5 Reasons Mumbai Hotel Film Remains Popular Even Though Six Years Released

Dev Patel (Bleecker via IMDB)

JAKARTA - The Mumbai Hotel is an independent film that will air in 2018. This film is directed by Anthony Maras and stars Dev Patel,

Six years on, Hotel Mumbai is one of the most talked about films of the year. The film earned box office titles after getting 21 million dollars from their budget of only 17 million US dollars.

Check out 5 points from the Mumbai Hotel which makes it still popular even though six years after its release:

The Mumbai Hotel is an inspiration to the true story of a terrorist attack that took place in Mumbai in November 2008. The militant group carried out an attack on the Taj Mahal Palace Hotel which became one of the luxury hotels in India. At the original incident, there were 8 attacks, but the title of this film was inspired by the incident that occurred at the hotel.

His name was big thanks to the film Slumdog Millionaire and 10 years later, his name became a concern through the film Hotel Mumbai. Patel, who became the main character, was able to make this film fun. He was also nominated for the AACTA Awards thanks to this film.

Apart from Dev Patel, the Mumbai Hotel is also played by several big names such as Armie Hammer, Nazanin Boniadi, Tilda Cobham-Hervey, Anupam Kher, and many others.

This film went a long way before showing in theaters. After being acquired by Weinstein, this film was taken away by Bleecker's viewing rights. The film was also withdrawn in New Zealand after Christchurch's shooting until it could be shown at a certain time.

Hotel Mumbai is one of the winners of the Bandung Film Festival. This film is included in the Honorable Imported Films category and won the award.