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Bombay is a 1995 Tamil/Hindi movie by Mani Ratnam starring Arvind Swamy and Manisha Koirala, with music composed by A. R. Rahman. It received the Filmfare Critics Award for Best Movie. 1995 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Tamil is the first language ever to exist since human literature. ... Hindi (हिन्दी) is a language spoken in most states in northern and central India. ... For other uses see film (disambiguation) Film refers to the celluliod media on which movies are printed Film — also called movies, the cinema, the silver screen, moving pictures, photoplays, picture shows, flicks, or motion pictures, — is a field that encompasses motion pictures as an art form or as part of... It has been suggested that Maniratnam be merged into this article or section. ... Arvind Swamy is a popular former Tamil actor. ... Manisha Koirala is a Bollywood actress. ... A.R. Rahman Allah Rakha Rahman (born Thursday January 6, 1966 as A.S. Dileep Kumar in Chennai, India) is a popular Indian film music composer. ... Filmfare awards are given for movies from Bollywood, the biggest regional film industry in India. ...

Plot

Shekhar plays the rebel son of a Hindu family in a seaside village. He is studying journalism in Bombay and returns to his village. This article or section should be merged with Mumbai Mumbai (previously known as Bombay) is the worlds most populous conurbation, and is the sixth most populous agglomeration in the world. ...

He falls in love with Shaila Bano (Koirala), a Muslim schoolgirl. He asks his hand but their fathers oppose their marriage. Swamy leaves for Bombay but continues writing letters to Shaila. Finally, Shaila escapes the village to marry him in Bombay. They have twins Kabir and Kemal and raise them in both religions. Meanwhile, in India, religious extremism launches each community against the other. In 1992, Hindus demolish the Babri mosque in Ayodhya (Uttar Pradesh) where they claim there was a pre-Mughal Hindu temple. Muslims retaliate across India. While Shekhar interviews the political and policial leaders, the riots arrive to their neighborhood. Extremists try to burn the children but are stopped by Shekhar and the police. Alarmed by the Bombay news, their parents leave the village. After meeting their grandsons, however they forgive the couple and make peace with each other. A view of the Babri Mosque, pre-1992. ... Ayodhya (अयोध्या) is an ancient city of India, the old capital of Awadh, in the Faizabad district of Uttar Pradesh. ... The Mughal Empire (alternative spelling Mogul, which is the origin of the word Mogul) of India was founded by Babur in 1526, when he defeated Ibrahim Lodi, the last of the Delhi Sultans at the First Battle of Panipat. ...

External link

• Bombay at the Internet Movie Database