Bombay March 12


Bombay March 12 is a 2011 Indian Malayalam-language drama film written and directed by Babu Janardhanan in his the directorial debut. The film is based on the 1993 Bombay bomb blasts. The film stars Mammootty, Unni Mukundan and Roma. The narrative is in a hyperlink format. It was released on 30 June 2011. It was dubbed and released in Hindi as Hadsa Bombay March 12.

Cast

Production

Casting

, who plays a major supporting role in Bombay March 12, was formerly working as an assistant to veteran director A. K. Lohithadas. Model-turned-child artiste Babydiya makes her film debut with Bombay March 12.

Filming

Production commenced on second week of February 2011 and was completed from Coimbatore, Mumbai, Hyderabad and parts of Kerala and Rajasthan. Originally filmed in Malayalam, it will have dubbed releases in Tamil and Telugu. It was rumored that Bombay March 12 would be simultaneously shot in Hindi.

Music

Bombay March 12 features an original score composed by Prashant Pillai.
The soundtrack to Bombay March 12 is composed by Afzal Yusuf. Sonu Nigam and Sadhana Sargam sang songs for the film. The song titled "Chakkaramavin Kombathu" has lyrics by Rafeeq Ahmed.

Track listing

Critical reception

Bombay March 12 received positive reviews upon release. Paresh C. Palicha of Rediff.com said, "Bombay March 12 is a promising debut for scriptwriter Babu Janardhanan as a director." He rated it three in a scale of five. and said "The storytelling is complicated and you need to be focused as every scene exposes yet another layer of the story, something Babu Janardhanan did as a writer in the Lijo Jose Pellissery directed City of God. But there is always a niggling thought at the back of our minds that the point he is trying to make – that 'one bad egg can spoil the whole basket' – could have been conveyed just as well in a more simple and linear narrative." Mammootty's performance is appreciated as "one of his most subdued roles in recent times". According to Palicha, Unni Mukundan as Shahjahan "does full justice to the confidence that the director has reposed in him."