Bombay (1995)
by
Mani Ratnam
Movie Seen: 12 July 2015
Note Written: 20 July 2015
After I got breakfast parcel (puri and sabzi) from a bandi in Sitaphalmandi, I decided to watch a film- a lazy Sunday it was. I picked one from the 'sorted' section in my hard disk. I hadn't seen Bombay yet, except for some of the songs. Bombay tells the story of the communal tensions which existed in India during the early 90's through the premise of an eloped couple in Bombay as a foreground. I can't remember the name of Aravind Swami's character now, but the names I remember now are Shaila Banu, Kabir Narayanan, and Kamal Basheer. The kids Kabir and Kamal are a symbol of a new India, scared by the politics and religion woven around the nation, hoping to live on through the various hardships that engulfs the. The vices of communal politics, where everybody seems to think that they are faultless and others are wrong is depicted with perfection in Bombay. The idea of people themselves deciding to protect their fellow beings brings about a ray of hope, and I would like to believe in that ray of hope even though it takes some form of devastating violence to instigate it. There is nothing to say about the songs and BGM by A R Rahman, as I grew up listening to and singing each of those classics. I will watch another long pending movie of mine, Rangeela, soon.
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