Starring

Escape from Taliban is a true story, based on bestseller "Kabuliwala's Bengali Wife" by Sushmita Banerjee. The movie is produced by Ashok Khemka and Vijay Nopany and directed by Director Ujjal Chattopadhyay, who has directed two national award winning Bengali films. The main star casts are Manisha Koirala, Nawab Khan from Afghanistan in the lead role.

Escape from Taliban is a riveting drama that confronts the unspeakable truth of Afghanistan under the rule of the Taliban. Sushmita (Manisha Koirala) is a young woman from India who falls in love with a handsome Afghani. Abandoning country, community, and family, she follows him to his homeland. Jaanbaz (Nawab Khan), her husband, eagerly describes the wonderful life they will share and the family they will raise in the hilly terrain near Kabul.

Sushmita believes she has never been happier in her life, but she will soon discover that in following her heart to Afghanistan, she has made the biggest mistake of her life.

In Afghanistan, Sushmita is confronted with a horrific new reality. Under the rule of the Taliban, women are considered commodities whose sole purpose is to bear children. Sushmita's individuality and spirit are crushed as she is forced to cover herself completely and instructed to be compliant and meek. At first, Sushmita's love for Jaanbaz makes the ill treatment bearable. But one night, Sushmita discovers her husband's terrible secret, and realizes that he, too, has considered her little more than a commodity all along. The love she thought they shared turns out to be a lie.

Trapped in a loveless marriage in a suffocating, intolerant society, Sushmita makes an unlikely and courageous decision.

Sushmita's story is one that you will never forget, challenging the Afghani society. Against all odds and a fatwah against her, she resolves to reclaim her lost freedom or die trying.