Bombay March 12

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{{Infobox film
| name = Bombay March 12
| image = 1993 Bombay, March 12.jpg
| alt =
| caption = Promotional poster
| director = [[Babu Janardhanan]]
| producer = Haneef Muhammed
| writer = Babu Janardhanan
| starring = [[Mammootty]] [[Unni Mukundan]] [[Roma (actress)|Roma]]
| music = '''Songs:''' [[Afzal Yusuf]] '''Background score: '''[[Prashant Pillai]]
| cinematography = Vipin Mohan
| editing = Vijay Shankar
| studio = Red Rose Creations
| distributor = Red Rose Release & PJ Entertainments
| released = {{Film date|df=yes|2011|6|30}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://entertainment.oneindia.in/malayalam/news/2011/mammootty-delay-bombay-march-12-salimkumar-220611-aid0062.html|title=Mammootty delays Bombay March 12 for Salim Kumar|publisher=[[Oneindia.in]]|date=22 June 2011|accessdate=29 June 2011}}</ref>
| runtime = 131 minutes
| country = India
| language = Malayalam
| budget =
| gross =
}}
'''''Bombay March 12''''' is a 2011 [[Malayalam|Malayalam–language]] [[Indian cinema|India]]n [[drama film]] based on the [[1993 Bombay bombings|1993 Bombay bomb blasts]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.hindu.com/fr/2011/04/22/stories/2011042251200200.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121109053932/http://www.hindu.com/fr/2011/04/22/stories/2011042251200200.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=9 November 2012 |title=When terror strikes |author=Vijay George|date=22 April 2011|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|accessdate=25 April 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/malayalam/article/61451.html |title=Mammootty in Bombay, March12|date=9 November 2010|publisher=IndiaGlitz|accessdate=6 April 2011}}</ref> The film marks the directorial debut of noted screenwriter [[Babu Janardhanan]].<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.screenindia.com/news/mammootty-in-bombay-march-12/712594/|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120909214919/http://www.screenindia.com/news/mammootty-in-bombay-march-12/712594/|url-status=dead|archive-date=9 September 2012|title=Mammootty in Bombay March 12|date=19 November 2010|magazine=[[Screen India]]|accessdate=6 April 2011}}</ref> [[Mammootty]], [[Roma (actress)|Roma]] and [[Unni Mukundan]] play the lead roles. The narrative is in a [[hyperlink cinema|hyperlink]] format. It was released in theatres on 30 June 2011. It Was Dubbed In Hindi As ''Hadsa Bombay March 12''.

==Plot==

The story is about Sameer ([[Mammootty]]), a sweeper with the Alappuzha Municipality, who is always on tenterhooks because he is on the police radar whenever there is trouble or an act of terror occurs. Later it is revealed that his brother-in-law Shahjahan ([[Unni Mukundan]]) was suspected to be part of the terror team that had planted bombs in Bombay in 1993 and was later killed in an encounter with the Army in Andhra Pradesh.

The narrative moves back and forth, slowly connecting Sameer with Shahjahan who had gone to Bombay as an IT professional and from whom much was expected by his family. The innocent youngster gets entangled in the web of a terror group and goes into hiding fearing the safety of his loved ones.

==Cast==
* [[Mammootty]] as Sameer / Sadananda Bhatt
* [[Unni Mukundan]] as Shahjahan
* [[Roma (actress)|Roma]] as Abidha
*[[Sudheer Karamana]] as Anti Terrorism Squad Officer
* [[Shari (actress)|Shari]]
* [[Sadiq]]
* [[Lijo Jose Pellissery]]
* [[Anil Murali]]
* [[Lal (actor)|Lal]]
* [[Rajeev Govinda Pillai (actor)| Rajeev Govinda Pillai]] as Mushruf
* Saranya Sasi as Amina
* [[Jyothi Krishna (actress)|Jyothi Krishna]]
* Seema G Nair
* Baby Diya
* [[Akhil Dev]]
* [[Chemban Vinod Jose]]

==Production==

===Casting===
Sameer, one of the two characters played by Mammooty in the film, is inspired by the [[People's Democratic Party (India)|People's Democratic Party]] leader [[Abdul Nasser Madani]]'s long incarceration as an under-trial in a Tamil Nadu jail. Likewise, Sameer spends nine and a half years in jail as an accused in a blast case and is finally acquitted of all charges. The director says that the film transmits not just the trauma of Madani but of every under-trial who had to undergo long imprisonment. "Only the core idea is taken from real life and the rest is fiction. Madani is a political leader. But Sameer is presented as an ordinary person", he said.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.deccanchronicle.com/channels/showbiz/others/superstar-mammootty-dons-role-madani-415|title=Superstar Mammootty dons the role of Madani|author=K. Venugopal|newspaper=Deccan Chronicle|date=29 June 2011|accessdate=29 June 2011|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110702071557/http://www.deccanchronicle.com/channels/showbiz/others/superstar-mammootty-dons-role-madani-415|archivedate=2 July 2011|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

[[Unni Mukundan]] (Krishna), who plays a major supporting role in ''Bombay March 12'', was formerly working as an assistant to veteran director [[A. K. Lohithadas]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cityjournal.in/Newspaper/20110630/cinema/cinema_1.html|title=Local boy hits Big screen|date=30 June 2011|publisher=[[City Journal (Thrissur)|City Journal]]|accessdate=2 July 2011}}{{Dead link|date=October 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-03-15/news-interviews/28690907_1_krishna-hindi-version-film|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120503102745/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-03-15/news-interviews/28690907_1_krishna-hindi-version-film|url-status=dead|archive-date=3 May 2012|title=Krishna shifts to Mollywood|date=15 March 2011|newspaper=[[The Times of India]]|accessdate=6 April 2011}}</ref> Model-turned-child artiste Babydiya makes her film debut with ''Bombay March 12''.<ref>[http://malayalam.deepikaglobal.com/feature/Featuredetails.asp?ncode=2192&feature_cat=Cat19 "കോട്ടയത്തു നിന്നൊരു ബാലതാരം"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110705103503/http://malayalam.deepikaglobal.com/feature/Featuredetails.asp?ncode=2192&feature_cat=Cat19 |date=5 July 2011 }}. ''[[Deepika (newspaper)|Deepika]]''. Retrieved 16 April 2011.</ref>

===Filming===
Production commenced on second week of February 2011 and was completed from [[Coimbatore]], [[Mumbai]], [[Hyderabad, India|Hyderabad]] and parts of [[Kerala]] and [[Rajasthan]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ibnlive.in.com/news/kerala-rival-fronts-have-5050-chance-mammootty/147055-37.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121014192208/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/kerala-rival-fronts-have-5050-chance-mammootty/147055-37.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=14 October 2012|title=Kerala rival fronts have 50–50 chance: Mammootty|date=25 March 2011|publisher=[[IBN Live]]|accessdate=6 April 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://intvlive.com/Intv-News/01-21-2011/2011-01-21_It.html|title=It is 1993 Bombay, March 12|date=21 January 2011|publisher=INTV Live|accessdate=6 April 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110127053232/http://intvlive.com/Intv-News/01-21-2011/2011-01-21_It.html|archive-date=27 January 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref> Originally filmed in [[Malayalam]], it will have dubbed releases in [[Tamil language|Tamil]] and [[Telugu language|Telugu]].<ref name="Riots">{{cite news |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-11-15/news-interviews/28251509_1_hindi-film-mammootty-riots |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120503102805/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-11-15/news-interviews/28251509_1_hindi-film-mammootty-riots |url-status=dead |archive-date=3 May 2012 |title=Mammootty in a film on Mumbai riots|date=15 November 2010|newspaper=[[The Times of India]]|accessdate=6 April 2011}}</ref> There was uzz that ''Bombay March 12'' might be shot in [[Hindi]] as well.<ref name="Sequel">{{cite news |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-03-17/news-interviews/29138033_1_bomb-blasts-mammootty-babu-janardhanan |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120503102740/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-03-17/news-interviews/29138033_1_bomb-blasts-mammootty-babu-janardhanan |url-status=dead |archive-date=3 May 2012 |title=Mammootty in Bombay sequel?|date=17 March 2011|newspaper=[[The Times of India]]|accessdate=6 April 2011}}</ref>

==Music==
''Bombay March 12'' features an original score composed by [[Prashant Pillai]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/arts/music/article2112784.ece|title=On a different track|author=Nita Sathyendran|newspaper=The Hindu|date=17 June 2011|accessdate=29 June 2011}}</ref>

The soundtrack to ''Bombay March 12'' is composed by [[Afzal Yusuf]]. [[Bollywood]] singers [[Sonu Nigam]] and [[Sadhana Sargam]] recorded Malayalam songs for this film. The song titled "Chakkaramavin Kombathu" has lyrics by Rafeeq Ahmed.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://entertainment.oneindia.in/malayalam/news/2011/sonu-nigam-enter-malayalam-bombay-march-12-200611-aid0062.html |title=Sonu Nigam entering Malayalam with 1993 Bombay March 12|publisher=[[Oneindia.in]]|date=20 June 2011|accessdate=29 June 2011}}</ref>

; Track listing
{{tracklist
| headline =
| extra_column = Singer(s)
| total_length =
| all_lyrics = Rafeeq Ahmed
| title1 = Chakkara Maavin
| extra1 = [[Sonu Nigam]], Ganesh Sundaram
| length1 =
| title2 = Viriyunnu
| extra2 = [[Sadhana Sargam]]
| length2 =
| title3 = Onaveyil
| extra3 = [[M. G. Sreekumar]], Soney Sai, Sudheesh
| length3 =
| title4 = Maula Mere
| extra4 = [[Kailash Kher]]
| length4 =
| title5 = Chakkara Maavin
| extra5 = Sonu Nigam, Soney Sai, Ganesh Sundaram
| length5 =
| title6 = Viriyunnu
| extra6 = [[Usha Uthup]]
| length6 =
}}

==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 ({{Rating|3|5}}). 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 (2011 film)|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."<ref>[http://www.rediff.com/movies/report/review-bombay-march/20110701.htm Bombay March 12 is hard-hitting], Rediff,
July 1, 2011</ref> 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."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rediff.com/movies/review/review-bombay-march/20110701.htm|title=Review: Bombay March 12 is hard-hitting|author=Paresh C. Palicha|work=[[Rediff.com]]|date=1 July 2011|accessdate=2 July 2011}}({{Rating|3|5}})</ref>

==References==
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[[Category:2011 films]]
[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:Malayalam-language films]]
[[Category:2010s Malayalam-language films]]
[[Category:2011 crime drama films]]
[[Category:2011 thriller drama films]]
[[Category:Indian films based on actual events]]
[[Category:Films set in Mumbai]]
[[Category:Films set in 1993]]
[[Category:1993 Bombay bombings]]
[[Category:Films about terrorism in India]]
[[Category:Films about organised crime in India]]
[[Category:Films set in Kerala]]
[[Category:Films shot in Mumbai]]
[[Category:Films shot in Hyderabad, India]]
[[Category:Films shot in Kerala]]
[[Category:Films shot in Rajasthan]]
[[Category:Films shot in Coimbatore]]
[[Category:Hyperlink films]]
[[Category:2011 directorial debut films]]
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