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Release Date:
March 23, 2012
Original Title:
Calcutta Taxi
Genres:
Comedy | Drama
Production Countries:
India
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 20
A young Art College student Aditya Chaterji finds his backpack and belongings stolen on the day of a political strike called by the infamous political party of Calcutta. Meanwhile Bakul Bihari faces the opportunity of a lifetime to win big for his glorious though covetous efforts to help a poor boy in distress. Cab driver Rasul Ahmed discovers a bomb in his backseat at a congested traffic signal in an extremely unpredictable and sensitive slum area of Calcutta. Set in the grimy backdrop of a city going through a political crisis, Calcutta Taxi unravels the story of three lives that coincide and affect each other. Each one having lost and found some things in this chance encounter of life.
Director:
Vikram Dasgupta
Director of Photography:
Jeff Maher
Editor:
Vikram Dasgupta
David Ransley
Music:
Badmarsh and Shree
Producer:
Aeschylus Poulos
Writer:
Vikram Dasgupta
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