Strangers

Strangers

Their lives were meant to cross each other

2007 · 108 min · ★ 5.0 · Thriller, Drama, Romance

An overnight train journey, from London into France, business class, is comfortable and expensive. The premise where two of the film's protagonists,'strangers' to each other, meet, talk and decide to eliminate each other's spouses to alleviate themselves of the hell they are trapped in.

Directed by Aanand L. Rai · Written by Himanshu Sharma

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Kay Kay Menon Sanjeev Rai
Jimmy Shergill Rahul
Sonali Kulkarni Nadini S. Rai
Nandana Sen Preeti
Kitu Gidwani Book Publisher

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