How Mumbai has lent character to Bollywood in unique ways

Updated On: 16 May, 2015 07:38 AM IST | | Sanat Mehra

<p>With Anurag Kashyap’s 'Bombay Velvet' hitting the marquee, we attempt to match cinematic memories from the patchwork of the Bombay that was and the Mumbai that is… </p>

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Bombay Velvet, Slumdog Millionaire, Satya and Parinda

For a city synonymous with cinema and glamour, Mumbai has almost stood out as a parallel character, an obvious choice for filmmakers to set their stories in. With Anurag Kashyap’s 'Bombay Velvet' hitting the marquee yesterday -- the film shows Bombay of the ’50s and ’60s — hitlist attempts to match cinematic memories from the patchwork of the Bombay that was and the Mumbai that is...

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