Bollywood filmmakers get maniac about Mumbai attacks

Bollywood filmmakers get maniac about Mumbai attacksIt seems that Bollywood filmmakers have gone maniac about 26/11 Mumbai attacks. It’s been reported that filmmakers are nowadays rushing to register titles based on the recent Mumbai attacks to make movies on the incident, which took many innocent lives.

The reports from the Indian Motion Picture Producers' Association (IMPPA) and Association of Motion Picture and Television Programme Producers (AMPTPP) say that about 30 titles based on Mumbai attacks have already been registered by filmmakers; some of the titles include "26 Taj", "Operation 5 Star Mumbai" and "Bird's Point of View: Taj Terror".

Bollywood producer-director B. Subhash has registered two titles – "Taj Terror" and "Bird's Point of View: Taj Terror" – with the IMPPA, for movies based on the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks. Commenting on the issue, B. Subhash said, “Irrespective of criticisms from some quarters, he would "go ahead in making the movies, though not immediately.”

Subhash added, "As a filmmaker, my objective is to capture a contemporary event on celluloid, not to cash in on the tragic incident that claimed many innocent lives, apart from inflicting a grievous wound on the Indian psyche. Obviously, my intention is not to glorify the terrorists who laid siege to Mumbai for sixty hours amidst nail-biting suspense."

According to the IMPPA secretary, Anil Nagrath, Five titles, which include "26 Taj", "Taj 26", "Taj To Oberoi", "The Taj Encounter" and "48 Hours at Taj", have been registered by Tornado Films, headed by Aakash Sehgal.

Furthermore, some little-known banners like Red Butterfly Films Ltd., Saaj Productions, Z's Films International, Om Shiv Films Creations and Shivsai Pictures have registered titles like "Mission Taj", "Operation 5 Star Mumbai", "26/11 Mumbai Under Terror", "Nariman House", "26/11 @ Mumbai Operation" and "Fidayeen".