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{{Infobox film
|name = Mumbai Meri Jaan
|image = MumbaiMeriJaan.jpg
|image_size =
|caption = Poster
|director = [[Nishikanth Kamath]]
|producer = [[Ronnie Screwvala]]
|writer = Yogesh Vinayak Joshi Upendra Sidhaye
|narrator =
|starring = [[R. Madhavan|Madhavan]] [[Irrfan Khan|Irfan Khan]] [[Soha Ali Khan]] [[Kay Kay Menon]] [[Paresh Rawal]]
|music =
|cinematography = [[Sanjay Jadhav]]
|editing = Amit Pawar
|distributor = [[UTV Motion Pictures]]
|released = {{Film date|2008|08|22|df=y}}
|runtime = 135 minutes<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbfc.co.uk/release/mumbai-meri-jaan-q29sbgvjdglvbjpwwc0zntczotc|title=Mumbai Meri Jaan|website=[[British Board of Film Classification]]}}</ref>
|country = [[India]]
|language = [[Hindi]] [[Urdu]]
|budget =
|gross =
}}

'''''Mumbai Meri Jaan''''' ([[Hindi language|Hindi]]: {{lang|hi|मुम्बई मेरी जान}}, [[Indian English|translation]]: ''Mumbai, My Life'') is a 2008 Indian [[drama film]] directed by [[Nishikant Kamat]] and produced by [[Ronnie Screwvala]]. It stars [[R. Madhavan|Madhavan]], [[Irrfan Khan]], [[Soha Ali Khan]], [[Paresh Rawal]] and [[Kay Kay Menon]]. It deals with the aftermath of the [[11 July 2006 Mumbai train bombings]], where 209 people lost their lives and over 700 were injured.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/Terror-inspires-Bollywood-again/333408/|title=Terror inspires Bollywood again|date=9 July 2008|access-date=15 November 2009|work=[[The Indian Express]]|archive-date=22 March 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090322141023/http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/Terror-inspires-Bollywood-again/333408/|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref> It won multiple [[Filmfare Awards]].

==Plot==
Rupali Joshi ([[Soha Ali Khan]]) is a successful reporter who is getting married in two months.
Nikhil Agrawal ([[R. Madhavan|Madhavan]]) is an environmentally conscious executive who rides the train to work every day and is expecting his first child. Suresh ([[Kay Kay Menon]]) is a struggling computer tech who spends his time loafing at a local cafe and criticizing Muslims. Meanwhile, Sunil Kadam ([[Vijay Maurya]]) struggles with the corruption and inefficiency of the Mumbai police force and his boss, Tukaram Patil ([[Paresh Rawal]]), who is nearing retirement.

On 11 July Nikhil and Suresh are in the second class compartment of a train when a bomb goes off in the first class compartment. The two survive, but Nikhil is too afraid to take the train again and is diagnosed with acute stress disorder. Suresh becomes obsessed with punishing the city's Muslims and is only stopped from antagonising them by Kadam and Patil on patrol. Kadam and Patil abuse a street vendor named Thomas ([[Irrfan Khan]]) who begins calling in fake bomb scares at malls to relieve his feelings. After an elderly man suffers a heart attack while the police are evacuating one mall, Thomas feels guilty and decides to stop.

Rupali, who rushed to the scene of the bombings to cover the story, is devastated when she discovers that her fiancé died in the blasts. Her grief is augmented when the news channel she works for tries to exploit her story for ratings. Meanwhile, Suresh pursues a Muslim that he suspects of being a terrorist. However, after Patil stops him and lectures him on communal harmony, Suresh befriends the man.

After Nikhil's wife goes into labour, he is forced to take the train to get to the hospital. Mumbai stops for two minutes while the city observes a moment of silence for those killed in the bombings. Patil finally retires from the police force and Kadam forgives him for his corrupt actions. Nikhil overcomes his [[fear of trains]] and Thomas gives a rose to the elderly man whose heart attack he caused.

==Cast==
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*[[R. Madhavan|Madhavan]] as Nikhil Agarwal
*[[Irrfan Khan]] as Thomas
*[[Soha Ali Khan]] as Rupali Joshi
*[[Paresh Rawal]] as Tukaram Patil
*[[Kay Kay Menon]] as Suresh
*[[Anand Goradia]] as Ashish
*[[Vijay Maurya]] as Sunil Kadam
*[[Vibhavari Deshpande]] as Archana Kadam
*[[Kamlesh Sawant]] as Police Station In-Charge
*Sachin Pathak as Guddu
*[[Santosh Juvekar]] as Ashok
*[[Kavin Dave]] as Zandu
*Syed Rizwan Ahmed as Tea-shop owner
*Rajesh Bhosle as Manya
*Saksham Dayama as Yusuf
*[[Sameer Dharmadhikari]] as Ajay Pradhan
*Gaurav Dheer as Newsreader
*Sunil Kadam as Vijay Maurya
*[[Vibhawari Deshpande]] as Archana Kadam
*[[Vineet Sharma]] as Reporter
*Sanjay as Paanwala
*Harry Shah as Bakul Patel
*[[Ayesha Raza Mishra]] as Sejal Agarwal
*Sameer Bapat as Sameer
*[[Smita Jaykar]] as Sejal's mother
*Deepak Shroff as Sejal's father
*Rio Kapadia as Rensil
*Anisha Prakash as Anandita
*Punarvasu as Nasir
*Vasanti Kuppuswamy as Priya
*Deepak Dhadwal as Ajay Pradhan's father
*Rahul Pethe as Rohan Joshi
*Ashwini Apte as Ashish's wife
*Sunita Shirole as Yusuf's mother
*[[Kamlesh Sawant]] as Police Station-in-charge
*[[Shri Vallabh Vyas]] as Drug addict girl's father
*Divya Jagdale as Thomas's wife
*Vanita Agwale as Thomas's daughter
*Bhuvnesh Shetty as Shekhar
*Paras Jethwa as Courier boy
*Indumati Wairkar as Tukaram Patil's mother
*Rajshree Manohar as Tukaram Patil's wife
*Swapnil Khot as Tukaram Patil's son
*Rakesh Vidua as Feroz
*[[Prinal Oberoi]] as Anusha
*Meenal Karpe as Anusha's mother
*Megha Joshi as Newsreader
*Praveena Deshpande as Rupali Joshi's mother
*Smita Hai as Dr Sheela
*[[Upendra Sidhaye]] as Mall receptionist
*Sonal Khale as Newsreader
*Mahesh Subhedar as Police Inspector
*Aadam Sheikh as Shankar
*Suhas Bhalekar as Suresh's father
*[[Nishikant Kamat]] as Vinod
*[[Narayani Shastri]] as Shweta
*Alladin as Feroz's boss
*Yashashri Upasani as TV reporter
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==Awards==
*[[Filmfare Critics Award for Best Movie]] - Winner
*[[Filmfare Best Screenplay Award]] - Winner
*[[Filmfare Best Editing Award]] - Winner
*[[National Film Award for Best Special Effects]] for Govardhan ([[Tata Elxsi]]) - Winner
*Best Feature Film at the New Generation Cinema Lyon Film Festival - Winner
*Best Screenplay award at the 2009 [[Asia Pacific Screen Award]]s<ref>{{cite web|title=Naseeruddin Shah, Anurag Kashyap Nominated for APSA|url=http://news.outlookindia.com/item.aspx?667656|work=[[Outlook (Indian magazine)|Outlook]]|date=12 November 2009|access-date=15 October 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100131123310/http://news.outlookindia.com/item.aspx?667656|archive-date=31 January 2010|url-status=dead}}</ref> - Nomination

==Music==
The end titles are accompanied by the song "Aye Dil Hain Mushkil" (also known as "Bombay Meri Jaan") from the 1956 film ''[[C.I.D. (1956 film)|C.I.D.]]'', performed by [[Mohammed Rafi]] and [[Geeta Dutt]].

==See also==
*[[11 July 2006 Mumbai train bombings]] — the attacks on which the movie is based.
*[[Terrorism in Mumbai]]
*[[Aamir (film)]]
*[[A Wednesday]]
*[[Black Friday (2004 film)]]

==References==
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==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20080818134015/http://mumbaimerijaanthefilm.com/ Official website]
*{{IMDb title|1266583|Mumbai Meri Jaan}}

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[[Category:2008 films]]
[[Category:2000s Hindi-language films]]
[[Category:Urdu-language films]]
[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:Films set in Mumbai]]
[[Category:Films about organised crime in India]]
[[Category:Films about the mass media in India]]
[[Category:Terrorist incidents in Mumbai]]
[[Category:UTV Motion Pictures films]]
[[Category:Fictional portrayals of the Maharashtra Police]]
[[Category:Films that won the Best Special Effects National Film Award]]
[[Category:Hyperlink films]]
[[Category:Films directed by Nishikant Kamat]]

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