ThiefHott Too much of everything

RipDelight This is a tender, generous movie that likes its characters and presents them as real people, full of flaws and strengths.

Taraparain Tells a fascinating and unsettling true story, and does so well, without pretending to have all the answers.

Philippa All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.

silvan-desouza Mani Ratnam after ROJA came back with BOMBAY yet again the film is a tamil film dubbed in Hindi but it's a great film. The film has a good storyline and also mirrors the true story of the riots happened in 1992-1993. The film got tremendous acclaim and awards too. The film keeps you involved throughout, one scene worth recalling is when the riots break apart and both the eniemies finally save each other. Though the end is idealistic but still evokes good reactionsDirection is amazing Music is great, Kehna Hi Kya is superb, Tu Hi Re and other songs are fabArvind Swamy is amazing in his role, Manisha Koirala is great too Nasser is amazing, Prakash Raj has a brief role and is okay rest are okayThe dubbing does seem odd at places but yet a good job overall

Thomas Diemer This story of love and marriage between a Hindu man and Mospem woman was very well done. Even though I could not get the English subtitles to work on my DVD player, I was able to follow the plot with a little help from the package notes. The portrayal of the Hindu/Moslem religious riots of 1992/3 was very well done. It was an excellent portrayal of the violence, horror, bloodshed and suffering in so many such acts of violence in too many time periods, for too many reasons, and between too many groups of people. The thing uppermost in my mind was how Christian fundamentalists could want to import such horrors and such suffering to the United States - but I guess Christian fundamentalists do not watch movies like this.

gunsha Everyone said the right good words about this movie. I would only like to add that although the storyline is good, and the message is excellent, the hand-holding at the end is as beautiful as it is (sadly) unbelievable, and A.R. Rahman's music is fabulous -- the choreography was a disappointment. I actually rented this movie to see the dancing to Kehna Hi Kya, which is an all time favorite of mine. With Chitra singing the whole time this would have been a perfect opportunity for Manisha Koirala to show off. But, she doesn't even seem to get he lips synchronized with the lyrics, and the camera-operator seems to dance around more than she does, so I was disappointed. The same goes for the other music&dance scenes in this movie. I'm a great fan of Rahman's but the choreography has spoiled it for me.I really enjoy good Hindi movies, and music and dance is part of a good Hindi film. That's just the way it is and I don't want it any different. There are only few movies where everything fits: story, cinematography, acting, music and dancing. Nothing has yet topped Lagaan in that regard. Bombay is a great movie, but not perfect.

srininet1 Wallah! What a movie. Shakes and stirs u till the final moment. I saw it and was amazed at how naturally ManiRathnam captures emotions and brings the whole theatre alive with Superlative Direction, Excellent Music, Super dialogues,etc.....!! Truly worth watching!!