A
tense thriller focusing on Jai (Arshad Warsi) and Suhel (John Abraham), two Indian
television reporters arriving in Afghanistan, a country
devastated by the
American bombings. Helped
by their Afghan guide, they search for the ultimate news scoop with a Taliban
soldier. But
their plans go haywire when they are kidnapped at gunpoint by Imran (Salman Rashid),
a Taliban fugitive wanting to escape to the Pakistan border culminating into a
shocking, unpredictable but yet moving climax. Dealing
with a grim and gritty subject, the director succeeds in holding your attention
throughout by portraying the relationship between all four characters with great
sensitivity, as hostility slowly gives way to trust. Salman
Rashid, as the kidnapper, provides the nail-biting moments with his nice guy/bad
guy image whilst Arshad Warsi mellows the tense situations with the much needed
humour. John
Abraham as Suhel is relegated to the sidelines. His character together with the
American journalist, Jessica, could have been better developed to make both of
them more relevant to the plot. On
the technical front, cinematographer, Anshuman Mahaley, gives a raw and rugged
feel to the movie with his excellent camera work. Kabul
Express is definitely worth a watch if you have already seen Dharmatma and Khuda
Gawah, which were filmed in Afghanistan. This
film concentrates more on the post-Taliban era not witnessed before in Hindi cinema.
Reviewed
by Manish Gajjar,
麻豆官网首页入口 Bollywood Correspondent | 
