Kabul Express (2006)
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- Not Rated
- 1h 45min
- Adventure, Comedy
- 15 Dec 2006 (UK)
- Movie
A thrilling story spanning 48 hours of five individuals linked by hate and fear but brought together by fate to finally recognize each other.
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Awards:
- 3 wins & 1 nomination.
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Cast
| John Abraham | ... |
Suhel Khan
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| Arshad Warsi | ... |
Jai Kapoor
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Salman Shahid | ... |
Imran 'Talib' Khan Afridi / Subedar Major Jan Mohammed
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Hanif Hum Ghum | ... |
Khyber
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Linda Arsenio | ... |
Jessica Beckham
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Wali-o Qhab | ... |
Mujahidin at pick-up truck
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Khader Arya | ... |
Mujahidin at pick-up truck
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Haji Gul Aser | ... |
Mujahidin at pick-up truck
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Abdul Basir Mujahid | ... |
Mujahidin at pick-up truck
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Saeed Meeran Farhad | ... |
Mujahidin at pick-up truck
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Raziq Zargar | ... |
Mujahidin at pick-up truck
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Farooq Baraki | ... |
Mujahidin commander
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Anjamuddin | ... |
Crippled boy
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Hashmatullah Fanai | ... |
Kibabchi at kibabchani
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Sunil Godse | ... |
Pakistani soldier
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Shaikh Nasiruddin | ... |
Pakistani soldier
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Captain Diwekar | ... |
Pakistani soldier
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Porter Barron | ... |
American special forces
(as Potter Baron)
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Hallam Ferguson | ... |
American special forces
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Diego Etcheto | ... |
American special forces
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Tim Albone | ... |
American special forces
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Hameed | ... |
Main barkbash
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Alahaj Syed Abdul Quddus | ... |
Sufi singer
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Ghulam Hajdar Ahmadi | ... |
Jessica's driver
(as Dr. Ghulam Hajdar Ahmadi)
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Rasool Eman | ... |
Mujahidin at checkpoint
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Abdul Agha | ... |
Mujahidin at checkpoint
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Rokai Bakhshy | ... |
Mujahidin at checkpoint
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Ashwin Dhar | ... |
Pakistani officer
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Zaki Intezar | ... |
Hazara bandit
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Zilgai | ... |
Hazara bandit
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Bismillah | ... |
Hazara bandit
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Toryalai Mohammad | ... |
Talib being beaten up in village
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Syed Anwar | ... |
Talib being beaten up in village
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Abdul Wahid | ... |
Excited villager
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Mohammad Qasim | ... |
Football kid
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Amardeep Galsin | ... |
Zorya
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Yalda Khalili | ... |
Zorya's daughter
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| Roshan Seth | ... |
Opening narrator (voice)
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Hassan Rashid | ... |
Newsreader on radio (voice)
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Sbhan Amini | ... |
Hasan
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Brian Dawson | ... |
Luckey
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Directed by
| Kabir Khan | ||
Written by
| Kabir Khan | ... | (written by) |
| Sandeep Shrivastava | ... | (additional dialogue) (as Sandeep Srivastava) |
Produced by
| Shahnaab Alam | ... | consulting producer |
| Aditya Chopra | ... | producer |
| Yash Chopra | ... | producer |
| Rajan Kapoor | ... | executive producer |
| Swaratmika Mishra | ... | executive producer |
| Azim Najm | ... | line producer: Afghanistan |
| Aditya Singh | ... | line producer (as Aditya Singh Baghel) |
Music by
| Julius Packiam | ||
| Raghav Sachar | ||
Cinematography by
| Anshuman Mahaley | ||
Editing by
| Amitabh Shukla | ||
Editorial Department
| Arif Ahmed | ... | promo editor |
| Rohan Desai | ... | colorist / digital intermediate supervisor |
| Shakeel Khan | ... | assistant editor |
| Shakeel Khan | ... | assistant editor |
| Kunal Moitra | ... | assistant editor |
| Rohita Shetty | ... | negative cutter |
Casting By
| Cauvery Rajagopal | ||
| Kaveri Rajgopal | ||
| Abhimanyu Ray | ||
Production Design by
| Sartaj Singh | ||
Art Direction by
| Anjan Gajurel | ||
Costume Design by
| Shamanaz Parakh | ||
Makeup Department
| Sharad Dhamnaskar | ... | company makeup artist |
| Atin Ashok Pawar | ... | Arshad Warsi Personal makeup artist / makeup artist: Arshad Warsi |
| Mahesh Pawar | ... | makeup artist |
| Venky | ... | makeup artist: John Abraham (as Venkadesh Reddiar Sunder) |
Production Management
| Sayed Shabuil Hassan | ... | production manager |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
| Amardeep Galsin | ... | assistant director |
| Saheem Jah | ... | assistant director |
| Amir Rizvi | ... | assistant director |
| Sandeep Shrivastava | ... | chief assistant director (as Sandeep Srivastava) |
| Savinder Pal Sippy | ... | assistant director |
Art Department
| Nagabhushan Kasinath | ... | art assistant |
| Prakash Nambiar | ... | creative designer: multi media and CD, Kathaa Animations |
| Tapan Roy | ... | art assistant (as Tapan) |
Sound Department
| Aslam | ... | foley artist |
| Sayed Aslam | ... | foley artist |
| Abhijit Deo | ... | foley recordist: YRF Studios |
| Rahul Kunkerkar | ... | dubbing engineer: YRF Studios |
| Manoj | ... | mixing assistant: YRF Studios |
| Anuj Mathur | ... | mixing engineer: YRF Studios |
| Satyaprakash Maurya | ... | assistant sound |
| Ali Merchant | ... | supervising sound editor: YRF Studios |
| Manoj Mochemadkar | ... | Assistant Re-Recording Mixer |
| Rishi Oberoi | ... | sound designer: synchronization |
| Ajay Kumar P.B. | ... | associate mixing engineer: YRF Studios |
| Mohammad Iqbal Paratwada | ... | foley artist |
| Rajendra | ... | mixing assistant: YRF Studios |
| Arif Ismail Shaikh | ... | boom operator |
Special Effects by
| Rajiv Sharma | ... | weapons master |
Visual Effects by
| Sherry Bharda | ... | supervisor: Tata Elxs VCL |
| Parminder Singh Chadda | ... | digital intermediate supervisor: Prime Focus |
| Arup Chakravarty | ... | DI recording technician: Prime Focus |
| Kushnum Chinoy | ... | compositor: Tata Elxs VCL (as Khushnum Chinoy) |
| Deepal Dass | ... | compositor: Tata Elxs VCL |
| Rohan Desai | ... | DI grading colorist: Prime Focus / digital intermediate supervisor: Prime Focus |
| Kabul Express | ... | visual effects artist |
| Sanjay Francis | ... | 3D animator: Tata Elxs VCL |
| Nirmal Gala | ... | DI coordinator: Prime Focus |
| Ranganath Gowda | ... | DI data manager: Prime Focus |
| Mukesh Gurnani | ... | DI scanning technician: Prime Focus |
| Jaheerul Huda | ... | compositor: Tata Elxs VCL |
| Sekar Jeyson | ... | DI data manager: Prime Focus |
| Xavier Joseph | ... | fire artist: Prime Focus |
| Rohini Joshi | ... | Flame artist: Tata Elxs VCL |
| Rajaram Karande | ... | compositor: Tata Elxs VCL |
| Pankaj Khandpur | ... | creative director: Tata Elxs Visual Computing Lab |
| Bijoy Mehta | ... | Avid editor: Tata Elxs VCL |
| Paresh Mistry | ... | DI data manager: Prime Focus |
| Santosh More | ... | compositor: Tata Elxs VCL |
| Manish Pal | ... | assistant fire artist: Prime Focus |
| Ranjeet Pawar | ... | DI scanning technician: Prime Focus |
| Santosh Prajapati | ... | fire artist: Prime Focus |
| Rohit Prasad | ... | visual effects |
| Ranadheer Reddy | ... | digital compositor |
| Shaikh Rizwan | ... | compositor: Tata Elxs VCL |
| Bharat Sachdev | ... | 3D animator: Tata Elxs VCL |
| Vishwas Savanur | ... | 2d supervisor |
| Piku Shahani | ... | post production: Tata Elxs VCL |
| Singh Sharanjit | ... | visual effects artist (as Sharanjeet Singh) |
| Ritesh Shetty | ... | DI recording technician: Prime Focus |
| Brahmedev Singh | ... | assistant fire artist: Prime Focus |
| Jagdeep Singh | ... | visual effects |
| Dinesh Solanki | ... | digital compositor |
| Yatin Tamhane | ... | senior digital compositor |
| Merchant Zahid | ... | visual effects artist |
Stunts
| Paramjeet Singh Balkar | ... | action assistant |
| Deepak | ... | action assistant (as Deepak Kumar Sharma) |
| Deepaksharmastunt | ... | Assistant Stunt Director |
| Varinder Kumar Gharu | ... | assistant stunt coordinator |
| Sham Kaushal | ... | stunt coordinator (as Shyam Kaushal) |
| Abdul Basir Mujahid | ... | action coordinator: Afghanistan (as Basir Mujahid) |
| Parmajeet | ... | action assistant (as Paramjeet Singh Balkar) |
| Vipin Rai | ... | action assistant |
| Ramesh | ... | action assistant (as Ramesh Singh) |
| Madina Sayed | ... | stunt double |
| Deepak Kumar Sharma | ... | action assistant |
| Paramjeet Singh | ... | stunt coordinator assistant |
| Ramesh Singh | ... | action assistant |
| Vipan | ... | action assistant (as Vipin Rai) |
Camera and Electrical Department
| Amit Ashar | ... | publicity still photographer |
| Shivan Balakrishnan | ... | steadicam operator |
| Nigam Bomzan | ... | assistant camera (as Nigamendra Bomzen) |
| Inder Burji | ... | grip (as Inderjeet Singh Bhurji) |
| Atmaram Dalvi | ... | light boy |
| Piyush Kumar Das | ... | assistant camera |
| Himmat Deol | ... | grip |
| Ram Singh Dularey | ... | sparks |
| Jameel Ghanizada | ... | crane crew: Kabul |
| R. Gopi | ... | camera attendant (as G. Gopi) |
| Ashok Brijlal Gupta | ... | sparks |
| Saidul Abdul Hassan | ... | sparks |
| Girjappa Krishna Hatkar | ... | light boy |
| Barun Kumar Jha | ... | light boy |
| Maimood Nasir Khan | ... | light boy |
| D. Madhavn Reddy | ... | camera attendant |
| Pratap Rout | ... | focus puller (as Pratap Chandra Raut) |
| Ravi Siloju | ... | camera attendant |
| Himmat Singh | ... | grip |
| B.K. Sivan | ... | steadicam operator |
| V. Subbarao | ... | camera attendant (as B. Subbarao) |
| Pudiyamuthu Sundaram | ... | jib operator |
| Sunder | ... | jimmy jib operator |
| Sumit Suryawanshi | ... | assistant camera (as Sumit Survase) |
| Shashikant Swami | ... | sparks |
| Shamin Ali Syed | ... | light boy |
| Binod Prasad Upadhya | ... | light boy |
Costume and Wardrobe Department
| Shakeel Sheikh | ... | dressman (as Shakeel Aziz Shaikh) |
Location Management
| Hasmat | ... | location manager: Kabul |
Music Department
| Aditya Dhar | ... | lyricist |
| Aggi Agnelo Fernandes | ... | music arranger: background music (as Aggi) |
| Naveen Kumar | ... | musician: flute |
| Caralisa Monteiro | ... | vocalist: background score (as Caralisa) |
| Prashant Patil | ... | assistant music arranger: background music |
| Sanket | ... | musician: percussion, background score |
Additional Crew
| Neeraj G. Ajwani | ... | vinyls and digital: Arimans Projects & Accessories |
| Fayyaz Badruddin | ... | publicity designer |
| Kranti Reddy Billa | ... | liaison: USA office |
| Chotelal Chaurasia | ... | head office |
| Yash Chopra | ... | presenter |
| Ramesh Ganesh Chouhan | ... | head office |
| Victor Dantes | ... | international liaison manager: YRF |
| Dharmendra | ... | office boy |
| Satish S. Dodani | ... | vinyls and digital: Arimans Projects & Accessories (as Satish Dodani) |
| Amit Dwiwedi | ... | marketing: YRF |
| Sally Fernandes | ... | head office |
| Sahdev Ghei | ... | domestic distribution |
| Ajit Gupta | ... | insurance agent |
| Rajesh Gurnani | ... | internet and systems: YRF |
| Balkrishan Iyer | ... | head office (as Iyer Balkrishnan) |
| Natarajan Iyer | ... | head office |
| Syed Kabban | ... | production accountant: YRF (as Sayyed Kabban) |
| Sharad Kamble | ... | head office |
| Siddhesh Kamble | ... | head office |
| Sudhakar Kamble | ... | head office (as Sudharkar Kamble) |
| Chandan Khanna | ... | publicity printer: Ajanta Print Arts |
| Hanish Khanna | ... | head office |
| P. Krishnan | ... | head office |
| Rajesh Malhotra | ... | domestic distribution |
| Peter Manuel | ... | head office |
| Maqbool | ... | head office |
| Brijesh Mishra | ... | head office |
| Anmol Mondal | ... | head office (as Anmol Mandal) |
| Ravindra Nikam | ... | head office |
| Sanjay Panchal | ... | head office |
| Avtak Panesar | ... | liaison: UK office |
| Sampat Patel | ... | production accountant |
| Dilip Patil | ... | internet and systems: YRF |
| Dutta Patil | ... | head office |
| Sandeep Patil | ... | head office |
| Janet Pereira | ... | head office |
| Rajesh Punjabi | ... | head office |
| Amber Qureshi | ... | head office |
| Vaibhav Rajput | ... | liaison: USA office |
| Deepak Rawat | ... | assistant publicity designer |
| Amir Rizvi | ... | additional production assistant |
| Sajid Mehdi Rizvi | ... | production controller |
| Gaurav Sabharwal | ... | head office |
| Chiranjeev Sahu | ... | personal boy: John Abraham (as Chiranjab Sahoo) |
| Abdul Samad | ... | coordinator: background artists, Kabul crew |
| Dilbahadur Saru | ... | personal boy: Arshad Warsi |
| Shalaka Sawant | ... | head office |
| Zarina Sayed | ... | liaison: UK office |
| Jawahar Sharma | ... | liaison: USA office |
| Anand Shetty | ... | head office |
| Amitabh Shukla | ... | promos |
| Pratik Kumar Singh | ... | liaison: UK office |
| Sultan | ... | production assistant: Afghanistan |
| Jimmy Talati | ... | press advertising: Farnaz Advertising |
| Tarun Tripathi | ... | marketing: YRF |
| Titus Vedamanickam | ... | head office |
| Geoffrey Williams | ... | production coordinator: Delhi |
| Jitendra Yadav | ... | head office |
Thanks
| Siddiq Barmak | ... | acknowledgment |
| Ahmed Latif | ... | thanks: Afghan Film (as Engineer Ahmed Latif) |
Production Companies
Distributors
- Yash Raj Films (2006) (World-wide)
Special Effects
Other Companies
- APTN Library (archival and stock footage)
- Ajanta Print Arts (offset publicity printers)
- Akbar Ali (lights)
- Arimans Projects & Accessories (vinyls and digital)
- Azim Films (acknowledgement)
- Divya Stationers (stationery supplier)
- Export-Import Bank of India (thanks)
- Farnaz Advertising (press advertising)
- Frontline TV (archival and stock footage)
- Fuji Photo Films (film stock)
- Girkar Brothers (sound)
- Government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan (thanks)
- Grip Works (car rigs)
- Hotel Heetal Plaza (hospitality: Afghanistan)
- Hotel Herat, Kabul (catering)
- Idealake Information Technologies Pvt. Ltd. (website maintained by)
- Indian Embassy, Kabul (acknowledgement)
- Jubali Bros (generator)
- Kathaa Animations Pvt. Ltd. (multi-media CD design)
- Lighthouse
- Mohapatra Magic Pvt. Ltd. (jimmy jib equipment)
- People of Afghanistan (thanks)
- Prime Focus (digital intermediate)
- Q Labs (telecine)
- Rawa (archival and stock footage)
- Shivam Tours and Travels (local travel)
- Siddhivanayak Stores (production supplies)
- Status Trading Corporation (equipment)
- Sunrays (lights)
- Suza Cam (steadicam)
- Tulip Cars (local travel)
- United India Insurance Co. Ltd. (I) (film insurance)
- Usha Kiron Movies (cameras supplied by)
- Wordsworth
- YRF Studios (background music)
- YRF Studios (mixing)
- YRF Studios (track laying)
- YRF Studios (voice-over recording)
- Yash Raj Editing (Avid editing)
- Yash Raj Music (music on)
Storyline
| Plot Summary |
Suhel (John Abraham) and Jai (Arshad Warsi) - TV journalists from India in search of the ultimate news scoop, meeting the Taliban. Imran Khan Afridi (Salman Shahid) - a soldier of the hated and derided Taliban who needs to escape the wrath of the Afghans and run to his country, Pakistan. Khyber (Hanif Hum Ghum) - an Afghan who is as old as the war in his country. Jessica Beckham (Linda Arsenio) - an American photojournalist ready to risk her life to photograph the Taliban. Five people from different worlds, their paths are destined to cross in a ruthless country devastated by war - Afghanistan. This is a thrilling story spanning 48 hours of five individuals linked by hate and fear, but brought together by fate to finally recognize each other. Set in post 9/11 war-torn Afghanistan, KABUL EXPRESS is a kidnap drama that is alternately funny and horrifying. Narrated in a light hearted manner, this is the story of a unique reluctant bond that develops between people who are otherwise hostile towards each other but are compelled to understand one another in the time that they are forced to share together. Written by Official Source |
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| Taglines | Two Indians, an American, one Afghan and a Pakistani on a journey together See more » |
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Did You Know?
| Trivia | The first feature film to be shot extensively in Kabul, Afghanistan, after the end of the Taliban's reign. The producers thought director Kabir Khan was mad to shoot a film in such a place. However, Khan, a former war correspondent, insisted on doing so on the grounds that Kabul was a major element and character in the film; that he himself had been to Afghanistan no less than ten times and came back in one piece every time; that he had a soft spot for the country, having shot his first film in it; and that he would be betraying all his Afghan friends who had helped him during his trips to their country not to shoot such a film in their own land. See more » |
| Soundtracks | Kabul Fiza See more » |
| Quotes |
Imran Khan Afridi:
Suhel Khan, You're a Muslim, aren't you? Aren't you gonna offer 'namaz'? Hell, you're an Indian Muslim, what do you know about Islam? Suhel Khan: Indeed! It's you guys who're the pillars of Islam: offering 'namaz' with an AK-56 at your side. See more » |