“India: Bombay” is an Indian film directed by Mani Ratnam in 1995. It centers around two people who fall in love when they aren’t supposed to, much like Romeo and Juliet. Shekhar, a man from Tamil Nadu, is a journalism student. While visiting home, Shekhar sees Shaila Bano, a Muslim schoolgirl.
Their families do not approve of their engagement and refuse to be a part of it. Shekhar moves with his wife to Bombay where they start a family. After many years apart from their families, both Hindu and Muslim families come to visit them in Bombay. Increasing religious tension between the Hindu people and Muslims becomes the catalyst for the Bombay riots.
The story is a little odd but once you get used to the random singing, everything becomes a lot easier to digest. The acting is fine, while much of it seems like over acting, it oddly fits the story well.
The second half of the film is much better than the first half in that the subject matter becomes much more serious and the over acting seems to fit better.
While not one of my favorites from the class I am still glad we watched it.
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