Bombay Boys

Waltzing Matunga, Mumbhai, Naseeruddin Shah, gangsters, hijras, socialites, NRIs. This movie has something for everyone, and it's all good. The single funniest Hindi/Indian movie you will see this decade.

The movie is about three NRIs who come to Bombay from the US, UK, and Australian. There's love, lust, violence, drama, singing, dancing... Everything you'd expect in a Bollywood pot-boiler, but this one is both enjoyable and intelligent.

This movie is based on the experience of three NRI's on their first visit to Bombay.

Krishna(Naveen Andrews seen in "The Buddha of Suburbia";"Wild West";"The English Patient")from New York drama school is looking for a subtantial role in Hollywood but is forced to act in Mastana's(Naseeruddin Shah)"bummer" film,Mumbai Banditos. Xerxes, a violinist from London, is in Bombay to "find himself" while Ricardo(Rahul Bose)is searching for his lost brother.

Bombay Boys is a film with a mature message. For once it's not on how western culture/NRI's are ruining India's traditions & values (a la "Pardes";"Aa Ab Laut Chale";"Hum Aapke Dil Mein Rahte Hai" et al)but for moving with times & simultaneously salvaging India's culture.

Gifford & Bose perform well.Naveen Andrews -"Kama Sutra";"My Own Country" & Tara Deshpande-"Bada Din"& "Is Raat Ki Subha Nahin" are spectacular. However the most outrageous yet credible performance is from Naseeruddin Shah.Khaizad Gustad's direction is great.The soundtrack is worthlistening too. Bombay Boys - a must see!!!

I loved the movie, every character and every line is superb. The movie has the look and style of Quentin Tarantino, in my view.

Being an NRI who migrated out of Mumbai, I can identify myself completely with the lead protagonists.

Gripping and funny, it provides a view of Mumbai not seen in mainstream media. The spoof on bollywood itself is hilarious. Worth a watch for every Mumbai-ite. This is the side of Mumbai we all ignore and are embarrassed to reveal. Kaizad has done an excellent job of portraying it honestly and without judgement.

Highlight of the movie: Naseeruddin Shah (hardly surprising.)

Now only if Rahul Bose had worked harder on the Aussie accent :)

Would love to see more from Kaizad Gustad.

One rarely finds intelligent movies entertaining or entertaining movies intelligent.

But this movie is one. Loved the way it went.

Sad we couldn't see more from this gifted director.

This movie is just fabulous and despite being ahead of its time was a box office success that spawned many more films in its genre. Nasiruddin Shah is magnificent and ably supported by a mouth watering Tara Deshpande whose performance is touching and funny at the same time. The three 'sexpats' and their emotional baggage makes for a terrific counter play to the complex, sad and sometimes dangerous cityscape of Mumbai. Naveen Andrews and Tara Deshpande's dance performance is just hysterical. The music is great- Waltzing Matunga is an all time favorite and Javed Jaffery's I am Mumbhai- referring to the Mumbai gangster era is great too.

please have more from Dolly, Mastana and Kaizad Gustad? A sequel?