Quite an iconic film for the Tamil movie industry (and Indian cinema), “Bombay” is one of the highest grossing Tamil movies of all time, while A. R. Rahman’s work in the title is considered one of the greatest Indian soundtracks of all time. It is also a rather controversial production, particularly due to the depiction of inter-religious relations between a Muslim woman and a Hindu man, which led in bans in Singapore and Malaysia upon release. Even worse, two homemade bombs were thrown at the house of Director Mani Ratnam, who had to be hospitalized with shrapnel injuries.
The story starts in 1985, when Shekhar, the son an orthodox Hindu, returns to his coastal home village in Tamil Nadu, from Bombay where he is studying to be a journalist. His relationship with his father, Narayanan Pillai, is already tense, but things get worse after he notices Shaila Banu, a Muslim schoolgirl from the village,...
The story starts in 1985, when Shekhar, the son an orthodox Hindu, returns to his coastal home village in Tamil Nadu, from Bombay where he is studying to be a journalist. His relationship with his father, Narayanan Pillai, is already tense, but things get worse after he notices Shaila Banu, a Muslim schoolgirl from the village,...
- 4/23/2022
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
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