Escape from Taliban

Escape from Taliban
Escape from Taliban
	DVD cover
Directed by	Ujjwal Chatterjee
Written by	Sushmita Banerjee (book A Kabuliwala's Bengali Wife); Ujjwal Chatterjee (screenplay); Shubhrajyoti (dialogue)
Produced by	Ashok Khemka; Vijay Nopany
Starring	Manisha Koirala; Nawab Shah
Cinematography	Vivek Banerjee
Edited by	Ujjal Nandi
Music by	Babul Bose
Release date	14 February 2003;
Running time	166 minutes
Country	India
Languages	Hindi; Urdu; English
Budget	₹3.50 crore
Box office	₹1.44 crore

Escape from Taliban is a 2003 Indian film directed by Ujjwal Chatterjee. The film is based on the story A Kabuliwala's Bengali Wife by Sushmita Banerjee, who fled Afghanistan in 1995 after six years of living there with her Afghan husband.^[2]

Sushmita Banerjee, whose book inspired this movie, was shot dead by suspected Taliban militants in Afghanistan in September 2013.^[3]

^ ^a ^b "Escape from Taliban – Movie". Box Office India.
^ Chandrika Narayan; Masoud Popalzai (5 September 2013). "Afghan militants target, kill female author, police say". CNN. Archived from the original on 5 September 2013. Retrieved 5 September 2013.
^ "Indian Author Sushmita Banerjee killed by Taliban in Afghanistan". Archived from the original on 7 September 2013. Retrieved 5 September 2013.

[auto-1] "Escape from Taliban – Movie". Box Office India.

[2] Chandrika Narayan; Masoud Popalzai (5 September 2013). "Afghan militants target, kill female author, police say". CNN. Archived from the original on 5 September 2013. Retrieved 5 September 2013.

[3] "Indian Author Sushmita Banerjee killed by Taliban in Afghanistan". Archived from the original on 7 September 2013. Retrieved 5 September 2013.

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