Thriller based on a true story starring Dev Patel. In 2008, ten Pakistani terrorists arrive in Mumbai and embark on a series of attacks throughout the city. After four of the gunmen enter the Taj Mahal Palace Hotel and start shooting, a waiter and the hotel's head chef are among those attempting to save guests' lives as they wait for help to come.
Waiter Dev Patel and head chef Anupam Kher risk their lives to protect patrons from terrorists in this dramatisation of the 2008 siege of Mumbai's Taj Mahal Palace Hotel. Director Anthony Maras takes an unflinching look at a horrific event, re-creating every death with disturbing detail. It's debatable whether this bloody depiction is realism or exploitation, but it does underline its enormity. The focus on the violence means many of the performances are more about survival rather than revealing the people behind the headlines. Given its real-life inspiration, there's something uncomfortable about Hotel Mumbai's devotion to showing the true horror of what happened, but it leaves you in no doubt of the heroism of those involved.
| role | name |
|---|---|
| Arjun | Dev Patel |
| David | Armie Hammer |
| Zahra | Nazanin Boniadi |
| Hemant Oberoi | Anupam Kher |
| Vasili | Jason Isaacs |
| Sally | Tilda Cobham-Hervey |
| role | name |
|---|---|
| Director | Anthony Maras |
