Calcutta Mail
Calcutta Mail is a 2003 Indian thriller film starring Anil Kapoor, Rani Mukerji and Manisha Koirala. It was directed by Sudhir Mishra. The film is a remake of the Telugu film Choodalani Vundi.
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| Directed by | Sudhir Mishra |
| Produced by | C. Ashwini Dutt Allu Aravind Mukesh Udeshi |
| Written by | Gunasekhar Sudhir Mishra |
| Starring | Anil Kapoor Rani Mukerji Manisha Koirala |
| Music by | Anand Raj Anand |
| Cinematography | Ravi K. Chandran S. Kumar |
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Running time | 127 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
Plot
Avinash (Anil Kapoor) comes to Calcutta to search for his only son and finds himself engulfed with too many people interested in him. His only lead is a telephone number given to him by a cop before coming to Calcutta. As soon, as he lands in Calcutta, he needs a place to stay. Here, he meets Reema aka Bulbul (Rani Mukherjee), a bubbly novelist who is supposed to be doing research for her novel. The room that Avinash gets is occupied by Bulbul. She refuses to vacate so Avinash stays there too (though he sleeps outside the room). Bulbul falls in love with Avinash and becomes the light in his dark life.
There are flashbacks throughout the movie. Sanjana (Manisha Koirala) and Avinash once lived in Calcutta with their only child, a son. One day, Avinash witnessed a crime being committed and came to the assistance of the victim, taking him to hospital. This did not augur well with his assailants, and they killed Sanjana and abducted their child. The police was involved but was unable to trace the child.
A heartbroken and desperate Avinash decides to take matters into his own hands and begins inquiring. His inquiries take him to Mumbai via the Calcutta Mail, and this is where he will find out whether his son is alive or not, or whether he himself has been lured into a deadly trap.
Cast
- Anil Kapoor ... Avinash
- Rani Mukerji ... Bulbul / Reema
- Manisha Koirala ... Sanjana
- Satish Kaushik ... Sujan Singh
- Sayaji Shinde ... Lakhan Yadav
- Saurabh Shukla ... Ghatak
- Deven Verma ... Reema's grandpa
- Ganesh Yadav ...
- Shivaji Satam ... Rana Rastogi
- Tarun Shukla
- Tara Mehta
Music
Lyrics penned by Mehboob Alam Kotwal and Javed Akhtar, CDs and Cassettes are available on Zee Records.
| # | Song title | Singer(s) | Music Director(s) | Lyricists |
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| 1 | "Zindagi Hai Kya Pyar Ke Bina" | Alka Yagnik, Udit Narayan | Anand Raaj Anand | Mehboob |
| 2 | "Tum Agar Mauj Ho Koi To Kinara Hu" | Udit Narayan | Viju Shah | Javed Akhtar |
| 3 | "Kahan Pe Meri Jaan Jaogi" | Pamela Jain, Adnan Sami | Anand Raaj Anand | Mehboob |
| 4 | "Pyar Se Dekh Le Ek Nazar" | Hamsika Iyer, Sonu Nigam | Anand Raaj Anand | Mehboob |
| 5 | "Ye Saaheb Ajeeb Hai" | Sujata Trivedi | Viju Shah | Javed Akhtar |
| 6 | "Bheegi Bheegi Hawa Hai" | Shaan, Kavita Krishnamurthy | Viju Shah | Javed Akhtar |
| 7 | "Intezar Hai Tera" | Sukhwinder Singh | Viju Shah | Javed Akhtar |
| 8 | "Meri Jaan Meri Jaana" | Alka Yagnik, Nitin Raikwar | Viju Shah | Javed Akhtar |
Development
This movie is based on the 1998 Telugu film Choodalani Vundi.