Escape from Taliban explained

Escape from Taliban
Director:Ujjwal Chatterjee
Producer:Ashok Khemka
Vijay Nopany
Starring:Manisha Koirala
Nawab Shah
Music:Babul Bose
Cinematography:Vivek Banerjee
Editing:Ujjal Nandi
Runtime:166 minutes
Country:India
Language:Hindi
Urdu
English
Budget:3.50 crore[1]
Gross:1.44 crore

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]

Sushmita Banerjee, whose book inspired this movie, was shot dead by suspected Taliban militants in Afghanistan in September 2013.[3]

Plot

This story is based on the story of Sushmita Bannerjee, a Bengali Hindu woman who was married to an Afghan businessman in 1989. She shifted to Afghanistan in the same year and later 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.[4]

Cast

Production

The film was shot in Jaisalmer, Hyderabad, Mumbai and Ladakh.[5]

Music

Lyrics were penned by Mehboob.

Song Singer
"Ae Jaan-E-Jaan"
"Titli Si Ud Chali"
"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

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Escape from Taliban – Movie. Box Office India.
  2. News: Afghan militants target, kill female author, police say. CNN. 5 September 2013. Chandrika Narayan. Masoud Popalzai. 5 September 2013. 5 September 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20130905220252/http://www.cnn.com/2013/09/05/world/asia/afghanistan-indian-author-killed/index.html. live.
  3. Web site: Indian Author Sushmita Banerjee killed by Taliban in Afghanistan. 5 September 2013. 7 September 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20130907101406/http://news.biharprabha.com/2013/09/indian-author-sushmita-banerjee-killed-by-taliban-in-afghanistan/. live.
  4. Jeevan Vasagar. "Direct from Bollywood: Taliban the musical ." The Guardian. 19 February 2003.
  5. Web site: BBC - Coventry and Warwickshire Films - Escape from Taliban . 2023-01-10 . www.bbc.co.uk.