Production
On 30 December 2008, the director, Ram Gopal Varma, toured the Taj Mahal Palace Hotel just days after the attacks, drawing widespread condemnation. At the time, Varma called his visit a 'coincidence' and said he had no plans of making a film based on the attacks, but later apologised for his visit prior to the release of the film. [8] [9]
Varma stated that they used sources to research the attacks, including eyewitnesses, police statements, [10] [11] charge sheets and the author of the book, Rommel Rodrigues, whom he described as "a walking encyclopaedia". [11]
Under the art direction of Uday Singh, a replica of the Taj Mahal Palace Hotel was built with a cost of ₹ 40 million. [12] Varma auditioned 500 applicants and selected Sanjeev Jaiswal to play Ajmal Kasab. [13] The film used real locations [14] and covers the night of 26 November 2008, focusing primarily between 9 PM and 1 AM, when Kasab was caught. [15] The shooting of the film was finished by 11 December 2012 at Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus. [16] [17]
Soundtrack
"Maula Maula" was debuted by Sukhwinder Singh at the Leopold Cafe at 9:30 AM some time before 12 February 2013, the hour when the attacks began. At the event, scenes from the film were shown, Patekar spoke of his experience while shooting the film and two victims of the attack on the cafe were later invited on stage to speak of their experiences. [18] [19]
There are five songs on the soundtrack, of which "Nethutti Ruchi Mariginda" was sang by Varma in the Telugu version of the film. [20]
Soundtrack reception
Joginder Tuteja of Bollywood Hungama gave it a 2 out of 5 stars, stating that, aside from "Maula Maula", the rest of the songs are "average to hear and may just enhance the film's narrative to some extent". [21]
Reception
Firstpost commended Patekar in his role in their review, saying "Nana holds the film together. He feels every line that he utters. His heart bleeds for each one of the 166 people who died on that night. When he tells Kasab in a choked voice, 'I have a son of your age', Nana isn't faking it. His performance goes way beyond acting." [32]
Subhash K. Jha of the Deccan Herald gave the film 4 out of 5 stars, calling the movie "a work of riveting resonance" and "one of the best films in recent times on the wages of terrorism". [33] Resham Sengar of Zee News called the film "a moving sketch of the dreadful terror attack", and gave the film 4 stars out of 5. [34] Taran Adarsh of Bollywood Hungama gave it 3.5 out of 5 and said that the film was "A powerful retelling of a regrettable event in history". [35] [36]
Vaihayasi Pande Daniel of Rediff.com gave it two and half stars, saying "I have a headache. My ears are still ringing. The nausea is just about abating." [36] Madhureeta Mukherjee of The Times of India said "While the thought is poignant, the horror isn't palpable throughout and the execution doesn't cut as deep as the actual tragedy" and gave it two and half stars. [36]
Saibal Chatterjee of NDTV gave 2.5 stars, calling the movie "watchable" and saying "Ram Gopal Varma is still not back to his best and The Attacks of 26/11 isn't an unqualified triumph." [37] In Anupama Chopra's review for the Hindustan Times , the film also received 2.5 stars, remarking that the movie's "powerful subject [is] watered down by ineffective story-telling". [38]
In his review for News18, Rajeev Masand gave the film 1.5 stars, writing that the film "often resembles a tacky B-movie" and was a "tragedy exploited". [39] [40]
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