Biography
Taxi Number 9211 is a Bollywood film that released on February 2006 and was directed by Milan Luthria. It 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 28 January 2006.
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 the key to the vault containing his father's will in 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. Raghav and Jai vow to kill each other in their fight for their own properties. When Raghav fails to kill Jai he targets Jai's girlfriend, Rupali (Sameera Reddy). As Raghav chases Rupali she is saved by Jai by hair's breadth. Jai lets Rupali escape and he attacks Raghav. They have a dirty car fight, but both survive. Raghav then decides to go to Jai's place. Jai returns to his apartment from a second court hearing regarding his father's estate in defeat, because he doesn't have his father's will. He discovers the will, torn to pieces and pasted on the wall of his apartment. After the chaos, Rupali's true nature is uncovered, she only wanted Jai for his money. Raghav goes to the railway station to convince his wife and his son to return home, but fails. Jai sees Raghav and invites Raghav to his place. They talk about their losses and Raghav has a change of heart and gives the real will to Jai, which he had hidden in the sofa. Jai visits the other person in the court battle for the will, Arjun Bajaj (Shivaji Satam), and apologizes. Jai tears up the real will in front of Arjun. Arjun reveals to Jai that he is Jai's godfather and was asked by Jai's father to withhold the estate until Jai overcame his spoiled habits. Jai reunites Raghav with his family as a sign of thanks. It is revealed that both Jai and Raghav share their birthday on the same day.
Cast
* John Abraham as Jai Mittal
* Nana Patekar as Raghav Shastri
* Sameera Reddy as Rupali
* Sonali Kulkarni as Mrs. Shastri (Raghav's wife)
* Shivaji Satam as Arjun Bajaj
* Kurush Deboo as Mr. Batliwala
* Priyanka Chopra as (Special Appearance)
Crew
* Director: Milan Luthria
* Producer: Ramesh Sippy, Rohan Sippy & Hussain Shaikh
* Screenplay: Manoj Tyagi
* Story: Milan Luthria
* Dialogue: Rajat Arora
* 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
Soundtrack by Vishal-Shekhar
Released
28 January 2006 (India)
Genre Film soundtrack
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 loosely based on 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.
* The movie was remade in Tamil as "TN 07 AL 4777"
Box office
* 'Taxi Number 9211' was one of the highest grossing films of 2006. . Nana Patekar and John Abraham were well applauded for their performances. Sonali Kulkarni was also appreciated.
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