I do think of Bombay as my hometown. Those are the streets I walked when I was learning to walk. And it's the place that my imagination has returned to more than anywhere else.
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I loved being in Bombay. It was a pretty thrilling place to walk around and explore.
For my first Bollywood movie, 'Ekk Deewana Tha,' my mum also came over because Mumbai was completely new to me, and I'd heard it's a huge city.
Mumbai may not be my city. But it is my kind of city.
Well the Bombay film wasn't always like how it is now. It did have a local industry. There were realistic films made on local scenes. But it gradually changed over the years.
I was very happy in Bombay. I was good at school. There was no reason to change anything. I suppose it must have been some spirit of adventure, of wanting to see the world.
Everyone goes on about how Bombay is so similar to New York, so I had see what the big deal was. The bustling crowds are the same, but it's a lot quieter, it's a lot cleaner, and it's not humid. I think the energy is very similar to Bombay.
'Bombay Velvet' is my first film in a trilogy about Bombay, before it became a metropolis.
The thing about Mumbai is you go five yards and all of human existence is revealed. It's an incredible cavalcade of life, and I love that.
People talk about places like Mumbai as a tale of two cities, as if the rich and poor don't have anything to do with each other.
Hindi films are so deceptive. I thought Mumbai was this big, grand, beautiful city with sea-facing flats.
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