2005|Mumbai Express

After having spent his entire life in Bombay’s Dharavi slums, Digamber feels it is time that he takes steps to improve his lifestyle. He, along with two other slum-dwellers, plot to kidnap the only son (Shravan) of a wealthy businessman, Kishore Mehta. Things do not go as planned as one of their partners gets hospitalized when he gets a reaction from locally brewed alcohol. Since this plot involves three males, Avinash, a deaf, but dare-devil motorcycle rider is recruited. Things do not go quite as planned, as only Digamber and Avinash are available to carry out the abduction. To make matters worse, they find out that the wrong boy (Daddu) has been abducted, who happens to be the illegitimate son of Assistant Commissioner of Police, S.P. Rao. So the heat is now on the Digamber and Avinash, who must somehow find a way to get out of this mess – alive and in one piece.

Directed by Singeetam Srinivasa Rao
Produced by Kamal Haasan, Chandrahasan
Written by Kamal Haasan
Starring Kamal Haasan, Manisha Koirala
Music by Ilayaraaja
Cinematography A. Venkatesh
Edited by Shirish Kunder
Release date
14 April 2005

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