Mumbai Taxi

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Mumbai Taxi
Directed byFazil Basheer
Produced byRiyaz Fazzan
StarringBadusha Mohammed
Riyaz Fazzan
Mareena Micheal
Babu Jose
Shivaji Guruvayoor
Sreejith Ravi
Tini Tom
CinematographyNoorudheen Bava
Release date
  • 7 August 2015 (2015-08-07)
CountryIndia
LanguageMalayalam

Mumbai Taxi is a 2015 Malayalam thriller film directed by Fazil Basheer, [1] released on 7 August 2015 in theatres. The film stars Badusha Mohammed as the central character, with Riyaz Fazzan, Mareena Michael, Babu Jose, Shivaji Guruvayoor, Sreejith Ravi, Tini Tom.This movie was dubbed in Tamil, Telugu and Hindi as same title.

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Synopsis

The film is about how a set of officials try to deal with a bomb threat happens in a single day in the city of Mumbai. The movie revolves around a taxi driver in Mumbai. Badusha does the lead role of Bhagath, a taxi driver. Marina Michael Kurushingal does the female lead. She plays Nanditha, a passenger in the taxi driven by Bhagath. [2] A thrilling story follows with the arrival of an anonymous message to the special office under Anti Terrorist Squad.

Cast

Production

This film marks the return of actor Badusha (nephew of Cochin Haneefa) who acted as a child in Pappayude Swantham Appoos (1992). [4] [5]

Reception

A critic from The Times of India wrote that "There is hardly any notable performance from the actors simply because there is scarcely anything for them to work with. It’s a shoddily made film with a shallow narrative in which nothing happens but characters stand together accompanied by irritable levels of background music". [6]

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