There was a lot of controversy about this film in India. The release was blocked by the courts, and I am not sure exactly why, but after seeing it, I realized that it could be a problem.

Saw it in the San Francisco International Film Festival at UC Berkeley. The film is hard-hitting, graphic, realistic and scary.

The only thing I didn’t like much is that the timeline kept flipping and flopping. If it were documented as a series of events, even if there was something happening in parallel, it would have been a little more logical. Or on the other hand, if the film was made with respect to certain characters and their timelines, it would have been a little more logical. But other than that, the film is well-made, and quite good.

I am sure if this got released today, it could open up some wounds of the past and possibly create more trouble than needed.

But hats off to Bombay for getting out of such a large mess in absolutely no time, and slapping the terrorists in their faces by not letting the blasts cripple the economy. Bombayites are much stronger than that, and it has been proved time and time again.

Knock on wood.