“Hotel Mumbai”, which recounts the November 2008 siege of the famed Taj Hotel in Mumbai by a group of LeT terrorists, honours the people’s “resilience” in the face of a terror attack and underscores that the “religion of humanity” is most important, actor Anupam Kher said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Kher plays Hemant Oberoi, the hotel’s celebrated executive chef and a real-life hero who demonstrated remarkable courage during the hours that the Taj was under attack, saving the lives of many of the hotel guests and staff.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
During filming, the 64-year-old actor recalled, Maras would suddenly play recorded gunshots in the middle of a scene. He said it was difficult to imagine what people at Taj and in Mumbai must have gone through during the three days of the terror attack.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“To me, the film is about the resilience of people, also about this amazing staff which were heroes and how they discovered their own courage.Sometimes you discover your own courage in a situation like this and find your own unsung heroes,” he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Kher hailed Oberoi and the team at Taj as real-life heroes for their courage and bravery in the face of terror and then “resurrecting” the landmark hotel within months of the attack.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“It’s a courageous film. In a business where you want to make movies where everything is hunky-dory, it’s important to make a film on this subject.The religion of humanity is much more important than anything else,” he said.He said whenever there is a terror attack, “you discover that the whole world comes together.” <\/p>\n\n\n\n
He believes a film like “Hotel Mumbai” is sometimes required “to unsettle people because truth, compassion comes out sometimes by unsettling people. Unless the audience gets unsettled, nothing happens.” <\/p>\n\n\n\n
“Cinema is a great tool, not necessarily for your own catharsis, laughter, sadness, tears but it’s also an important platform for the audience to have a little more compassion for the victims,” he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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