Mumbhai Connection is a Hinglish film about terrorism in the IT sector. Made by ‘Atlanta’ Nagendra, who is from Bangalore, the movie hit screens across the country on Friday.
The 90-minute film is about an enterprising Indian salesman providing IT solutions to a mafia gang in Atlanta, US. About 80 percent of the content is in Hindi and the rest in English. The film has a few American actors too.
Nagendra is no stranger to Kannada films. He has delivered two blockbusters — Joke Falls (2005) and Rambo (2012). About turning director and the reason for moving to Hindi, he says, “The Kannada audience can connect to gangster movies. We have loads of them. But it is Mumbai that has a real underworld and mafia network. That is the Mumbai connection in the film. The film is, however, set and shot in Atlanta.”
Hoping that Bangaloreans will connect with the film, he said, “The movie is set in a surreal world where the world of IT meets the world of mafia. Being the IT capital, it is likely to resonate with Bangaloreans.”
He is happy that the Censor Board did not suggest any cuts. “Whatever the talkie portion they have asked to mute is slang,” he said, adding, “I describe the film as dark comedy.”
Despite participating in eight film festivals across the world and winning three best picture awards, it was not made for awards. “It is an out and out commercial film and even has an item number,” he said. However, it is different when compared to other underworld films.
“The concept of ‘bhai’ and mafia works better in Hindi. Many movies have been made with IT as a backdrop. A lot more movies have been made with the underworld or mafia as an integral part. However, nobody tried to connect the two. This story was woven around these two worlds,” says Nagendra.
