Mumbai Meri Jaan - Notepad

Something like BABEL or CRASH in bollywood, that is what Mumbai Meri Jaan is all about in my opinion. I think it's watchable in the THEATRE and waiting for the VIDEO release is not really an apt. rating.

The movie tries to discover how the series of bomb blasts changed people's lives, either directly or indirectly ...

It has just one message, no matter what race or caste or creed one belongs to, you can not blame an entire community for the doings of a group of bad people,,, life just goes on, for everyone ...

Technically sound, the movie delivered far beyond what average Bollywood movies even attempt to ...

It could have been better that is very true, but still, such movies show what Bollywood is capable of and therefore if it lacks the publicity, we should spread the word around ourselves ... Just like we did when TZP appeared on the screens, or KKL (khuda ke liye).

There are some loose holes here and there, especially with Paresh Rawal's ending speech and the hug that follows there after, but I guess much of the movie needs an active mind and careful attention to understand what the particular scene is trying to depict ... as with most movies, not everything is told on screen, emotions have to be understood and they can not be told ...

Soha Ali Khan is not depicted as a confident lady at all, she holds all the certificates in Journalism, which is shown beautifully during the final scenes, but during the initial scenes only the confidence and all is put to question by her husband ... and the rest of the story about her, is just her remembering what her Husband had told her .... She's in the News Industry and she now knows how bad it stinks, that is what her story is all about ...

For some its news, an opportunity to cash in, while for some it's facing humanity in the eye ... That is what Mumbai Meri Jaan tries to depict.

I do agree, that the movie could have been cut short by atleast 30 minutes or so, to make it perfect, but it definitely is a good look to Humanity GOING ON.

What a horrible movie! It starts off well but the script then degenerates into every known cliche in the book and beyond!
Soha Ali Khan cannot act, Kay Kay and Irfan at least salvage their badly written roles.
Paresh does a good job with what material he has.
The movie amplifies and plays out every stupid middle class fantasy and anxiety in very simplistic terms. The director whose Dombivili Fast was a bad copy of Falling Down has just done the same here, made a bad copy of Crash and Babel, but he is no Innaritu!

I am going to watch this movie.....after reading some reviews.....it seems tht only mumbaikars hve liked ths movie......but i will watch it as an Indian........and will out some line as an Indian...:)

Overall I liked meetu's review of the movie but I felt she is mistaken about a couple of important points.I recently watched the movie on DVD and I thought it is a classic case of an Indian director thinking the Desi audience is not sophisticated enough for an intelligent treatment of such a promising subject. Lets take the tracks one by one.
Kay Kay Menon. If there is one Indian actor who I think gives a 110% to each role, it is him. the director had such a potent premise, such a versatile actor and also the opportunity to make KK flex evey artistic muscle to make this track an outstanding one.What does he gives us instead ? A two dimensional, caricatured, cliched character. Here was the chance and the setup to do what Matt Dilon did in hollywood movie "Crash". For god's sake stop belaboring the point, be a little subtle, we will get the message, we promise.Instead he Makes KK run behind the Muslims the whole time like a dog behind a postman and suddenly at the end there is a revelation and he is a reformed man ! More textured storytelling anyone? a It is a different matter that KK salvages the director's Faux Pas and invests the character with a believability and comes across as a conflicted soul who is fighting inner demons.
As fas as Soha Ali Khan's acting skills ( or the lack thereof) is concerned, I was always a fence sitter but now she seems to be proving what my instincts were always telling. She spends the whole movie in a cry more / cry less mode and suddenly at the end she become ok ! I am amazed the TV reporters union did not take umbrage at her portrayal of them.
Irphan is over-the-top-ish, I don't know whether this was his artistic choice or the director's brief, but at least the movie in consistently in being unsubtle and in-your-face.
Paresh Rawal agreement to do such a cliched role speaks volume about the kind of roles available in the industry.
Madhavan's role was the one pleasant surprise. Not only has he done justice to part, the director seemed at his creative best during this track.The scooter scene depicts his paranoia very well and the gas cylinder blow scene conveys nicely how he is having thought of mortality all the time. His behaviour at home and how acts with his wife gives us very clear insights into his state of mind at that moment. I only wish the cliched setup at the end where he has to ride a local train during his wife's delivery could have been avoided.
Overall, I kept reaching for the FF button on the remote and some judicious editing could have redeemed the movie somewhat.
When people talk of "dumbing down" of our cinema, this is the classic example to put forward.