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.

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