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Escape From Taliban is a 2003 Indian film that is directed by Ujjal Chattopadhyaya. 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. During that time, the Taliban issued a death sentence for her because she refused to abide by their rule on converting to Islam. Sushmita Banerjee, whose book inspired this movie, was shot dead by suspected Taliban militants in Afghanistan in September 2013.
Original Release
02/14/2003
Cast
Name | Character |
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Manisha Koirala | Sushmita Bannerjee / Sayed Kamal |
Nawab Shah | Jaanbaz Khan |
Vineeta Malik | Abu |
Prithvi Zutshi | Dranai Chacha |
Alyy Khan | Abdul Malik |
Shoorveer Tyagi | Omar Abdullah |
Pritam Wadhwa | Farid Khan |
Kainaaz Parvez | Gulghutti |
Krupa Sindhwad | Tinni |
Vasundhara Zutshi | Sorina |
Directors
Writers
Shubhrajyoti Barat, Ujjwal Chatterjee, Sushmita Banerjee
Cast
Name | Character |
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Manisha Koirala | Sushmita Bannerjee / Sayed Kamal |
Nawab Shah | Jaanbaz Khan |
Vineeta Malik | Abu |
Prithvi Zutshi | Dranai Chacha |
Alyy Khan | Abdul Malik |
Shoorveer Tyagi | Omar Abdullah |
Pritam Wadhwa | Farid Khan |
Kainaaz Parvez | Gulghutti |
Krupa Sindhwad | Tinni |
Vasundhara Zutshi | Sorina |
Jahangir Khan | Kala |
Benika Bisht | Sadagi |
Baby Krupa | Tinni |
Asha Sharma | Anuradha |
Yusuf Hussain | Colonel Banerjee |
Nirmal Bhawnani | Musa |
Akbar Khan | Sawali |
Parveen Bano | Sultan-bibi |
Hansika Motwani | Guncha |
Ali Khan | Asam Chacha |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Ashok Khemka | Producer |
Vijay Nopany | Producer |