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{{Infobox film<br />
| name = Calcutta Mail<br />
| image = Calcutta Mail 2003 film poster.jpg<br />
| caption = Film poster<br />
| writer = [[Gunasekhar]]<br>Sudhir Mishra<br />
| starring = [[Anil Kapoor]]<br>[[Rani Mukerji]]<br>[[Manisha Koirala]]<br />
| director = [[Sudhir Mishra]]<br />
| producer = [[C. Ashwini Dutt]]<br>[[Allu Aravind]]<br>[[Mukesh Udeshi]]<br />
| studio = [[Allu Aravind|Siri Media Arts]]<br />
| released = {{Film date|2003|06|30|df=y}}<br />
| runtime = 127 minutes<br />
| country = [[India]]<br />
| language = Hindi<br />
| music = [[Anand Raj Anand]]<br />
| cinematography = [[Ravi K. Chandran]]<br>[[S. Kumar (cinematographer)|S. Kumar]]<br />
}}<br />
'''''Calcutta Mail''''' is a 2003 Indian [[thriller film]] starring [[Anil Kapoor]], [[Rani Mukerji]] and [[Manisha Koirala]]. It was [[movie director|directed]] by [[Sudhir Mishra]]. The film is a remake of the Telugu film ''[[Choodalani Vundi]].''<br />
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== Plot ==<br />
Avinash ([[Anil Kapoor]]) comes to [[Kolkata|Calcutta]] to search for his only son Ishu and finds himself engulfed with too many people interested in him. His only lead is a telephone number given to him by a cop before coming to Calcutta.<br />
As soon, as he lands in Calcutta, he needs a place to stay. Here, he meets Reema aka Bulbul ([[Rani Mukherjee]]), a bubbly novelist who is supposed to be doing research for her novel. The room that Avinash gets is occupied by Bulbul. She refuses to vacate, so Avinash stays there too (though he sleeps outside the room). Bulbul falls in love with Avinash and becomes the light in his dark life.<br />
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There are flashbacks throughout the movie. Sanjana ([[Manisha Koirala]]) and Avinash once lived in [[Kolkata|Calcutta]] with their only child, a son. One day, Avinash witnessed a crime being committed and came to the assistance of the victim, taking him to hospital. This did not augur well with his assailants, and they killed Sanjana and abducted their child. The police was involved but was unable to trace the child.<br />
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A heartbroken and desperate Avinash decides to take matters into his own hands and begins inquiring. His inquiries take him to [[Mumbai]] via the Calcutta Mail, and this is where he will find out whether his son is alive or not, or whether he himself has been lured into a deadly trap.<br />
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== Cast ==<br />
*[[Anil Kapoor]] ... Avinash<br />
*[[Rani Mukerji]] ... Bulbul / Reema<br />
*[[Manisha Koirala]] ... Sanjana<br />
*[[Satish Kaushik]] ... Sujan Singh<br />
*[[Sayaji Shinde]] ... Lakhan Yadav<br />
*[[Saurabh Shukla]] ... Ghatak<br />
*[[Deven Verma]] ... Reema's grandpa<br />
*[[Ganesh Yadav]] ... <br />
*[[Shivaji Satam]] ... Rana Rastogi<br />
*[[Tarun Shukla]] <br />
*[[Tara Mehta]]<br />
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==Music==<br />
Lyrics penned by Mehboob Alam Kotwal and Javed Akhtar, CDs and Cassettes are available on Zee Records.<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
! # !! Song title !! Singer(s) !! Music Director(s) !! Lyricists<br />
|-<br />
| 1<br />
| "Zindagi Hai Kya Pyar Ke Bina"<br />
| [[Alka Yagnik]], [[Udit Narayan]]<br />
| [[Anand Raaj Anand]]<br />
| [[Mehboob Kotwal|Mehboob]]<br />
|-<br />
| 2<br />
| "Tum Agar Mauj Ho Koi To Kinara Hu"<br />
| Udit Narayan<br />
| [[Viju Shah]]<br />
| [[Javed Akhtar]]<br />
|-<br />
| 3<br />
| "Kahan Pe Meri Jaan Jaogi"<br />
| [[Pamela Jain]], [[Adnan Sami]]<br />
| Anand Raaj Anand<br />
| Mehboob<br />
|-<br />
| 4<br />
| "Pyar Se Dekh Le Ek Nazar"<br />
| [[Hamsika Iyer]], [[Sonu Nigam]]<br />
| Anand Raaj Anand<br />
| Mehboob<br />
|-<br />
| 5<br />
| "Ye Saaheb Ajeeb Hai"<br />
| Sujata Trivedi<br />
| Viju Shah<br />
| Javed Akhtar<br />
|-<br />
| 6<br />
| "Bheegi Bheegi Hawa Hai"<br />
| [[Shaan (singer)|Shaan]], [[Kavita Krishnamurthy]]<br />
| Viju Shah<br />
| Javed Akhtar<br />
|-<br />
| 7<br />
| "Intezar Hai Tera"<br />
| [[Sukhwinder Singh]]<br />
| Viju Shah<br />
| Javed Akhtar<br />
|-<br />
| 8<br />
| "Meri Jaan Meri Jaana"<br />
| Alka Yagnik, Nitin Raikwar<br />
| Viju Shah<br />
| Javed Akhtar<br />
|-<br />
|}<br />
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== Development ==<br />
This movie is based on the 1998 Telugu film ''[[Choodalani Vundi]]''.<br />
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== References ==<br />
{{Reflist}}<br />
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==External links==<br />
* {{IMDb title|id=0366276|title=Calcutta Mail}}<br />
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[[Category:2003 films]]<br />
[[Category:Indian films]]<br />
[[Category:2000s Hindi-language films]]<br />
[[Category:Films set in Kolkata]]<br />
[[Category:Hindi remakes of Telugu films]]<br />
[[Category:Geetha Arts films]]<br />
[[Category:Films scored by Viju Shah]]<br />
[[Category:Films scored by Anand Raj Anand]]<br />
[[Category:Films directed by Sudhir Mishra]]<br />
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