A moving portrayal of the 2006 train bombings in Mumbai, this Indian drama follows the interconnected stories of several strangers.
[THIS PLOT SUMMARY CONTAINS SPOILERS] Shortly after 1800 hours, 11 July 2006, Mumbai was shattered by seven bomb blasts on Western Railway stations: Matunga, Mahim, Khar, Bandra, Jogeshwari, Borivali, and Bhayandar. It took the Police and ambulance over an hour to attend at various sites. This incident changes lives of Thomas, originally from Chennai, who sells tea from his bike; Rupali Joshi, a TV News reporter, who has to deal with the death of her to-be spouse, Ajay Kumar Pradhan; Suresh, in debt, starts to suspect all Muslims, especially Yusuf; Inspector Tukaram Patil, about to retire, goes about collecting bribes as usual, much to the chagrin of his embittered, honest and soon to-be suspended subordinate, Sunil Kadam; while Nikhil Agarwal, a Nationalist and environmentalist, debates whether he should re-locate to the United States, along with his pregnant wife, Sejal.—rAjOo ([email protected])
Life in Mumbai is going on normal after the torrential rains last week.But on a Tuesday evening of 11th July 2006 suddenly Mumbai is shaken when seven back to back blast occur in trains which are known as life lines of Mumbai.Life does not remain the same for few people after the blast.Constable Patil on verge of his retirement is put on patrolling duty along with his colleague Kadam whose holiday gets canceled after the blast.Suresh a computer engineer currently jobless suspects few young boys behind the blast sitting in the same restaurant as him who are missing since the blast.Nikhil who survived the blast by a fraction gets hallucinations of what he saw on the railway tracks and worried for his family.Rupali a prime time journalist whose covering the news live but gets the news that her fiance is missing since the blast and finds him dead in a morgue.The most chilling person remains a tea seller Thomas who takes advantage of intense situation in the city and spreads rumors of bombs being planted at various malls after he was thrown out from one of the malls.But at the end the life of Mumbai bounces back within no time due to its never say die spirit.—[email protected]