Synopsis
Arun is a reclusive and lonely modern art painter. Shai is an American banker who is on a visit to Mumbai. Munna is a washerboy also living near Arun and Yasmin. The movie is about these four characters from different class of society and how the lives of four characters are intertwined.
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Cast
- Aamir KhanArun
- Prateik BabbarZohaib "Munna" Shaikh
- Monica DograShai Edulji
- Kriti MalhotraYasmin Noor
- Danish HusainSalim
- Kitu GidwaniVatsala
- Jehan ManekshawPesi
- Ashok VarmaYasmin's Husband
- Sanjivani OagleSilent Neighbour
- Aasha PawarLata bai
Recommendations
- 80
The Hollywood Reporter
Easily one of the most dynamic cinematic portraits of that decaying, vibrant, impossible city ever made; it treats the city itself as a character. - 80
Los Angeles Times
It marks a subtle, assured and altogether distinctive feature debut for writer-director Rao and its radiant leading lady, rock star and stage performer Monica Dogra. - 75
San Francisco Chronicle
Rao avoids high drama, and while there is humor, the film's tone is one of melancholy. - 75
New York Post
Satisfying, well-acted drama. - 70
Variety
This tale of four Mumbai dwellers at a crossroads in their lives owes more to Taiwanese or French auteur cinema than to Satyajit Ray. - 65
Movieline
Rao's ultimate achievements - including a balanced, doleful tone and moments of city symphony elegance - are undercut by the arrangement of her characters into narrative castes that cross paths but can't quite connect. - 50
The New York Times
Ms. Rao gives the city an immediacy it doesn't usually have in films. But she has more feel for mood than for storytelling. - 50
Village Voice
Had Rao chosen to foreground her tantalizing ideas instead of her instantly forgettable characters, Mumbai Diaries could have been more than the sum of its parts.
