Escape From Taliban (2003)
2h 13m
Running Time
February 14, 2003Release Date
Escape From Taliban (2003)
2h 13m
Running Time
February 14, 2003Release Date
Plot.
Sushmita and Jaanbaz live in India, and they are in love. They intend to marry, but Sushmita's family is strongly opposed to the marriage, since Jaanbaz is a Muslim and they are Hindus. But Sushmita and Jaanbaz do get married, and Jaanbaz takes her with him to his country--Afghanistan. On the way there, Sushmita is horrified to see mutilated corpses, bomb explosions, and armed militants. She is terrified and asks Jaanbaz to take her back, but Jaanbaz takes her to his home.
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Cast & Crew.
Manisha Koirala
Sushmita Bannerjee / Sayed Kamal
Nawab Shah
Vineeta Malik
Alyy Khan
Shoorveer Tyagi
Prithvi Zutshi
Dranai Chacha
Shubhrajyoti
Dialogue
Ujjal Chatterjee
Director / Screenplay
Sushmita Banerjee
Novel
Vanraj Bhatia
Composer
Babul Bose
Composer
Vivek Banerjee
Cinematographer
Ujjal Nandi
Editor
Sunder Pathuri
Editor
Media.
Details.
Release DateFebruary 14, 2003
StatusReleased
Running Time2h 13m
Genres
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Wiki.
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.
Sushmita Banerjee, whose book inspired this movie, was shot dead by suspected Taliban militants in Afghanistan in September 2013.