![]() The terrorist requested Kabir to let him make a phone call to his home and broke down in tears when he heard his daughter speak on the other side of the phone. The turning point was when the duo went to a remote prison, deep inside the Panjshir valley, in a place called Doab and met 42-year-old Salahuddin Khaled, a terrorist from the Baluchistan province of Pakistan. He and Rajan Kapoor, executive producer, Kabul Express, travelled to the war-ravaged nation to shoot a documentary on the Taliban regime. ![]() That the script reached Chopra's desk was courtesy Kabir, a well-known documentary filmmaker. When Kabul Express landed on my desk, I knew I had to make it as quickly as possible." I wanted to come out of my comfort zone of creating popular blockbusters and create a film for the international audience. He says, "I felt the urge to do something challenging, something different. What prompted Aditya Chopra to take a break from all the romance and colour of mustard fields, and shift his focus to the dusty bylanes of Kabul? Why did Yash Raj Films, the production house, and maker of countless blockbusters, choose to anchor such a different subject? These characters "" two Indians, one American, one Afghani and one Pakistani "" will encounter bullet-ridden monuments, rusted, worn-out army tanks, vast expanses of mountainous terrain and buildings mercilessly torn down and charred beyond recognition by stray bullets and bombs, in Kabir Khan's directorial film.Īs I begin leafing through the book, Kabul Express: The Experience, designed by Fayyaz Badruddin of Yash Raj Films Design Cell, my head reels with a multitude of questions. In one of the publicity shots in the promotional book of the film Kabul Express, long barbed wires coil dangerously in front of the five main characters, all of whom are looking lost in the dead town of Kabul. Kabir Khan's directorial venture in war-torn Kabul has fascinating behind-the-scenes stories.
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