Bombay (1995)

Original title

பம்பாய்

Directed by

Mani Ratnam

Genre

drama film, romance film, political film

Country

India

Runtime

2h 21m

Rating

7.2 of 10 from 84 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A Hindu man and a Muslim woman marry and move to Bombay, where they raise a family. Their lives are torn apart when communal riots erupt in the city after the destruction of a mosque.

emotionally intenseromanticurgentgrittysoberingvisceralhopefulhumanistic

What happens

Bombay is a 1995 Indian Tamil-language romantic drama film written and directed by Mani Ratnam, starring Arvind Swamy and Manisha Koirala. The film tells the story of an inter-religious family in Bombay before and during the Bombay riots, which took place between December 1992 and January 1993 after the demolition of the Babri Masjid led to religious tensions between Hindu and Muslim communities. It is the second installment in Ratnam's trilogy of films that depict human relationships against a background of Indian politics, including Roja (1992) and Dil Se.. (1998). The film additionally features some Hindi dialogues. Bombay was released on 10 March 1995. The film was well-received both critically and commercially successful. It was screened at many international film festivals including the Philadelphia Film Festival in 1996. The film's soundtrack earned composer A. R. Rahman his fourth consecutive Filmfare Best Music Director Award (Tamil), and is considered one of the greatest Indian soundtracks of all time. However, the film caused considerable controversy upon release for its depiction of inter-religious relations between a Muslim woman and a Hindu man. The film was banned in Singapore and Malaysia upon release. In July 2005, a book on the film by Lalitha Gopalan was published by BFI Modern Classics, looking at the film's production, the several issues it covered, and its impact upon release in India and abroad. The film was ranked among the top 20 Indian films in the British Film Institute's rankings. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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