If ‘Bombay’ was released today, theaters would have been burnt: The cinematographer of the film said- tolerance reduced in India in three decades

Rajiv Menon, who works as a cinematographer in Mani Ratnam’s ‘Bombay’, has spoken about the religious theme of the film and some scenes. Menon said that the film will have to struggle to release in theaters today. He said that tolerance in India has reduced in the last three decades.

On a YouTube channel, Rajiv said, ‘A film like Bombay cannot be made today. The situation in India is very unstable. People are adopting a strong stand and religion has become a big issue. I don’t think you can make a film like ‘Bombay’. You can release it in theater. The theater will burn. India has become less tolerant in these 25-30 years.

Rajiv Menon is a Malayalam director and cinematographer. He has worked in several projects with Mani Ratnam.

There is no metafar behind Manisha’s burqa scene

During the interview, Rajiv also spoke on the Burka scene of Manish Koirala in the song ‘Tu Hi Re’. When asked, was Manish Koirala’s Burka off in the song as shown as leaving religion? Rajiv says- there was nothing like this. There were no props in that scene, just a fort wall. This place was shown by a friend of Papa, who was the commander in the Navy. He wanted to help me after his father’s passing. The scene consists of an anchor (an iron anchor). Manisha’s dress gets stuck in it.

Actually our thinking was that Manisha should not be seen in the same dress in the whole song, so the dress was changed. That blue dress was very beautiful, but if she had been the same in the whole song, it would have been boring. Anyway, we did not have any dance master.

That is, there was no religious meaning to remove the burqa, all this was done just to make the scene and costume good.

Talking about the music of the film, Rajiv says that director Mani Ratnam thought of using the most poignant tune made by AR Rahman for the violence scene. He said, ‘We had a score for all the violence scenes. This is pain. There is neither talk of drums, nor is there a talk of hidden pain behind violence.

Rajiv said, ‘The city was burning. If someone else was there, the thriller could choose music for the scene, but what he chose was the feeling of the mother searching for her child. It was originally a lullaby. ‘

Let us know that in the year 1995, Manish Koirala and Arvind Swamy starrer film ‘Bombay’ was released. The film featured the love of a Hindu boy and a Muslim girl.