He says, 'I felt the urge to do something challenging, something different. What prompted Aditya Chopra to take a break from all the romance and colour of mustard fields, and shift his focus to the dusty bylanes of Kabul? Why did Yash Raj Films, the production house, and maker of countless blockbusters, choose to anchor such a different subject? These characters '' two Indians, one American, one Afghani and one Pakistani '' will encounter bullet-ridden monuments, rusted, worn-out army tanks, vast expanses of mountainous terrain and buildings mercilessly torn down and charred beyond recognition by stray bullets and bombs, in Kabir Khan's directorial film.Īs I begin leafing through the book, Kabul Express: The Experience, designed by Fayyaz Badruddin of Yash Raj Films Design Cell, my head reels with a multitude of questions. In one of the publicity shots in the promotional book of the film Kabul Express, long barbed wires coil dangerously in front of the five main characters, all of whom are looking lost in the dead town of Kabul.

Kabir Khan's directorial venture in war-torn Kabul has fascinating behind-the-scenes stories.

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