Bombay (1995) India
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Director:Ratnam, Mani, Anand, Tinnu, Khurana, Akash, Koirala, Manisha, Nasser, Swamy, Arvind
Studio:DAR Motion Pictures
Writer:Mahesh Manjrekar, Vidyadhar Bhave
Rating:6.3 (157 votes)
Date Added:2012-06-05
ASIN:675754592127
Genre:Indian films
IMDb:1608768
Languages:Hindi
Subtitles:English
LAC code:300006980
DVD or VHS:DVD
Original:original
Ratnam, Mani, Anand, Tinnu, Khurana, Akash, Koirala, Manisha, Nasser, Swamy, Arvind  ...  (Director)
Mahesh Manjrekar, Vidyadhar Bhave  ...  (Writer)
 
Sachin Khedekar  ...  Arvind Rane
Seema Biswas  ...  Lakshmi G. Dhuri
Ankush Choudhary  ...  Giri Dhuri
Satish Kaushik  ...  Mama
Siddharth Jadhav  ...  Ganesh 'Ganya' G. Rahate
Shashank Shende  ...  Anna G. Dhuri
Sameer Dharmadhikari  ...  Mahendra
Karan Patel  ...  Naru G. Dhuri
Veena Jamkar  ...  Manju G. Dhuri
Kashmira Shah  ...  Mami
Vineeth Kumar  ...  Mohan G. Dhuri
Vinay Apte  ...  Govind Rahate
Nitin Jadhav  ...  
Ganesh Yadav  ...  Parshya Bhai
Kishore Pradhan  ...  Khetaan
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Comments: DASN 114

Summary: Based on true incidents, a south Indian Hindu man falls in love with a Muslim woman--taboo in the small village from which they hail. They marry against family wishes and move to Mumbai, where he works as a reporter for a large daily newspaper. Eventually, the couple has twin boys. The rest of the film is set during the December 1992-January 1993 period when the Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid controversy raised religious tension in Mumbai and other parts of India, which sparked rioting and violence. The couple is separated from their children, and the fathers of both parents are killed when their home is burned by rioters. A reporter is shown interviewing politicians from both factions as well as the police. An underlying moral of thinking of oneself as an Indian rather than a Hindu or a Muslim is prevalent throughout the latter part of the film. The family is finally reunited after much searching through hospitals...