Synopsis
A taxi ride leads to an escalating battle of wills between two men: Raghav, a cab driver lying to his family about his job, and Jai, a spoiled young man fighting in court for his father’s estate.
BOTY Score
77
| Release Date | 24 February, 2006 |
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| Starring | John Abraham, Nana Patekar |
| Director | Milan Luthria |
| Budget | ₹10 crores |
| Box Office India | ₹19 crores |
| Box Office Worldwide | ₹32 crores |
| Genre | Drama |
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Day-wise Box Office Collections
| First Day | ₹1.61 crores |
| First Weekend | ₹5.17 crores |
| First Week | ₹8.62 crores |
| Lifetime India (net) | ₹19 crores |
| Worldwide Gross | ₹32 crores |
Inflation Adjusted Earning
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| True Adj Domestic Net | ₹63.46 ( +44.46 ) crores |
| True Adj Worldwide Gross | ₹106.88 ( +74.88 ) crores |
Movie Reception
Taxi No 9211 managed to impress the audience but it got a decent start at the box office. The positive word of mouth from the audience helped the film to grow well over the next two days. After a good growth over its first weekend, the film held well over the weekdays.
The content film also grossed well over the second weekend and it recovered its budget cost easily. In the second week, the film also earned well and due to the powerful performance over its lifetime, it earned Rs. 19 crores in its pocket. The film also fared well in the overseas theatres and took its worldwide total over Rs. 30 crores. It was one of the highest grossing Hindi films of 2006.
Full Cast & Characters
| ACTOR NAME | CHARACTER NAME |
| Nana Patekar | Raghav Shastri aka Raghu |
| John Abraham | Jai Mittal |
| Sameera Reddy | Rupali |
| Sonali Kulkarni | Raghav's wife |
| Kurush Deboo | Cyrus Batliwala |
| Shivaji Satam | Arjun Bajaj |
| Sanjay Dutt | Narrator |
| Priyanka Chopra | Special Appearance |
| Akash Khurana | Jai Mittal's father |
| Smita Jaykar | Rupali's Mother |
| Nasser Abdullah | Shivraj Behl |
Fun Facts & Triva
- Shefali Shah was the first choice in the film. But she was replaced by Sonali Kulkarni and the latter made her comeback in the Hindi cinema after the movie, Danav.
- This is a remake of the Hollywood movie, Changing Lanes.
- The film was remade in the Telugu language as Game and in the Tamil language as TN 07 AL 4777.
- For the first time, the music composer Bappi Lahiri sung for anyone else besides himself.
