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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}}</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]." ''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}}</ref>
'''''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>


== Plot ==
== Plot ==
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== External links ==
== External links ==
* {{IMDb title|0312664|Escape From Taliban}}
* {{IMDb title|0312664|Escape from Taliban}}


[[Category:2003 films]]
[[Category:2003 films]]

Revision as of 03:59, 18 August 2021

Escape from Taliban
File:Escape From Taliban 2004 DVD cover.jpg
DVD cover
Directed byUjjal Chattopadhyaya
Produced byAshok Khemka
Vijay Nopany
Written bySushmita Banerjee (book A Kabuliwala's Bengali Wife)
Ujjal Chattopadhyaya (screenplay)
Shubhrajyoti (dialogue)
StarringManisha Koirala
Nawab Shah (actor)
Music byBabul Bose
CinematographyVivek Banerjee
Edited byUjjal Nandi
Release date
  • 14 February 2003 (2003-02-14)
Running time
166 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi
Urdu
English

Escape from Taliban is a 2003 Indian 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 husband.[1] During that time, the Taliban issued a death sentence for her because she refused to abide by their rule on converting to Islam.[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 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.

Cast

Music

Title Singer(s)
"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

References

  1. 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.
  2. Jeevan Vasagar. "Direct from Bollywood: Taliban the musical Archived 17 August 2021 at the Wayback Machine." The Guardian. 19 February 2003.
  3. "Indian Author Sushmita Banerjee killed by Taliban in Afghanistan". Archived from the original on 7 September 2013. Retrieved 5 September 2013.

External links