Film · 2018

Hotel Mumbai

Name: Hotel Mumbai
Genre: Drama, History, Thriller
Released: 2019-06-21
Duration: 123 min
Rating: 7.3
Cast: Dev Patel, Nazanin Boniadi, Armie Hammer, Tilda Cobham-Hervey, Anupam Kher

Directed by Anthony Maras · starring Dev Patel, Nazanin Boniadi and Armie Hammer

2 h 3 min
15
Drama · History · Thriller
Australia India
Released in the UK 26 September 2019

7.1 AverageMovieNCo
7.3 Users6 votes
7.0 Critics5 reviews

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Synopsis

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.

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The essentials

Runtime: 123 min2 hours and 3 minutes
Rating: 15Suitable only for 15 years and over

How long is Hotel Mumbai?: 2 hours and 3 minutes (123 minutes).
When was Hotel Mumbai released in the UK?: It was released in the UK on 26 September 2019.
Who directed Hotel Mumbai?: Anthony Maras.
Who is in Hotel Mumbai?: It stars Dev Patel, Nazanin Boniadi, Armie Hammer and Tilda Cobham-Hervey.

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Cast

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Director: Anthony Maras
Writers: John Collee, Anthony Maras
Music: Volker Bertelmann
Producers: John Collee, Anthony Maras, Tabrez Noorani, Dev Patel

Videos and trailers

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'Hotel Mumbai' Trailer 2:4517 March 2019

Photos and posters

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Reviews

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What the critics say average 7.0 from 5 outlets

8.0 The GuardianKatie Goh Hotel Mumbai is an excellent, white-knuckle thriller ? and an unlikely crowd-pleaser. Read
7.5 IndiewireDavid Ehrlich A dramatization of the November 2008 ambush on India?s largest city, the film, it should go without saying, is harrowing to the extreme. Almost unbearable, in fact. Read
7.5 Chicago Sun-TimesRichard Roeper At times director and co-writer Anthony Maras? ?Hotel Mumbai? veers dangerously close to becoming almost sadistically realistic in its depiction of a pack of young ihadi killers from Pakistan… Read

Trivia

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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.
Multilanguage

The film features the following spoken languages: English, Hindi, Urdu, Punjabi, Russian, Persian, Greek, Marathi, and Arabic.
Conversation access

The filmmakers were given access to original transcripts of intercepted cell (mobile) calls between the ten terrorists and their handlers.
Confession

A video confession from the post Mumbai 2008 terrorist siege trial of the only surviving gunman was made available to the production.
Interviews

This film is "based on hundreds of hours of interviews with survivors and witnesses" according to 'The Conversation'.