Taxi Number 9211

Infobox_Film
name = Taxi Number 9211


writer = Rajat Arora
starring = John Abraham
Nana Patekar
Sameera Reddy
director = Milan Luthria
producer = Ramesh Sippy
music = Vishal Dadlani
Shekhar Ravjiani
cinematography = Vijay Karthik
editing = Aarif Sheikh
distributor = UTV Motion Pictures
R.S. Entertainment
released = February 24, 2006
runtime =
language = Hindi
budget =
imdb_id = 0476884

"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.

ynopsis

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

* 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
* 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

Infobox Album
Name = Taxi Number 9211 |made by amit and adit chakraborty
Type = soundtrack
Artist = Vishal-Shekhar

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Background = gainsboro
Released =

January 28, 2006 (India)
Recorded = Unknown
Genre = Film soundtrack
Length = 33:04
Label =

Saregama HMV
Producer = Vishal-Shekhar | Reviews = [http://www.indiafm.com/movies/musicreview/12455/index.html Music Review at IndiaFM.com]
Last album = "Zinda"
(2006)
This album = "Taxi Number 9211"
(2006)
Next album = "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

# Mumbai Nagariya (Living In The City) - Bappi Lahiri, Nana Patekar, John Abraham - 3:19
# Ek Nazar Mein Bhi - K.K., Sunidhi Chauhan - 4:37
# Meter Down - Adnan Sami - 3:12
# Aazmale Aazmale - Shekhar - 4:54
# Bekhudi - Shaan - 4:33
# Udne Do - Kunal Ganjawala, Harshdeep - 6:15
# Boombai Nagariya (Club Mix) - Bappi Lahiri, Remix By Guru Sharma - 3:13
# 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. [http://www.boxofficeindia.com/2006.htm] . Nana Patekar and John Abraham were well applauded for their performances. Sonali Kulkarni was also appreciated.

External links

* [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0476884/ Taxi No. 9211] at the Internet Movie Database