Kurbaan (2009)

A woman finds that her neighbors are terrorists, and her husband is not who he claims to be.

Director:

Renzil D'Silva

Writers:

Renzil D'Silva (screenplay), Niranjan Iyengar (dialogues),

Stars:

Kareena Kapoor, Saif Ali Khan, Om Puri

3 nominations.

Cast

Credited cast:
Kareena Kapoor	...	Avantika Ahuja / Avantika Khan
Saif Ali Khan	...	Ehsaan Khan / Khalid
Om Puri	...	Bhaijaan
Diya Mirza	...	Rehana (as Dia Mirza)
Vivek Oberoi	...	Riyaz Mansoori
Lewis Tan	...	SWAT Team Member
Kulbhushan Kharbanda	...	Mansoori
Nauheed Cyrusi	...	Salma
Kiron Kher	...	Nasreen Appa (as Kirron Kher)
Gilbert Soto	...	Train passenger
Evans Forlidas	...	Husband of Bombing Victim
Brian Matthews	...	Police Officer
Denise Lynch Murter	...	Standing subway lady
Akash Khurana	...	Ahuja
Anita Storr	...	NYPD Officer

Storyline

Delhi University's Professor Avantika Ahuja meets fellow professor Ehsan Khan in typical Bollywood filmy style, and both fall in love with each other. Her father, who had preferred that she marry a Hindu, reluctantly permits them to get married. They do so, and subsequently re-locate to live in the United States. They buy a house, settle in, and are welcomed by their neighbors, Hamid and Anjum. A few days later Avantika's world will be turned upside down when she finds out that their neighbors are terrorists who want to avenge the deaths of innocent Iraqi and Afghani civilians massacred by British and American forces, and that her husband is not who he claims to be.

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Plot Keywords:

terrorist | love | muslim | explosion | lecturer | 

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Taglines:

Some Love Stories have Blood on them

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Genres:

Action | Crime | Drama | Romance | Thriller

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Details

Country:

India

Language:

Hindi Urdu English

Release Date:

20 November 2009 (India)

Also Known As:

Jihaad

Filming Locations:

New York, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$11,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

£164,468 (UK) (20 November 2009)

Gross:

$754,268 (USA) (18 December 2009)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Dharma Productions, UTV Motion Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

161 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital DTS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Karan Johar was originally suppose to direct this film with Shahrukh Khan, Kajol and Sanjay Dutt in the main leads. But Karan dropped this project to work on Kabhi Khushi Kabhi Gham (2001).

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Quotes

Ehsaan Khan: I like people with opinions. It's the ones who don't have them that scare me.

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Soundtracks

"Dua"
Written by Niranjan Iyengar
Composed by Salim Merchant and Suleiman Merchant
Performed by Sukhwinder Singh, Marriane D'Cruz and Kailash Kher
Courtesy of Sonu Music India

User Reviews

Amazing psychological thriller.

An amazing psychological thriller. The acting is good, the soundtrack is good, even the effects are good. Whether or not everything is realistic is one thing, but it still did not fail at keeping its viewers at the edge of their seats. The only reason it has received so many negative votes is because it puts Islam in a bad light. Consequently, all of the 1-star reviews are from Muslims who don't want their religion in this light. However, the truth is that there are many people out there that do exist. And they are simply following the Quran's teachings. Any Muslim that denies that the Quran commands violence towards unbelievers is either lying or is outright ignorant of their own religion. But religion aside, this was a great movie.