The climax too is worthy.Īs for flaws you tend to ignore the minor ones like the bit of cinematic liberty that the director takes at a few places, also not all characters tend to get an equal amount of attention and John Abraham, Hanif and Linda have not been used to their maximum advantage. Kabir has managed to give his interesting script a boost with his witty, sensitive and well crafted screenplay. Kabir Khan does not make his protagonists give long speeches but instead through the dialogues draws out a debate between his protagonists. The film has been edited well and does not steer off track at any point of time. These little details make the film interesting and a delight to watch. He has used humorous situations like bollywood and cricket debates, the funny donkeys etc to lighten the film which otherwise could have been just another serious film, nonetheless he has maintained the emotional moments too like the one where a little boy can’t play football as he doesn’t have a leg but nonetheless is smiling and also the reunion of the Pakistani kidnapper with his daughter. Will Jai and Suhel survive this episode will they make it safely to the border?ĭirector Kabir Khan has done a good job while constructing the screenplay, the immense research and effort is clearly evident in the plot. They embark on a two day journey to reach the border, but on the way they discover different things about each other and the true person that their kidnapper is. Now five different people of different nationalities are thrown together in an extremely volatile situation. As the jeep Kabul Express with the kidnapper and the kidnapped is leaving, the American journalist Jessica spots them and thinks that they are leaving to get a big scoop and unwittingly she too becomes a part of the kidnapped lot. Khyber, the Afghani too is taken as a hostage. He wants to use Jai and Suhel as his cover to reach the Afghan-Pakistan border safely. Jai and Suhel are kidnapped by the Talibani who wants to return to his homeland Pakistan.
In one such dangerous situation that Suhel and Jai get trapped into while the Afghanis are playing a game they are almost trampled upon by horses, but at the last moment are saved by another American journalist Jessica who herself is looking for the exclusive Talibani interview.įinally they get to meet a Talibani member Imran Khan, but not in the manner they expected. They travel throughout the country and get to see a completely different picture of this war ravaged country, in their search to get that elusive interview with a Talibani, they brave various caves and mountains, bad weather and various other dangerous situations, but unfortunately they have no luck.
Here they meet Khyber, an Afghani national who agrees to be their guide, translator and even drives them around the hilly country in his Toyota jeep called the Kabul Express. Suhel and Jai’s main aim is to be able to get an interview with a Taliban member. Suhel Khan and Jai Kapoor are television journalists, a director and his cinematographer they arrive in Afghanistan post the 9/11 attacks on America after which the Americans ousted the Taliban regime from Afghanistan. Kabul Express is a thriller, adventure film and stars John Abraham as Suhel Khan a director, Arshad Warsi as Jai Kapoor a cinematographer, Salman Shahid as Imran Khan Afridi a Pakistani, Hanif Humghum as Khyber and Linda Arsenio as Jessica Beckham an American journalist. The film has been produced under the Yash Raj Banner and has been directed by documentary filmmaker Kabir Khan. Kabul Express is one of the few excellent films that manage to merge realistic thought provoking issues with commercialism. There are various social messages which come across but this is done in a subtle manner. Kabul Express depicts the journey of two Indian journalists through war ravaged Afghanistan for their own ulterior purpose, but they come across a country which is left in ruins and people who have been shattered by the aftermath of war. The story telling style is not the usual commercial bollywood style, but the fact that commercial aspects have been incorporated makes it a fairly enjoyable film to watch. Instead the film has portrayed the depth and plight of Afghanistan and Afghanis in an extremely distinct manner but has also used commercial aspects of wit, beautiful locales and prominent bollywood actors to make it more appealing. Kabul Express is a film that depicts various serious political and humane issues, but it does this in a non preachy and non artistic method.