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| Kabul
Express |
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Cast: |
John
Abraham, Arshad Warsi, Linda Arsenio, Salman
Shahid, Hanif Humghum. |
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Director: |
Kabir
Khan |
Producer: |
Aditya
Chopra |
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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. Five
people from different worlds, their paths are destined
to cross in a ruthless country devastated by war – Afghanistan. |
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John
Abraham as Suhel Khan and Arshad Warsi as Jai Kapoor
TV journalists from India in search of the ultimate news
scoop: meeting the Taliban.
Salman
Shahid as Imran Khan Afridi
Who needs to escape the wrath of the Afghans and run to
his country Pakistan.
Hanif
Humghum as Khyber
A proud Afghan who has seen over the decades the
destruction of his country.
Linda
Arsenio as Jessica Beckham
An American photojournalist ready to risk her life to
photograph the Taliban. |
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| Kabul
Express is set in post 9/11 (November 2001) Afghanistan
where the American bombing has destroyed the most hated
Taliban regime and the Taliban soldiers are trying to
escape to Pakistan to avoid the wrath of the Afghans.
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Against this turbulent backdrop, Jai and Suhel – two
Indian Television reporters have entered Afghanistan and
their aim is to somehow get a rare interview with a
Talibani.
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| Helping them in their pursuit of a Talibani is
their Afghan guide, translator and driver – Khyber in
his Toyota Jeep called Kabul
Express. The three of them are having their share
of adventure as they go from being blindfolded and taken
to secret hideouts in the mountains to interview Taliban
prisoners to nearly getting trampled by horses while
shooting a game of Buzkashi (Rugby played on horses with
a dead lamb).
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| They are saved from getting trampled by an
American photojournalist, Jessica. Despite all their
attempts the Taliban remains elusive. But unknown to
them, these hunters are being hunted down themselves...
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One cold winter morning in Kabul, they get kidnapped at
gunpoint by a Taliban fugitive who wants to escape to
the Pakistani border. The kidnapper, Imran is a
Pakistani army soldier who was part of the Taliban. He
knows that as journalists, Jai and Suhel’s movements
in the country will not be questioned and posing as
their local guide, he can reach the safety of his
country. Imran knows that the Taliban were the most
hated regime in the history of Afghanistan and if caught
by the Afghans, he would be torn to pieces. From here on
begins the two-day journey from Kabul to the volatile
Afghan-Pakistan border. |
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| Jai and Suhel’s mission
becomes a nightmare as they are taken hostage aboard the
Kabul Express and made to
drive across the most dangerous country in the world.
Jessica sees their car driving away from Kabul and
mistakenly thinks that they are onto a big story. She
begins to chase them. Before she knows it Jessica gets
stuck in a bizarre situation and inadvertently, also
gets taken hostage by Imran. Along the long treacherous
route they get stopped by dangerous mercenary armed
bandits, see an angry mob kill prisoners with their bare
hands, and in a hilarious situation a suicidal donkey
even chases them! Political and ideological boundaries
not withstanding, all five of them are forced to act as
a team in life threatening situations. As the film
unfolds, a special relationship develops between an
Afghan, a Pakistani, two Indians and an American. |
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By the end of the journey Jai, Suhel and Jessica
actually help Imran reach the border of Pakistan – his
country that he is very proud and patriotic about. But
the turbulent political situation at that time has a
surprise in store for all of them.
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