by ARYEMAN RAJ
SYNOPSIS
RAJDHANI EXPRESS, set on the lines of Wednesday and Rang De Basanti, is based on Leander Paes, who plays the main protagonist and Jimmy Shergil who plays the antagonist.
RAJDHANI EXPRESS is a very realistic film, more based on the characters in the film, rather than having a conventional leading lady opposite Leander Paes.
The former represents a common man and the latter the uncaring, indifferent system. Both the characters remain faceless to each other and yet are involved in a life and death situation.
The film is character-driven and has actors on the lines of Sayali Bhagat Priyanshu Chatterjee et al in stellar roles, and the performers make the difference to this film that raises questions on how the common man is made a pawn by the system tht is ruledby a set of corrupt people.
An interesting film indeed, at a time when Lokpal bill is making its share of news, Leander Paes has chosen a very nonconventional film for his Bollywood debut. A film to watch out for…
THE IMPACT OF THE FILM
Delving on a subject untouched, the film is set in a moving train, and the treatment gives the desried impact of the film. It will be lauded for its hard-hitting nature. And that is the key to hammer in the media…
THE POSITIONING
The positioning of the film is on the lines of Rang De Basanti and A Wednesday. Serious films that have their share of stars and are replete with entertainment value.
STAR CAST :
Leander Paes as Keshav
Jimmy Shergil as DY Comm. Yadav
Priyanshu Chatterjee as Banerjee
Gulshan Grover as T.T.E
Sayali Bhagat as REENA
Mukesh Rishi as SI
Puja Bose as SUNITA
Sudhanshu Pandey as MUNISH
Kiran kumar as Bhaijee
Shilpa Shukla as Lady SI (chak de india fame)
Ishrat Ali as Minister Indral
Archit Kaur as Pearl
CREW
Presented by – KEVAL GARG and VIVEK AGARWAL
Director – ASHOK KOHLI
Producers – MANOJ KEJRIWAL , RITIKA KOHLI , RAJESH K PATEL
Associate Producer – Piyush Gupta, Indevar Bhatia
Production Head – HANIF CHUNNAWALA
Executive Producer – MASTERMIND
Cinematographer – MOHAN VARMA
Screenplay & Dialogues – ASHOK KOHLI
Editor – CHIRAG JAIN
Music – LAHU MADHAV and RITESH NALINI
Lyrics – MIRZA GHALIB ‘Koi Umeed…………….’
Choreographer – ASHOK KOHLI / NISHA RAMAKRISHNAN
Art Director – RUGVED RANADE and RAJU SAPTE
Background Score – BAPI – TUTUL
Publicity Design – CINNAMON DESIGNS ( ANNUPAMA KINAGI )
Costume Design – NADIA REBELLO & TANU BHATIA
Marketing Director – BHAVESH THAKKAR
Media Consultant – NEELAM GUPTA and SHAHID KHAN
Distribution – DAR FILM DISTRIBUTORS PVT LTD
Music On – T – Series
Laboratory – RELAINCE MEDIA WORKS LTD
VFX- FILM TRIBE
SINGERS – SURESH WADKAR , UDIT NARAYAN , SHAAN , HITESH PRASAD , KUMAR RANJAN , MADHUSMITA
Trueman Entertainment Team:
Chairman/MD: Rajesh K Patel
CEO: Piyush Gupta
Creative Head: Mohit Singh
Business Head: Abhinav Singh Ravish
Creative Strategist: Felixx John
Executive-Business Development: Rajesh Bharti
Executive-Business Development: Harshid Mistry