Title Song : Uyire Uyire Vanthu Ennodu
Title Movie : Bombay
Singer : Golden Voice Hariharan & Chinna Kuyil K. S. Chithra
Lyrics : Padma Shri & Padma Bhushan Kavingar Dr. Vairamuthu Ramasamy
Music Director : Isai Puyal & Oskar Nayagan Dr. A. R. Rahman
Starring : Arvind Swami & Manisha Koirala
Directed by : Mani Ratnam
Produced by : S. Sriram , Mani Ratnam ( Uncredited ) Jhamu Sughand
Written by : Mani Ratnam
Cinematography : Rajiv Menon
Edited by : Suresh Urs
Production Company : Aalayam Productions
Distributed by : Aalayam Productions
Ayngaran International
Release date : 10 March 1995
Story : Romantic Drama Film

Award :
Box office

The Hindi version of the film grossed ₹140 million (equivalent to ₹670 million or US$9.4 million in 2019), as reported by Box Office India, making it one of the year's top ten highest-grossing Hindi films.

The film has won the following awards since its release:

National
1995 National Film Awards
Nargis Dutt Award for Best Feature Film on National Integration – Mani Ratnam
Best Editing – Suresh Urs

1996 Filmfare Awards
Best Film (Critics) – S. Sriram
Best Performer (Critics) – Manisha Koirala

1996 Filmfare Awards South
Best Film – Tamil – S. Sriram, Mani Ratnam
Best Director – Tamil – Mani Ratnam
Best Actress – Tamil – Manisha Koirala
Best Music Director – Tamil – A. R. Rahman

1996 Matri Shree Media Award
Best Film – Mani Ratnam

1995 Tamil Nadu State Film Awards
Best Lyricist – Vairamuthu
Best Female Playback – K. S. Chitra

1996 CineGoer's Award
Best Music (Tamil) – A. R. Rahman

1996 Film Fans' Award
Best Music (Tamil) – A. R. Rahman

1996 Kalasaagar Award
Best Music (Tamil) – A. R. Rahman

International

1995 Edinburgh International Film Festival (Scotland)

Gala Award – Bombay – Mani Ratnam

1996 Political Film Society Awards (United States)

Special Award – Bombay – Mani Ratnam

2003 Jerusalem Film Festival (Israel)

Wim Van Leer in Spirit for Freedom Award – Best Feature – Bombay – Mani Ratnam

Achivements :

The film's soundtrack earned composer A. R. Rahman his fourth consecutive Filmfare Best Music Director Award (Tamil), and is considered one of the greatest Indian soundtracks of all time. However, the film caused considerable controversy upon release in India and abroad for its depiction of inter-religious relations between a Muslim girl and a Hindu man. The film was banned in Singapore and Malaysia upon release. Two homemade bombs were thrown at the house of Director Mani Ratnam, who had to be hospitalized with shrapnel injuries. Police blamed Muslim extremists for the attack.

In July 2005, a book on the film by Lalitha Gopalan was published by BFI Modern Classics, looking at the film's production, the several issues it covered, and its impact upon release in India and abroad.The film was ranked among the top 20 Indian films in the British Film Institute's rankings.Mani Ratnam described Bombay as "a positive film about communal harmony". He said the Bombay riots were not the main focus of the film, but "a helpless, innocent man caught up in violence not of his own making."The soundtrack album for Bombay was composed by A. R. Rahman, in his third collaboration with Mani Ratnam after Roja (1992) and Thiruda Thiruda (1993). The lyrics for the Tamil version were written by Vairamuthu, except for the song "Antha Arabi Kadaloram", which was written by Vaali. The soundtrack of the film became one of the best-selling Indian music albums of all time, with sales of 15 million units.The soundtrack was included in The Guardian's "1000 Albums to Hear Before You Die" list,and the song "Kannalanae" sung by K. S. Chithra was included in their "1000 Songs Everyone Must Hear" list."Bombay Theme" has appeared in various international films and music compilations, while the songs "Kannalanae" and "Bombay Theme" have been sampled by various international artists.The soundtrack of the film became one of the best-selling Indian music albums of all time, with sales of 15 million units.The soundtrack was included in The Guardian's "1000 Albums to Hear Before You Die" list, and the song "Kannalanae" sung by K S Chitra was included in their "1000 Songs Everyone Must Hear" list. The song "Hamma" was later reused in Ok Jaanu (2017) as "The Humma Song"."Bombay Theme" has appeared in various international films and music compilations, while "Kannalanae" and "Bombay Theme" have been sampled by various international artists.The film tells the story of an inter-religious family in Bombay (now Mumbai) before and during the Bombay riots, which took place between December 1992 and January 1993 after the demolition of the Babri Masjid led to religious tensions between Hindu and Muslim communities. It is the second in Ratnam's trilogy of films that depict human relationships against a background of Indian politics, including Roja (1992) and Dil Se.. (1998).The film was dubbed in Hindi, Telugu and Malayalam with the same title.

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