| Escape from Taliban | |
|---|---|
| File:Escape From Taliban 2004 DVD cover.jpg DVD cover | |
| Directed by | Ujjwal Chatterjee |
| Produced by | Ashok Khemka Vijay Nopany |
| Written by | Sushmita Banerjee (book A Kabuliwala's Bengali Wife) Ujjwal Chatterjee (screenplay) Shubhrajyoti (dialogue) |
| Starring | Manisha Koirala Nawab Shah |
| Music by | Songs: Babul Bose Score: Vanraj Bhatia |
| Cinematography | Vivek Banerjee |
| Edited by | Ujjal Nandi |
Release date |
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Running time | 166 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi 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]
- 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[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]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "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.
- ↑ "'We Killed Sushmita Banerjee'". The Daily Beast. 14 September 2013. Retrieved 27 May 2025.
- ↑ Jeevan Vasagar. "Direct from Bollywood: Taliban the musical Archived 17 August 2021 at the Wayback Machine." The Guardian. 19 February 2003.
- ↑ "Coventry and Warwickshire Films – Escape from Taliban". BBC. Retrieved 10 January 2023.
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