Taliban in Afghanistan". Archived from the original on 7 September 2013. Retrieved 5 September 2013.
  4. ↑ "'We Killed Sushmita Banerjee'". The Daily Beast. 14 September 2013. Retrieved 27 May 2025.
  5. ↑ Jeevan Vasagar. "Direct from Bollywood: Taliban the musical Archived 17 August 2021 at the Wayback Machine." The Guardian. 19 February 2003.
  6. ↑ "Coventry and Warwickshire Films – Escape from Taliban". BBC. Retrieved 10 January 2023.

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