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