Hotel Mumbai
Hotel Mumbai explores the intersecting stories of the survivors, victims and perpertrators of the 2008 Mumbai attacks.
Electric Pictures
Archlight Productions
Synopsis
In November 2008, jihadists from Pakistan staged a series of devastating terror attacks across Mumbai, hurling India’s most populous city into utter chaos. During the three-day standoff, these gunmen seized the legendary Taj Mahal Palace Hotel with over 500 guests and employees trapped inside.
A searing, immersive cinematic experience, Hotel Mumbai focuses on the events that transpired at the legendary Taj Mahal Palace Hotel, targeted as the pre-eminent symbol of Indian progress and diversity. In the thick of the maelstrom, people from many different countries, cultures, creeds and social classes must find a way to organize and escape in the face of constant peril.
Among the hotel staff is renowned chef Hemant Oberoi (Anupam Kher) and a gentle Sikh waiter (Dev Patel), who risk everything to protect their guests. And as the world media watches on, a desperate couple (Armie Hammer, Nazanin Boniadi) make unthinkable sacrifices to defend their newborn child, while a steely Russian millionaire (Jason Isaacs) seems only interested in protecting himself.
Hotel Mumbai draws audiences into the epicenter of the attack and highlights ordinary people from all walks of life whose responses to this nightmarish scenario reveal the courage and resilience that unite us when we need it most. In gripping, realistic detail, the film speaks to the humanity that shines from within the tragedy.
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Production Information
Writer
Anthony Maras
John Collee
Director
Anthony Maras
Producers
Basil Iwanyk
Gary Hamilton
Mike Gabrawy
Julie Ryan
Andrew Ogilvie
Jomon Thomas
Co-Producer
Barbara Gibbs
Brian Hayes
Line Producer
Barbara Gibbs
Pravesh Sahni
Executive Producers
Ryan Hamilton
Ying Ye
Simon Williams
Kent Kubena
Jonathan Fuhrman
Anthony Maras
Dev Patel
John Collee
Mark Montgomery
Natalya Pavchinskaya
Bryce Menzies
Andrea Quesnelle
Joan Peters
Joseph N. Cohen
Gary Ellis
Richard Toussant
Anand Tharmaratnam
Manraj S. Sekhon
Masaaki Tanaka
Catherine Prosser
Min Li Tan
Simran Bedi
Key Cast
Dev Patel
Armie Hammer
Nazanin Boniadi
Tilda Cobham-Hervey
Anupam Kher
Jason Isaacs
Distributor
Icon (ANZ)
Sales
Arclight Films Worldwide (INT)
Composer
Volker Bertelmann (Hauschka)
Key WA Crew
Director of Photography
Nick Remy Matthews
Editors
Peter McNulty
Anthony Maras
Production Designer
Steven Jones-Evans
Costume Designer
Anna Borghesi
Production Coordinator
Jane Forrest
Casting Directors
Ann Fay & Leigh Pickford
Maura Fay Casting
Trishaan Sarkar
1st Assistant Director
Chris Webb
2nd Assistant Director
Brad Lanyon
3rd Assistant Director
James Dubay
Tim Hodgson
Assistant Art Director
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Caterer
Steve Marcus
Gaffer
Richard Rees-Jones
Key Grip
John Smith
Locations Manager
Mark Evans
Hair, Make Up, and FX Designer
Fiona Rees-Jones
Post Production Facility
KOJO
Post Production Supervisor
Paul Cross
VFX Supervisor
Marty Pepper
Post Sound Facility
Adelaide Studios
Sound Recordist
James Currie
Sound Designer
Marty Pepper
The Director's Statement
“Obviously I was heartbroken over the violence and loss of life”
“But at first I only knew the Mumbai attacks as a series of burning buildings on a TV screen. Then as I watched interviews with survivors, an entirely new dimension of these events opened up for me.”
– Anthony Maras, Director, Writer and Editor
Photo credit Kerry MonteenProduction Gallery
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