'Hotel Mumbai' trivia and fun facts
Confession
A video confession from the post Mumbai 2008 terrorist siege trial of the only surviving gunman was made available to the production.
Multilanguage
The film features the following spoken languages: English, Hindi, Urdu, Punjabi, Russian, Persian, Greek, Marathi, and Arabic.
Two hotels
Despite the movie's singular 'Hotel Mumbai' title, the 2008 Mumbai terrorists attacks actually involved two hotels, the Trident Oberoi Hotel and the Taj Mahal Palace Hotel.
Original transcripts
A significant amount of actual dialogue in the film was repeated verbatim being taken from original transcripts of actual intercepted mobile (cell) phone calls during the 2008 siege.
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.