Kurbaan (2009)

Director:

Renzil D'Silva

Writers:

Renzil D'Silva (screenplay)
Niranjan Iyengar (dialogue)

Release Date:

20 November 2009 (India)

Genre:

Action | Crime | Drama | Romance | Thriller

Tagline:

Some Love Stories have Blood on them

Plot Keywords:

Journalist | Muslim | Bomb | Terrorism | Sex

Cast

Kareena Kapoor
Saif Ali Khan
Om Puri
Diya Mirza		(as Dia Mirza)
Vivek Oberoi	...	Ayaaz
Cheryl Alessio
Evans Forlidas	...	Husband of Bombing Victim
Faezeh Jalali	...	Anjum
Kiron Kher
Damien Colletti	...	Train Passenger
Rupinder Nagra	...	Hamid
Mohammed J. Ali	...	Man falling down steps
Anita Storr	...	Nypd officer
Carl Burrows	...	FBI Agent Bill
Joe DeMarzio	...	Student
Lewis Tan	...	Swat Team Member
Gilbert Soto	...	Train passenger
Teddy Valdes	...	Commuter
Asheesh Kapur	...	Hakil
Milton A. Marsh III	...	Boat Passenger
Denise Lynch Murter	...	Standing subway lady
Art Lyle	...	Police Officer
Janice LaFlam	...	Train Passenger During a Shooting
John Schuman	...	Police Officer
Jae Greene	...	Policeman in explosion
Ernest E. Brown	...	Train Passenger
Eugene Smith	...	Subway Passenger
Joel Ney	...	Confused Thug
Monica DiNatale	...	Desk Clerk
Gahan Haskins	...	Man trips on stairs and jumps turnstile
Jordan Romero	...	Pedestrian 1
Michael David Fishman	...	FBI Agent
Chuck Schanamann	...	FBI Agent
Robb Stech	...	Deli Counter Clerk
Nathan Unsworth	...	Train Passenger
Jack McKeever	...	Police Officer
Christine Ka'aloa	...	Boat Passenger
William Pichkan	...	Train Passenger
Anthony M. Walker	...	Paramedic
Alex Efros	...	Man in explosion
Greg Salvato Jr.	...	TRAIN PASSENGER
Jim McCauley	...	Big Train Passenger

Also Known As:

Jihaad (India: Hindi title) (working title)
Untitled Renzil D'Silva Project (India: English title) (working title)

Runtime:

161 min

Country:

India

Language:

Hindi | English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital | DTS

Certification:

Ireland:15A | Australia:MA | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Canada:14A (Alberta/British Columbia/Manitoba/Ontario) | UK:15 | South Africa:16 | Singapore:NC-16 | India:A

Filming Locations:

Humayun's Tomb, Nizamuddin East, South Delhi, Delhi, India

Company:

Dharma Productions

Kurban - Scientific Miracles and Movie review

Kurban pe koi mat hona Kurban. Its not that bad, you can go watch the movie and if you think its not going to be worth the money, then you can watch it in Single Screen theatres - Paisa Vasool!!

Scientific Miracles in the movie: * Scientific Miracle in the movie, even thought you cant see the bump that Kareena Kapoor is pregnant, we are able to see the ultrasonography of the child. *There is plane blast which is of course done digitally, but then we do not get to see the flying debris, anywhere in the movie. * An individual person can always remember a 10 digit mobile number, even if the person has randomly met or spoken only once on the phone. * Everyone dies in one bullet, but only the actor-hero of the movie, after 3 bullets is still alive for 15 minutes

In a few lines, Kareena Kapoor (Avantika) and Saif Ali Khan (Ishaan) are teachers. She is a professor in United States. She was here in India, cause her dad had a stroke. But later in and then flies out to the USA. Saif tags along with her. Just too realise that Saif is actually part of a terrorist group that is conspiring to blow up the city. The movie that comes to the mind is Fanaa and New York.

The movie takes its own sweet time and has its own pace. Sometimes, there is strong feeling of moving out of the theatre cause it is slow. But then, you also have the Kareena Kapoor who other than looking pretty, has not substance in her role. Her face is looking bigger or was it camera trick.

Saif Ali Khan has done a better role in the Sriram Raghavan's movie Ek Hasina Thi and of course Omkara, there he was convinced us on the playing negative characters with complete ease. He slips here. For some particular reason, Vivek Oberoi had a good acting and lived in his character, with this movie, he surely be getting some push in his career.

Lesser mortals in the movie Kirron Kher is an Afgani in the movie, her dialect an as Afgani trails away while she having the conversation. She was good in the climax scene of the movie. Om Puri was wasted in the movie, he should have had a much more impactful role. Others are not worth mentioning.

If hockey got a boost from Chak De India, don't see teaching getting a boost in this case. But for one, you don't always have hot teachers in the staff room, cuddling or couching cooing. That is something I have to still see as a student or as a teacher.

This is a good song and even the opening credits, though very long was well done!! Enjoy!!