Taxi Number 9211
Directed by Milan Luthria
Produced by Ramesh Sippy
Written by Rajat Arora
Starring John Abraham
Nana Patekar
Sameera Reddy
Music by Vishal Dadlani
Shekhar Ravjiani
Cinematography Vijay Karthik
Editing by Aarif Sheikh
Distributed by UTV Motion Pictures
R.S. Entertainment
Release date(s) February 24, 2006
Language Hindi
IMDb profile

Taxi Number 9211 is a Bollywood film that released on February 2006 and was directed by Milan Luthria. It is stars John Abraham and Nana Patekar in lead roles. The movie also stars Sameera Reddy, Sonali Kulkarni, Shivaji Satam and Kurush Deboo in supporting roles. The film's background score and soundtrack were composed by new age music composing duo, Vishal Dadlani and Shekhar Ravjiani, also known as Vishal-Shekhar. The soundtrack for the movie was released on the 28th of January, 2006.

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Synopsis

Raghav Shastri (Nana Patekar) is a cab driver in Mumbai. He lies to his wife about his job, pretending to be an insurance salesman. He gives Jai Mittal (John Abraham), who is fighting for ownership rights of his late father's estate, a lift in his taxi. Jai loses a key to a vault containing his father's will at 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.

Cast

Crew

John Abraham and Sameera Reddy as featured in the film
John Abraham and Sameera Reddy as featured in the film
  • Director: Milan Luthria
  • Screenplay: Manoj Tyagi
  • Story: Milan Luthria
  • Dialogue: Rajat Arora
  • Producer: Ramesh Sippy, Rohan Sippy & Hussain Shaikh
  • Music: Vishal Dadlani & Shekhar Ravjiani
  • 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

Soundtrack

Taxi Number 9211
Taxi Number 9211 cover
Soundtrack by Vishal-Shekhar
Released
January 28, 2006 (India)
Recorded Unknown
Length 33:04
Label
Saregama HMV
Producer Vishal-Shekhar
Professional reviews

Music Review at IndiaFM.com
Vishal-Shekhar chronology
Zinda
(2006)		 Taxi Number 9211
(2006)		 Om Shanti Om
(2007)

The music in the movie was composed by acclaimed new age music composers, Vishal Dadlani & Shekhar Ravjiani 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.

Track listing

  1. Mumbai Nagariya (Living In The City) - Bappi Lahiri, Nana Patekar, John Abraham - 3:19
  2. Ek Nazar Mein Bhi - K.K., Sunidhi Chauhan - 4:37
  3. Meter Down - Adnan Sami - 3:12
  4. Aazmale Aazmale - Shekhar - 4:54
  5. Bekhudi - Shaan - 4:33
  6. Udne Do - Kunal Ganjawala, Harshdeep - 6:15
  7. Boombai Nagariya (Club Mix) - Bappi Lahiri, Remix By Guru Sharma - 3:13
  8. Meter Down (Rock n' Roll Mix) - Adnan Sami, Remix By Guru Sharma - 3:01

Trivia

  • This movie is the remake of 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 has been remade in Telugu as Game, featuring Mohan Babu and his son Vishnu Babu.

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.

External links

Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taxi_Number_9211"


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