Title: Hotel Mumbai
Original Title: Hotel Mumbai
Year: 2018
Info
- Country: Australia India
- Length: 123 Minutes (2 hours 3 min)
- Genre: Drama History Thriller
- Studios: Screen Australia Thunder Road Pictures
- Distributor: Vercine
- Age rating: 15 (Suitable only for 15 years and over)
Release Dates
- UK: September 27 2019
Plot
This painful feature tells the real story of the 2008 terrorist attack in Mumbai and the Taj Hotel.
It follows the stories of a dozen characters from different backgrounds, all of whom find themselves caught up in this nightmare; the wealthy guests, among them a young couple and their newborn child (Armie Hammer and Nazanin Boniadi), the hotel staff, and the police all have to face the group of extremists armed with guns who mercilessly kill dozens of people.
The film also uses various documentary clips, mixing reality with the film's story and highlighting the fact that these tragic events truly happened. It commemorate the bravery of the hotel staff and the police, who were forced to make terrible sacrifices in order to save lives.
Cast
Director:
Vasili
Arjun
Zahra
David
Sally
Oberoi
Videos
March 18 2019
Photos
Trivia
Interviews
This film is "based on hundreds of hours of interviews with survivors and witnesses" according to 'The Conversation'.
Point of view
David Coleman Headley, who was an American terrorist of Pakistani descent, is not mentioned in the movie. Director Anthony Maras has said that the film is told through the perspective of guests and staff as the attacks are unfolding, when details as to its planning were not known. The film's end text specifically mentions the role of Pakistan.
Conversation access
The filmmakers were given access to original transcripts of intercepted cell (mobile) calls between the ten terrorists and their handlers.
Recommended movies and tv shows Hotel Mumbai
2016
6.1
2017 - 2021
8.3
2016
8.1
2016
6.4
2013
8
2014
8.1
2016
8.3
2021
6.3
2014
7.3
2013
7.4