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the studio that wonât hire a hero unless heâs been to the waxerâs, has tossed this bit of macho maleness right back on the screen is surely reason to celebrate.įor this, we have to thank first-time director Kabir Khan, who appears to have grafted his specific experiences in Afghanistan â he made documentaries there â onto the general tropes of the wisecracking buddy-movie and the meandering road-movie, and filtered it all through an off-kilter sensibility similar to that of David O. This is such a guy thing, and itâs everywhere â everywhere but in our cinema â and the fact that Yash Raj, a.k.a. They have silly arguments about Imran Khan versus Kapil Dev with the deep-down sureness that thereâs only one opinion thatâs right, and thatâs their own. Iâm not saying that the leads here flex their dhai-kilo upper arms and spout clenched-teeth, Dharam- paaji lines about drinking the baddieâs blood. heroes with hair on their chest, who got phased out as the three Khans came in and Bollywood turned all metrosexual and made audiences resemble the girls after Georgy Porgy was done kissing them.

Kabul Express takes you back to the lean, mean age of he-men like Sunny Deol â a.k.a. But the best and biggest reason for cheer may be the fact that thereâs not a gauzy dupatta in sight. (Maybe they should have cashed in on this with a campaign along the lines of âGarbo speaks!â?: âAbraham acts!â?) Then thereâs the thing the film is about â a not-easily-definable mix of adventure and drama and absurdist comedy that somehow works. For one, John Abraham is in a scene that requires him to have tears brimming in his eyes, and your eyes donât automatically avert in embarrassment.

– THERE ARE MANY PLEASURES to be had from Kabul Express, the latest release that instantly jumps onto the list of worthies in what has been a terrific year for Bollywood. The next step for her? Go behind the 'Kabul Express' that was the vehicle carrying the four and cover the scoop.The emotional core of the mess in Afghanistan makes for an unexpectedly moving â and quite entertaining â film. And seeing the four of them moving from Afghanistan to Pakistan, she thought that she had in hands what she wanted for herself. In this journey of theirs, they are also followed by Jessica, a journalist from New York who has also stationed herself in Afghanistan for her share of scoop. His modus operandi was to use Jai and Suhel as his cover as they could guide him away from the locals who would only kill him if they got a chance to lay hands on him. A Pakistani army soldier who was now a part of the Taliban, his purpose in life now was to go back to his roots - Pakistan - a country which he loves and is very proud of. Because soon they had the nightmare of their lives as they got kidnapped by a Talibani fugitive named Imran. If they thought that this was the worst then it was far from true. On the other hand they also got a first hand taste of the activities in Afghanistan that ranged from shooting a game of Buzkashi to even getting trampled by those very horses participating in the sport. They continue to explore the terrain blindfolded and visit the remotest corners of the mountains only to be disappointed in the end since they could hardly get hold of a Talibani who could give them an interview. Because soon they would be facing situations which won't be just adventurous and exciting but also life threatening ones.something that they were hardly prepared for! Together the three of them travel in Khyber's Toyota Jeep that gives the film its name - KABUL EXPRESS!īut what seemed as a beginning of an adventure was just the tip of the iceberg. While in the country, they come across Khyber, an Afghani national, who acts as their guide, translator and driver. For Jai and Suhel, an ultimate aim was to interview a Talibani and cover the activities in the region.

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And no one better than Jai and Suhel would have known this! As TV journalists from India as a cameraman and director respectively, the two landed in Afghanistan post 9/11 when Taliban regime was dismantled and Talibanis were trying to rush away from the native Afghanis. What happens when India's biggest and highly successful movie making house moves away from the formula to make a film that has world audience as a target and a subject that is its most unconventional and challenging ever?Ī film for which the shooting was completed last year followed by an extensive post production and rounds of various film festivals, 'Kabul Express' marks the debut of director Kabir Khan who takes you to a journey of war-torn Afghanistan and tells a tale through his own experiences in the country,