Life Express (2010 film)
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{{Infobox film
| name = Life Express
| image = LifeExpress2010Poster.jpg
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| caption = Film poster
| director = Anup Das
| producer = Sanjay Kalate
| story = Anup Das
| screenplay = Mandira Chakraborty
Shailendra Tyagi
| starring = Rituparna Sengupta
Kiran Janjani
Yashpal Sharma
Alok Nath
Nandita Puri
Anjan Srivastav
Daya Shankar Pandey
Vijayendra Ghatge
| music = Roop Kumar Rathod
| cinematography = Anil Chandel
| editing = Sanjib Datta
| studio = Sky Motion Pictures
| distributor =
| released = {{Film date|df=yes|2010|09|17}}
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| country = India
| language = Hindi
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Life Express is a 2010 Indian drama film about a career-minded woman who decides to become a mother through surrogacy after having an abortion.
Plot
Mumbai-based Tanvi Sharma, married to financier, Nikhil, for 3 years, is thrilled when she is not only promoted as Assistant Vice-President with her employer, ICBI Bank, but also tests positive for motherhood. Her joy surrounding her pregnancy is short-lived when she realizes that motherhood will not only negatively impact her marriage but her promotion as well. After her abortion, she and Nikhil decide to have a child through a surrogate, who will live with them during the pregnancy period. A broker, Shukla, arranges a surrogate, Gauri, an impoverished village-based mother of two children, and the wife of an unemployed idol-artist, Mohan. While dealing with pressures of the stigma attached of nursing a child sired through another woman from family and friends, she must also deal with the fact that a naive Gauri may decide to keep the child.
Cast
- Rituparna Sengupta as Tanvi N. Sharma
- Kiran Janjani as Nikhil Sharma
- Yashpal Sharma as Mohan
- Alok Nath as Mr. Singh - Tanvi's dad
- Nandita Puri as Mrs. Shanti Singh - Tanvi's mom
- Anjan Srivastav as Paresh
- Daya Shankar Pandey as Shukla
- Vijayendra Ghatge as Tanvi's boss
- Divya Dutta as Gauri
- Sapan Saran as Soni
Soundtrack
{{Infobox album
| name = Life Express
| type = soundtrack
| artist = Roop Kumar Rathod
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| released = 2010
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| genre = World Music
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| producer = Roop Kumar Rathod
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Roop Kumar Rathod was the music director. Shakeel Azmi wrote the lyrics. The album has 8 tracks.
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! Song Title !! Singers | |
| Phiki Phiki Si Lage Zindagi Tere Pyaar Ka Namak Jo Na Ho | Udit Narayan, Shreya Ghoshal |
| Thodisi Kami Rahey Jaati Hai | |
| Phool Khilade Sakhon Par | Jagjit Singh |
Reception
{{Cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/movie-review/Life-Express/movie-review/6566182.cms|title=Life Express Movie Review {2/5}: Critic Review of Life Express by Times of India|website=The Times of India}}[https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/movie-review/life-express-2/][https://www.koimoi.com/reviews/life-express-review-by-komal-nahta/][https://www.bollymoviereviewz.com/2010/09/life-express-review-nikhat-kazmi-taran.html]
References
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External links
- {{IMDb title|1745753|Life Express}}
Category:2010s Hindi-language films
Category:Indian pregnancy films
Category:Films scored by Roop Kumar Rathod
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