Movie Review: Taxi No. 9211

Producer: Ramesh Sippy
Director: Milan Luthria
Cast: Nana Patekar, John Abraham, Sonali Kulkarni, Sameera Reddy

Taxi No. 9211 is a fast-paced entertainer that blends comedy with emotional drama. It takes you to an intriguing ride in Mumbai - a city of 20 million people where it has tried to reflect two segments of people, their lifestyle and their problems. The ride becomes bumpy when these two people from different genre of society are forced to travel together in a Taxi numbered 9 2 11. This ride takes out the worst from them and in the end make them take a serious look at themselves which otherwise would not have been possible.

Raghav Shastri (Nana Patekar) is a short tempered cynic, who has changed 23 jobs in last 15 years due to his cynical and egoistic attitude. To the world and his wife Rupali (Sonali Kulkarni), he is an insurance salesman but actually he is a caustic, though witty cabby who needs thirty thousand rupees by the end of today to pay his son’s school fees, to pay the owner of the taxi and to clear his other debts. For this he needs every rich passenger he can.

Jai Mittal (John Abraham) is a wealthy socialite, the acidic heir to a rich business family, who has to go to the court to prove his claim of Rs. 300 crore. Jai Mittal’s father has left a will which states that his loyal employee would get all the money while his son would not get a single penny. Of course he gear to fights this and is ably supported by his girlfriend Sameera Reddy. Just prior to the day of hearing, Jai returns from a party and gets his car banged. So on the day of the hearing he catches a cab to collect his will from the locker and present it in the court. (more…)