Hotel Mumbai director Anthony Maras explains why movie release was delayed in India

terror attacks in Mumbai that happened on 26/11 are still fresh in minds of  people. Earlier, Ram Gopal Varma depicted this brutal attack through film Attacks of 26/11. Recently, director Anthony Maras showed people or side of attack that took place during event. According to director, film unfolds true story which narrates triumph of bravery, humanity, heroism and cour. story showcases a group of people from hotel staff who go through great lengths to save lives of people present in hotel. film Hotel Mumbai features Dev Patel and Anupam Kher in pivotal roles. 

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In an interview with a news portal, director opened up about why film was postponed in Mumbai. He said that film was scheduled to release last year and he wanted to first release film in India but American distributor Weinstein Company suffered loss of bankruptcy last year, due to which many films suffered and irs was one of m. y were t even able to distribute film because of bankruptcy. And also, y were still filming it.

After incident, y were editing film and had to work every day on VFX while y were waiting for company to come out of bankruptcy. Due to this, team suffered a lot but had to just keep moving forward with it. It t only affected team but also on distribution of film and rights in India. Hence, re was a delay and he was very disappointed as he wanted to first screen film in India.

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More about director

According to reports, Australian director Anthony Maras had some memories attached to this incident. He was born in a family whose memories consist of war and grew up amongst stories of brutal horror incidents. This also set an impact on himself and as actor said, once you are hooked, and anywhere you go it is same story. He felt some kind of attraction towards such stories and also connected with ir pain. However, director always wanted to narrate incidents and stories of brutal horrors through his vision in most human way possible.

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