Bullets Over Bombay

Name: Bullets Over Bombay
Rating: 5 (2 reviews)

Uday Bhatia

Sep 2021 · Harper Collins

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In 1998, Satya opened to widespread critical acclaim. At a time when Bollywood was still rediscovering romance, Ram Gopal Varma's film dared to imagine the ordinary life of a Mumbai gangster. It kicked off a new wave of Hindi gangster films that depicted a vital, gritty side of Mumbai, rarely shown in mainstream cinema until then.

More than two decades later, it has become an iconic film. When it was released, the regular moviegoer would have been hard-pressed to recognise more than a couple of names in the film's credits. Today, it reads like an honour roll - Anurag Kashyap, Manoj Bajpayee, Vishal Bhardwaj, Saurabh Shukla.

Speaking to the people who made Satya a landmark film, Uday Bhatia tells the incredible story of how it all came together, how it drew from the gangster and street film traditions, and why it went on to become a modern classic.

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Animesh Bhattacharya

October 4, 2024

A must read for all Satya and RGV fans or any Indian film buff. Usually academic works on films are dry and boring, but Uday Bhatia's lucid writing creates an unputdownable book which you will want to finish in one sitting. Even the chapters where he does analysis of gangster and city films are engrossing and will make you want to watch the movies being discussed. The dramatic story behind the making of Satya, full of twist and turns jn itself, is meticulously researched and crafted from conflicting memories of the participants. Overall a must read for film students and film buffs in general.

Prafull Desale

April 23, 2025

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About the author

Uday Bhatia is a film critic with Mint Lounge in Delhi. He has previously worked with Time Out Delhi and The Sunday Guardian. His writing has appeared in The Caravan, GQ, The Indian Quarterly, The Indian Express and The Hindu Business Line. He is the winner of the 2019 Ramnath Goenka Award in the Arts, Culture and Entertainment category.

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