Taxi No. 9211
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| Directed by | Milan Luthria |
| Produced by | Ramesh Sippy |
| Screenplay by | Manoj Tyagi |
| Story by | Rajat Aroraa |
| Starring | Nana Patekar John Abraham Sameera Reddy Sonali Kulkarni |
| Music by | Vishal-Shekhar |
| Cinematography | Vijay Karthik |
| Editing by | Aarif Shaikh |
| Distributed by | Ramesh Sippy Entertainment Entertainment One |
| Release date(s) | February 24, 2006 |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
Taxi No 9211 is a 2006 Bollywood slice-of-life drama film directed by Milan Luthriam and produced by Ramesh Sippy. The film stars John Abraham and Nana Patekar, Sameera Reddy and Sonali Kulkarni in lead roles. It released on 24 February 2006, and received positive response from critics, and was a moderate success at the box office. The film is a loose remake of the Hollywood film Changing Lanes.
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[edit] Plot
Taxi No 9211 focuses on Raghav Shastri (Nana Patekar), a cab driver in Mumbai who lies to his wife about his job, pretending to be an insurance salesman. One day, he gives Jai Mittal (John Abraham), a young businessman, a lift. Jai is fighting for ownership rights of his late father's estate. Jai loses the key to the vault containing his father's will in the back of Raghav's taxi. Raghav decides to hide it from Jai, who, in search for his lost item, goes to Raghav's house and tells his wife what he really does for a living. She leaves him, taking their son, and Raghav decides to take revenge. Raghav and Jai vow to kill each other in their fight for their own properties. When Raghav fails to kill Jai he targets Jai's girlfriend, Rupali (Sameera Reddy). As Raghav chases Rupali she is saved by Jai by hair's breadth. Jai lets Rupali escape and he attacks Raghav. They have a dirty car fight, but both survive. Raghav then decides to go to Jai's place. Jai returns to his apartment from a second court hearing regarding his father's estate in defeat, because he doesn't have his father's will. He discovers the will, torn to pieces and pasted on the wall of his apartment. What their lifes change into throughout the climax changes them forever, but the questions remain, will Raghav get his family back? And will Jai get the money from his father's will?
[edit] Cast
- Nana Patekar as Raghav Shastri
- John Abraham as Jai Mittal
- Sameera Reddy as Rupali
- Sonali Kulkarni as Raghav's wife
- Kurush Deboo as Cyrus Batliwala
- Shivaji Satam as Arjun Bajaj
- Sanjay Dutt as a Narrator
- Priyanka Chopra in a Special Appearance
- Akash Khurana as Jai Mittal's father
- Nassar Abdulla as Shivraj
- Smita Jaykar as Rupali's mother
- Rajesh Asthana as Car owner
- Ganesh Yadav as a Inspector
- Mangal Kenkre as a Judge
- Ajay Jadhav as a Constable
- Master Ashwin Chitale as Raghav's son
- Shankar Sachdev as Tiwari
[edit] Crew
- Director: Milan Luthria
- Producer: Ramesh Sippy, Rohan Sippy & Hussain Shaikh
- Screenplay: Manoj Tyagi
- Story: Milan Luthria
- Dialogue: Rajat Arora
- Music: Vishal-Shekhar
- Cinematography: Karthik Vijay
- Choreography: Bosco-Ceaser
- Lyrics: Dev Kohli & Vishal Dadlani
- Action: Abbas Ali Moghul
- Art Direction:Wasiq Khan
- Editing: Aarif Sheikh
- Costume Designs: Rocky S & Lajjo C
[edit] Soundtrack
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28 January 2006 (India)
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| Length | 33:04 | |||
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Saregama HMV
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The music in the movie was composed by Vishal-Shekhar with lyrics by Vishal Dadlani and Dev Kohli. The movie has 8 songs in total with two remixes. The soundtrack also features a song sung by yesteryear music composer Bappi Lahiri. The soundtrack of the movie was released sometime in the third week of January 2006 under the label of Saregama HMV.
[edit] Track listing
- Bombai Nagariya - Bappi Lahiri, Nana Patekar, John Abraham - 3:19
- Ek Nazar Main Bhi - KK, Sunidhi Chauhan - 4:37
- Meter Down - Adnan Sami - 3:12
- Aazmale - Shekhar Ravjiani - 4:54
- Bekhudi - Shaan - 4:33
- Udne Do - Kunal Ganjawala, Harshdeep Kaur - 6:15
- Bombai Nagariya (Club Mix) - Bappi Lahiri, Remix By Guru Sharma - 3:13
- Meter Down (Rock N Roll Mix) - Adnan Sami, Remix By Guru Sharma - 3:01
[edit] Trivia
- This movie is based, with added content and changes of context, on the Hollywood movie Changing Lanes Starring Ben Affleck and Samuel L. Jackson.
- This is the first movie soundtrack for which music composer Bappi Lahiri has sung for someone else besides himself.
- The account number of John Abraham's character, Jai Mittal, is 1129, which is 9211 backwards.
- This movie marks the comeback of actress Sonali Kulkarni in Hindi. She was last seen in Danav (2003)
- The movie was remade in Telugu as Game (2006), with Mohan Babu and his son Vishnu Babu.
- The movie was remade in Tamil as "TN 07 AL 4777 (2009)"
[edit] Box office
- 'Taxi Number 9211' was one of the highest grossing films of 2006. [1]. Nana Patekar and John Abraham were well applauded for their performances. Sonali Kulkarni was also appreciated.
