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Bombay Boys

1998·1h 45m
7.1
Krishna alias Kris Sahani lives in New York, but decides to travel to his homeland in order to act in a movie. While Ricardo Fernandes leaves Australia to travel to Bombay in search of his missing brother, Roger. And finally, Zeres Mistry, from London also travels to Bombay to find his true love. The paths of all three NRIs cross in the taxi to Colaba, and they decide to stick together. They find an apartment, owned by a gay landlord, Pesi Shroff, who openly and lovingly eyes a visibly uncomfortable Zeres. Things do not go well for Kris as he is asked by Filmmaker, Don Mastana, to act in a movie that is slated to be the worst movie in Bollywood history. Ricardo finds himself at the mercy of the local police, who make it clear to him that they have better things to do than look for his missing brother. It is only a matter of time before the hapless trio to realize that their respective hopes and dreams are soon to turn to hopelessness and nightmares - from which there is no escape.
Directed by Kaizad Gustad

Cast

Naveen Andrews
Naveen Andrews
Krishna
Rahul Bose
Rahul Bose
Ricardo
Luke Kenny
Luke Kenny
Xavier
Roshan Seth
Roshan Seth
Pesi
Naseeruddin Shah
Naseeruddin Shah

Crew

Priya Krishnaswamy
Priya Krishnaswamy
Editor
Zoya Akhtar
Zoya Akhtar
Assistant Director

Popular Reviews

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Jagdish
Jagdish
Bombay Boys
blows my mind that this film doesn’t have a larger footprint in the cultural zeitgeist of indian cinephiles. the comedic sequences were genuinely funny and have aged pretty well for a film made over 23 years ago. had this film been released today, i’m pretty sure the three main leads would be swooned and swarmed for the ages! especially for that kitty party scenes. 

i’d describe bombay boys as dil chata hai’s 90s hinglish sister film except it’s probably takes itself alot less seriously. 

highlights of the film? -rohan seth’s parsi landlord is a well written character - naveen andrews broken hindi-the desi kitty party scene; pre-dating magic mike-just rahul bose-the casual americanized hinglish -baby vinay pathak in a minor role
blows my mind that this film doesn’t have a larger footprint in the cultural zeitgeist of indian cinephiles. the comedic sequences were genuinely funny and have aged pretty well for a film made over 23 years ago. had this film been released today, i’m pretty sure the three main leads would be swooned and swarmed for the ages! especially for that kitty party scenes. 

i’d describe bombay boys as dil chata hai’s 90s hinglish sister film except it’s probably takes itself alot less seriously. 

highlights of the film? -rohan seth’s parsi landlord is a well written character - naveen andrews broken hindi-the desi kitty party scene; pre-dating magic mike-just rahul bose-the casual americanized hinglish -baby vinay pathak in a minor role
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