In 2002 in the American journalist Daniel Pearl, South Asian Bureau chief for the Wall Street Journal, was researching a story on shoe bomber Richard Reid. The story drew him to Karachi where a go-between had promised access to an elusive source. As he left for the meeting, he told his wife Mariane he might be late for dinner. He never returned.

A film on the life the journalist, starring Angelina Jolie as his wife, opens across theatres in America tomorrow. A Mighty Heart will then open in India on September 14th. The film also stars actor Irfan Khan (The Warrior, Namesake) and British actress Archie Panjabi (Bend it Like Beckham).