Throwback to the terror: Bollywood films that are based on 9/11

Updated On: 11 September, 2022 03:17 PM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent

As memories of the cataclysmic 9/11 attacks come hurtling back today, we take a look at films that offered an engaging perspective on the tragedy and its far-reaching effects

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Collage of films based on terror attack

The horrific events of 9/11 have inspired a clutch of filmmakers to document the US the way it looked in the wake of the terror attack on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. The tragedy, till date, remains a wound of massive proportions in the collective memory of humanity and is also one of the most sinister and cold-blooded acts of terrorism the world has seen. Using it as a backdrop, Bollywood has explored various facets of that fateful day.

Shah Rukh Khan in a still from `My Name Is Khan` (2010) which had the 9/11 attacks as its backdrop