What are some of the movies that depict Bombay or Mumbai?

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Mumbai is home to many cultures that have been shaping the city for a very long time. Artists, directors, writers and cinematographers have captured the essence, beauty and realities of this multifaceted city in reel life. Let’s take a look at some of the famous Bollywood movies that are based on Mumbai. 1. Bombay Year: 1995 Director: Mani Ratnam Music: A.R. Rahman Cast: Manisha Koirala and Arvind Swamy Originally a Tamil drama film, it is based on http://zipnews.in/events/ during 1992-93 when communal riots shook Bombay. The film won many awards nationally and internationally and has been dubbed in Hindi and Telugu Bombay 2. Black Friday Year: 2004 Director: Anurag Kashyap Music: Indian Ocean Cast: Kay Kay Menon, Pavan Malhotra, Aditya Srivastava, Pratima Kazmi, and Zakir Hussain Based on Black Friday – The True Story of the Bombay Bomb Blasts, a book by Hussain Zaidi this movie is an attempt to recreate events and feelings during and after 1993 Mumbai bomb blasts took place. It took two years for the censor board to allow the release of the film. Black Friday 3. Aamir Year: 2008 Director: Raj Kumar Gupta Music: Amit Trivedi Cast: Rajeev Khandelwal, Gajraj Rao The story revolves around a young Muslim man who has returned to Mumbai from United Kingdom and is forced to be a part of a terrorist plot. It explores Mumbai in a gritty manner which keeps you at the edge of your seat through out the film. Aamir 4. Life in a Metro Year: 2007 Director: Anurag Basu Music: Pritam Cast: Dharmendra, Nafisa Ali, Shilpa Shetty, Kay Kay Menon, Shiney Ahuja Irfan Khan, Konkana Sen Sharma, Kangana Ranaut and Sharman Joshi This movie captures the life of 9 individuals living in Mumbai. Various topics such as love, marriage, extramarital affair have been covered well in this movie. Life in a Metro 5. A Wednesday! Year: 2008 Director: Neeraj Pandey Music: Sanjoy Chowdhury Cast: Anupam Kher, Naseerudin Shah, Jimmy Shergil, Deepal Shaw, Aamir Bashir This small budget thriller drama is set between 2 pm to 6 pm in Mumbai on a Wednesday. An about to retire police commissioner narrates the sequence of events and how these events affected lives of concerned people. These events have no written record and exist only in the mind of this officer and those who were involved. This movie won many awards. A Wednesday! 6. Tum Mile Year: 2009 Director: Kunal Deshmukh Music: Pritam Cast: Emraan Hashmi and Soha Ali Khan This film is based on the backdrop of July 2005 Mumbai floods. Two people fall in love and part ways. They meet again in Mumbai when the city is crushed under incessant rains and after spending some time together during floods, they reunite. Tum Mile 7. Slumdog Millionaire Year: 2008 Director: Danny Boyle, Loveleen Tandan Music: A. R. Rahman Cast: Dev Patel, Frieda Pinto, Madhur Mittal, Anil Kapoor and Irrfan Khan Based on l Q & A (2005) by Vikas Swarup, this movie tells the story of a young boy from Juhu slums of Mumbai who participates and wins the Indian version of ‘Who Wants to Be a Millionaire’ leading to suspicion of cheating. This movie won 8 Academy Awards, 7 BAFTA Awards, 5 Critics’ Choice Awards and 4 Golden Globes. Slumdog Millionaire 8. Once upon a time in Mumbaai Year: 2010 Director: Milan Luthria Music: Pritam Cast: Ajay Devgan, Emraan Hashmi, Kangana Ranaut, Prachi Desai and Randeep Hooda A typical Bollywood gangster flick, this film depicts the growth of Mumbai underworld in 1970s. The story is about a smuggler’s rise to power, a police man who is investigating and a gangster who wants to be powerful. Once upon a time in Mumbaai 9. Mumbai Meri Jaan Year: 2008 Director: Nishikant Kamath Music: Sameer Phaterpekar Cast: R. Madhvan, Soha Ali Khan, Kay Kay Menon, Paresh Rawal, Irrfan Khan Mumbai Meri Jaan shows how life of 5 people was affected by 2006 Mumbai train bombings that killed over 200 people. This film won many Filmfare Awards. Mumbai Meri Jaan 10. Shootout at Lokhandwala Year: 2007 Director: Apoorva Lakhia Music: Strings (band), Anand Raj Anand, Mika Singh and Biddu Cast: Sanjay Dutt, Sunil Shetty, Arbaaz Khan, Amitabh Bachchan and Vivek Oberoi This film is based on the 1991 lokhandwala complex shootout and captures the real-life battle between Mumbai police and gangsters. Shootout at Lokhandwala Watch these movies if you haven’t already! If we have missed an excellent title, you can post it in the comments below. Article source :- http://Zipnews.in