| GENERAL
DATA |
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| other
titles |
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Talaash.The
Hunt Begins
Talaash.The Search
Talaash.The Ruler Reigns |
| catch
phrases |
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•
The hunt begins...
• For them it was revenge. For him it was a challenge... |
| release
category |
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big-screen-movie |
| genre |
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action/thriller |
| length |
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about
180 minutes |
theatrical
release
certificate |
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(17 reels)
November 26, 2002, Central Board of Film, Government of India |
| release
dates |
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India - January 3, 2003
• United Kingdom - January 3, 2003
• Kuwait - January 3, 2003 |
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| PRODUCTION |
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| country
of production |
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India |
| production |
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Chiragdeep
International, HR Enterprises
produced at Filmcity, Filmalaya, Filmistan |
| executive
producer |
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Vishal
Nihalani, Deepesh Nihalani, Chirag Nihalani, producer: Pahlaj Nihalani |
| screenplay |
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Robin
Bhatt, story: Suneel Darshan, dialogue: K.K.Singh |
| music |
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MUSIC:
duo Sanjeev-Darshan, lyrics: Sameer
background music: Amar Mohile
song recording: AVA Entertainment
soundtrack-distribution: Venus Records & Tapes Ltd
LYRICS:
SINGERS:
Talaash has nine songs
TITLES:
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| choreography |
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Raju Khan |
| photography |
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W.B. Rao |
| distribution |
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Chiragdeep
International |
| filming
location |
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beaches
in Dubai, United Arab Emirates,
Bombay (Mumbai), Maharashtra, India,
New Delhi, India
historic train Palace on Wheels, Western Railway, India,
several locations in Rajasthan, India,
Cape Town, South Africa |
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| DIRECTOR |
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Suneel
Darshan |
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| CAST |
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Akshay
Kumar (Arjun)
Kareena Kapoor (Tina)
Raj Babbar (Rajoo Singh, baddie & Tina's foster father)
Pooja Batra (Kamini, dancer & owner of 'Hostess Club',
South Africa)
Raakhee Gulzar (Poornima, Arjun's and Pooja's mother)
Suresh Oberoi (Babu, Arjun's and Pooja's father)
Arbaaz Ali Khan (Chotey Pathan's henchman)
Gulshan Grover (Sardar Vichitra Singh, Sikh taxi driver
in South Africa & retired constable of Mumbai Crime Branch)
Shakti Kapoor (butler)
Sharat Saxena (Black John)
Jeetu Verma (Black John's brother)
Dalip Tahil (D.K. Sharma, baddie, Tina calls him 'uncle')
Rami Reddy (Shetty, smuggler of arms, Chotey Pathan's
former driver)
Ashish Vidyarthi (police commissioner)
SUPPORT CAST:
Rakesh Bedi, Viju Khote, Razzak Khan (Razzak, train conductor),
Ghanshyam, Dinesh Hingoo, Jeetu Verma, Gurbachan, Vrajesh Hirjee,
Anirudh Agarwal, Brij Gopal, Shiva, Anil Nagrath, Lopsang Dokpatsang,
Taufiq Bakare, Maya Alagh, Kunika Lal, Upasana Singh, Dolly Bindra,
Supriya Karnik, Shashi Sharma, Neeta Nihalani, Vinisha Trivedi,
master Mohit Makkad, baby Anushka, baby Shristi. |
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| SUMMARY |
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| KABIR
BEDI DETAILS |
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| Kabir's
part |
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Chotey
Pathan, a wealthy drugs dealer. |
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| Kabir's
showstopper |
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=== MORE INFORMATION WILL BE ADDED === |
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| tv
broadcasts |
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want to
see Kabir in it? check
TV listings of Kabir's work - current/archives |
| not
to be confused with |
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Director
Tulsi Shyam Ramsay's movie Talaashi which stars Jackie, Juhi, Om
Puri, Mukesh Khanna, among others. The film is being made at the
same time as Kabir's
Talaash and is in post production, too! (as of November 10, 2002).
There are also films called Talaash/Talaashi from 1952, 1957, 1969
and 1995. |
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HIT!
yum! |
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MISS!
eek! |
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MORE INFORMATION WILL BE ADDED === |
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| IN
SHORT... |
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| discussion |
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discuss
this movie with others |
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| KABIR
BEDI PICTURES |
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| Kabir
stills |
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movie
picture galleries |
| reviews
w/ Kabir pix |
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| other
links w/ Kabir pix |
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4
trailers indiafm.com, trailer #1-#3: movie- and song
scenes, without Kabir
trailer #4: with Kabir
- from film's opening scenes, menacingly brandishing a combat knife |
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| LINKS |
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| official
website |
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Talaash
- The Hunt Begins... |
| video
trailers |
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•
5
trailers radiosargam.com
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| reviews |
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•
Komal
Nahta's review radiosargam.com
• Talaash
review apunkachoice.com
• Abid's
review planetbollywood.com
• soundtrack Aniket
Joshi's review planetbollywood.com
• Taran
Adarsh's review indiafm.com
• Aijaaz
Karim's review glamsham.com
• Akshay's
muscles won't boost Talaash
rediff.com, January 3, 2003
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| other
related links |
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•
profile
Pooja Batra apunkachoice.com
• "I
am comfortable doing intense roles" rediff.com, Akshay
Kumar interview, January 2, 2003 |
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| INFORMATION -
QUICK BITS |
• The word talaash
means "search" or "hunt".
• Talaash has a soundtrack of nine songs. |
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| INFORMATION -
GENERAL INFORMATION |
• Some quotes by Kabir from
the movie:
• Kabir, his very first words:"Someone
has betrayed Chotey Pathan for the first and last time ever!"
• Kabir:"Chotey Pathan
- the man into big crimes."
• Kabir:"It was Abhimanyu
who was trapped in the Mahabharat...but it's Arjun's turn now!"
• Kabir:"Pump him with
lead!"
• Kabir:"No enemy has
ever escaped from Chotey Pathan's clutches!"
• A few other remarkable quotes from the movie:
• "There can't be two tigers in the jungle!" (Andrea says,
how very true!)
• first song scene (mother):"This war of life I shall win...if you
are with me...with a smile I shall bear every sorrow...as long as I have your
hand in mine. Joys and sorrows are part of life, they follow each other. In a
happy household, the moon and stars will be ours."
• Upadhyay to his lover on board of the Palace on Wheels train:"Sweetheart,
do help yourself to the nectar of my love! Sate the fires of my passions!"
• second song scene (Tina, on train):"When the peacock dances in the
gardens, I think of the one who has stolen my heart...the Eastern blows...telling
me that my beloved will soon arrive...my bangles and my necklace speak...so do
the chiming of my anklets."
• train conductor Razzak to Upadhyay:"There are animals in the forest
who'd love to have the pleasure of swallowing you."
• Upadhyay to his lover:"No, actually, because you live with me, you
think a tiger is a dog!"
• song (fort, Rajasthan):"In the Eden of my desires...you have arrived
like Spring. But do not change with the change of seasons, my love...like rivers
flowing into oceans and the sun bearing light...the flame burns in the hope of
meeting the firefly..."
• Arjun to Tina:"How would you ever know the worth of a life?"
• song (Tina, fort by night, Rajasthan):"Why did you set water on
fire?"
• song (Arjun, South African night club):"You are as beautiful as
the moon."
• Talaash ends with:"Welcome to Mumbai airport!" |
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| INFORMATION -
PEOPLE |
• Pooja Batra had
never been to South Africa before filming for Talaash.
• Akshay Kumar had worked together with Kareena
Kapoor earlier in Ajnabee - in Talaash the stars play a couple for the
first time. |
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| INFORMATION -
PRODUCTION DIARY |
»July 10, 2002 -
14 reels are completed.
»September 2, 2002 - Filming of
this action movie will be finished soon.
»September 10, 2002 - 16 reels of the
movie are now completed.
»September 17, 2002 - Scheduled release
date is October 18, 2002.
»October 25, 2002 - Release date is now
scheduled to be December 6, 2002, in the Idd week. There will
be a strong competition of more than 15 films scheduled to be
released in December, including Kaante, Karz, Chori Chori and
Deewangee.
»November 10, 2002 - Talaash is now said
to be in post-production and scheduled to be released on December
20, 2002.
»December 8, 2002 - New forthcoming release
date is December 27, 2002.
»December 30, 2002 - Director Suneel Darshan
announced today that the film will be released this week, on
Friday, January 3, 2003.
»January 3, 2003 - Talaash premieres today
in India, Kuwait and Britain.
»January 5, 2003 - On its first weekend,
the film is shown nationwide in the UK in 25 movie theatres and
collects GBP 63,765.00.
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