Bhopal Express (film)

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Bhopal Express
DVD cover of Bhopal Express
Directed byMahesh Mathai
Written byPrasoon Pandey
Piyush Pandey
Produced byDeepak Nayar
Tabrez Noorani
StarringNaseeruddin Shah
Kay Kay Menon
Nethra Raghuraman
Edited byPriya Krishnaswamy
Music bySongs:
Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy
Lucky Ali
Jagjit Singh
Background Score:
Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy
Release date
  • 2 December 1999 (1999-12-02)
Running time
100 mins
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi

Bhopal Express is a 1999 Indian Hindi film directed by Mahesh Mathai. The film stars Kay Kay Menon, Naseeruddin Shah, Nethra Raghuraman, Zeenat Aman and Vijay Raaz in his film debut. The story was written by the advertising film maker Prasoon Pandey and his brother Piyush Pandey. The music was composed by the Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy trio.

Plot

Set against the gas tragedy in Bhopal, India, in 1984, this human drama examines the irresponsible methods of large corporations and the effects of their actions on common people. The night of the tragedy, poison gas clouds from the Union Carbide factory enveloped an arc of over 20 square kilometres killing over 15,000 people in its immediate aftermath and causing multi-systemic injuries to over 500,000 residents. Lest the neighbourhood community be "unduly alarmed", the siren in the factory had been switched off, adding to what would become an enduring disaster of immeasurable proportions. Adding insult to injury, researchers find that the future generations of the survivors will continue to suffer through chromosomal damage caused by the leak. The story unravels through the eyes of a newlywed couple and their friends as they try to pick up the pieces in the aftermath of the catastrophe.

Cast

Awards

The lead actress Nethra Raghuraman won the Star Screen Award for Most Promising Newcomer – Female for her part in the film.[1]

Soundtrack

Bhopal Express
Soundtrack album by
Released
1999 (India)
GenreFeature film soundtrack
Label
ProducerDeepak Nayar
Tabrez Noorani
Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy chronology
Rockford
(1999)
Bhopal Express
(1999)
Shool
(1999)
Song Artist(s) Duration Music director
"Udan Khatola" Ila Arun 5:15 Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy
"Tu Kaun Hai" Lucky Ali 4:05 Lucky Ali
"Hum Kaise Log Hai" Sagarika 5:31 Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy
"Is Nagari Mein" Jagjit Singh 3:12 Jagjit Singh
"December 2, 1984" Amitabh Bachchan 2:52 Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy (Background Score)
"Aaj Jaane Ki Zidd Na Karo" Ila Arun 5:33 Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy

References

  1. ^ "Hindilyrics.net is for Sale".

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