list http://www.spout.com/ Recent community activity around Shot in Bombay on Spout Copyright 2005-9 Spout, LLC Spout RSS http://www.spout.com/images/SpoutLogoRSS.jpg http://www.spout.com/ 136 30 http://www.spout.com/films/Shot_in_Bombay/357810/default.aspx Title: Shot in Bombay
Year: 2007
Director: Liz Mermin
Plot: Shot In Bombay is a fast-paced, often surreal documentary that goes beyond the tinselly glamour of Bollywood to reveal the industry's darker dramas. In December 2006, superstar Sanjay Dutt was convicted of possessing firearms linked to India's 9/11 Ð the day in 1993 when Mumbai suffered 13 bomb-blasts in two hours. Full of sudden reversals, the documentary follows Dutt as he makes his last film before being sentenced: 'Shootout In Lokhandwala'. He plays a real-life police officer, A. A. Khan, who became a hero by leading a fatal 'encounter' with gangsters in which 3000 rounds of ammunition were fired. Shot in Bombay subtly underlines the ironies of this situation, with as colourful a cast as any Bollywood movie. There's the director of 'Shootout', Apoorvia Lakhia; with dozens of tattoos and two flops to his credit, he is embarking on an action movie with a big star cast and many egos to stroke. Having waited four months for Dutt to become free, Lakhia has 3 weeks to finish shooting his movie - and he needs a hit. There's A. A. Khan, 'Bombay's Dirty Harry', who narrates the city's history of crime and punishment. Minor characters, from co-stars to stunt-men, fill out the cast. Along the way it touches on a wider question facing Mumbai's citizens: what rights do suspected criminals have, and does the justice system favour the rich? Shot in Bombay is an unusual portrait of a complicated metropolis where fact and fiction are inextricably entwined. ~SxSW 2008
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]]>Mon, 10 Mar 2008 16:01:20 GMTShot in Bombay2007Liz MerminShot In Bombay is a fast-paced, often surreal documentary that goes beyond the tinselly glamour of Bollywood to reveal the industry's darker dramas. In December 2006, superstar Sanjay Dutt was convicted of possessing firearms linked to India's 9/11 Ð the day in 1993 when Mumbai suffered 13 bomb-blasts in two hours. Full of sudden reversals, the documentary follows Dutt as he makes his last film before being sentenced: 'Shootout In Lokhandwala'. He plays a real-life police officer, A. A. Khan, who became a hero by leading a fatal 'encounter' with gangsters in which 3000 rounds of ammunition were fired. Shot in Bombay subtly underlines the ironies of this situation, with as colourful a cast as any Bollywood movie. There's the director of 'Shootout', Apoorvia Lakhia; with dozens of tattoos and two flops to his credit, he is embarking on an action movie with a big star cast and many egos to stroke. Having waited four months for Dutt to become free, Lakhia has 3 weeks to finish shooting his movie - and he needs a hit. There's A. A. Khan, 'Bombay's Dirty Harry', who narrates the city's history of crime and punishment. Minor characters, from co-stars to stunt-men, fill out the cast. Along the way it touches on a wider question facing Mumbai's citizens: what rights do suspected criminals have, and does the justice system favour the rich? Shot in Bombay is an unusual portrait of a complicated metropolis where fact and fiction are inextricably entwined. ~SxSW 20088Taggedy Taggged (6-10)114http://www.spout.com/ProductImages/s357810.jpghttp://www.spout.com/films/Shot_in_Bombay/357810/default.aspxFilm http://www.spout.com/blogs/spoutblog/archive/2008/3/10/26037.aspx Post By: SpoutBlog
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Body: Liz Merman’s Shot in Bombay weaves a complicated web of Bollywood intrigue. The film follows the making of a Bollywood gangster film based on real events (Shootout at Lokhandwala), complete with interviews of the hardened cops 15 years after the notorious shootout. Another layer of the Bollywood-meets-underworld tale is that leading man Sanjay Dutt keeps getting pulled away from the set to fight an ongoing court battle involving illicit weapons possession. I talked with Liz Merman about Bollywood, gangsters, and celebrity worship. SXSW news, reviews, interviews and discussions Originally posted on:SpoutBlog
]]>Mon, 10 Mar 2008 16:01:20 GMTSpoutBlogSpoutBlog on spout.com3/10/2008 12:01:20 PMLiz Merman’s Shot in Bombay weaves a complicated web of Bollywood intrigue. The film follows the making of a Bollywood gangster film based on real events (Shootout at Lokhandwala), complete with interviews of the hardened cops 15 years after the notorious shootout. Another layer of the Bollywood-meets-underworld tale is that leading man Sanjay Dutt keeps getting pulled away from the set to fight an ongoing court battle involving illicit weapons possession. I talked with Liz Merman about Bollywood, gangsters, and celebrity worship. SXSW news, reviews, interviews and discussions Originally posted on:SpoutBlog http://www.spout.com/members/0/tags/SXSW/MemberTagFilms.aspxSXSW
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