Taxi No. 9 2 11 (2006)

User Rating:

7.4/10   

Director:

Milan Luthria

Writers:

Rajat Arora (story)
Rajat Arora (written by)

Release Date:

24 February 2006 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama | Thriller

Tagline:

a big shot... a big mouth... keep safe distance

Plot:

A cabbie (Patekar) and businessman (Abraham) both in need of big money partake in a two-hour adventure together.

Plot Keywords:

Key | Will | Taxi | Taxi Driver | Police Inspector

Cast

Nana Patekar	...	Raghav Shastri
John Abraham	...	Jai Mittal
Sonali Kulkarni	...	Mrs. Shastri
Sameera Reddy	...	Rupali
Kurush Deboo	...	Cyrus Batliwala
Shivaji Satham	...	Arjun Bajaj (as Shivaji Satam)
Priyanka Chopra	...	Special appearance (as Piggy Chops)
Sanjay Dutt	...	Narrator
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Nassar Abdulla	...	Shivraj
Ragesh Asthana	...	Car owner
Ashwin Chitale	...	Rishabh (Raghav's son) (as Master Ashwin Chitale)
Ajay Jadhav	...	Police constable
Smita Jaykar	...	Rupali's mother
Mangala Kenkre	...	Judge
Akash Khurana	...	Jai Mittal's father
Shankar Sachdev	...	Tiwari
Ganesh Yadav	...	Police inspector

Runtime:

116 min

Country:

India

Language:

Hindi

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Certification:

India:UA | Australia:PG | UK:PG

Company:

Entertainment One Pvt. Ltd.

Trivia:

An action sequence was to be shot with some cars chasing 'John Abraham'. Unfortunately, at the time of shooting, Abraham's mother was crossing the road and she presumed he was being attacked and freaked out. Shooting was halted while Abraham calmed his mother and reassured her it was only a film shoot.

Goofs:

Errors in geography: The Old Gothic Building used as the Mumbai High Court is actually the St Xavier's Technical institute on Mahanagr Plaika Marg, Mumbai.

Quotes:

Jai Mittal: The speedometer shows 120 not for show... the car goes upto there too.

Movie Connections:

References Sholay (1975)

Sleek

It heartens me to see such movies coming out of bollywood. The movie runs for about 2 hours and never is a drag. I would not want to delve into the story too far... I think this is one of those movies which must be seen.

The movie is all about a day when John hires Nana's taxi and the things start going wrong ... The movie is to the point and does not have any unnecessary songs/scenes (masala). The comedy is superb and the movie itself is quite a thriller.

All characters have played their roles well.. Nana delivers another great performance. Milan luthra shines as the director.

We need more of these kind of movies from Bollywood.