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Synopsis: The lives of 4 different people in the city of Mumbai get entwined by fate and luck; Shai - an investment banker with a penchant for photography, Arun - a lonely painter, Munna - the "dhobi" who aspires to become an actor and Yasmin - making a video in her camcorder for her brother, who hasn't been to Mumbai before. The film follows how their lives are changed by the presence of one another. Will it be for better or for worse?
Genre: Drama
Director(s): Kiran Rao
Production: UTV Communications
  1 win.
 
IMDB:
7.1
Metacritic:
55
Rotten Tomatoes:
68%
TV-14
Year:
2010
100 min
$576,639
Website
447 Views


- Do l look like a fool?

Come on, let's get to the bottom of this

ls it switched on?

Bring it here

Look, when this red light flashes

it's recording

lt's recording now

This is great! So cool!

Say something,

l'm shooting your picture

- What should l say?

- Just smile

This is wonderful!

But tell me, how will lmran see this?

l wanted to send him photos of us.

Can he watch this on his TV?

Salaam Aleikum, lmran... all well?

l had promised l'd send you our photos.

But l didn't have a camera

So he got me this video one instead

l thought l'd send you this,

to watch on your TV

Show it to Mum and Dad as well

How am l looking?

Just the same, right?

Bombay hasn't changed me yet

l'm still the same Yasmin

Your exams are round the corner now

Study hard, do well,

and come here soon

You 've always wanted to visit Bombay

l'm here now, we'll have lots of fun

We'll go to Juhu beach. . .

eat bhel puri !

Maybe l could give you a tour

of Bombay with this camera

Good idea, isn't it?

Goodbye for now

She stole my heart. . .

and slipped away. . .

The full-grown male

weighs about 3 tonnes

l'm into fashion designing...

What a rotten breakfast!

Have you lost your mind?

Don't you remember,

l like omelettes for breakfast?

Would you like some tea?

- Agnes, 2 cups of tea, please

- Yes

Come in

Have a seat

So you like The Doors?

Are you a photographer?

No, this is just a hobby

l work in a bank, in America

Why did you leave America?

lsn't life more advanced there?

Who told you that?

Yes, some ways it's more advanced

but. . .

- Are you from Mumbai?

- No from Bihar

Darbhanga district

- So why did you move here?

- To fill my belly, why else?

ls your family here?

No, l came alone, when l was eight.

l stayed with my uncle

- Ever go back home, to visit?

- No, never

Why?

Don't you miss family?

Were you unhappy at home?

lt was okay. . .

less to eat, that's all

We were always hungry

When l first came here,

l worked at a hotel

There l had my fill,

of food and thrashings!

Can you take a picture of me?

Yeah... sure

Not like this. . .

Can you take pictures for a portfolio?

Why? Want to be a model?

No... actor

Well, l can try... l mean. . .

never really done that

sort of thing before

What was that?

l mean, yes. . .

But you have to return the favour

You have to allow me

to take pictures of you at work

What work?

Your washerman's work, what else?

Munna, whose shirt is this?

Sir said it's not his

- lt's Mr. Arun's. . .

- lt's mine. . .

You know Arun, the painter?

Yes

Do you know where his new house is?

Yes

Could you show it to me?

l want to return this shirt

l can do that

No, l want to surprise him

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Kiran Rao

Kiran Rao (born 7 November 1973) is an Indian film producer, screenwriter and director. She is the wife of Bollywood actor Aamir Khan and the cousin of actress Aditi Rao Hydari. more…

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