Mumbai Diaries

Released Jan 21, 2011

1 hr. 40 min.

Drama

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65%

26 Reviews

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5,000+ Ratings

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The video diaries of a former tenant of his apartment fascinate the artist (Aamir Khan) who currently lives there, while an investment banker (Monica Dogra) befriends a pair of workers for a research project.

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Abstract... Glad i watched

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

02/16/23

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No this is something i was talking about.....!!! an Extra Star for the attempt....

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

01/30/23

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Love this movie which tries to portray realistic lives in a metropolis which is Mumbai. What's beautifully depicted is the interaction between the numerous classes of people and also an interaction of their aspirations. Numerous subtle stories with each having a dramatic impact on the other story. Prateek is a fabulous actor and he proves it again, hope he continues to succeed. Good story/direction/editing.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/27/23

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Better then I expected actually.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

02/16/23

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watched an Indian film after a long time and that was a good one to break the spell!

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

01/29/23

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Sleek, subtle, sensual, a very human time-capsule of now.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

02/12/23

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Kiran Rao

Director

Aamir Khan

Arun

Prateik

Munna

Monica Dogra

Shai

Kriti Malhotra

Yasmin

Rashid

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Shubhra Gupta

The Indian Express

Dhobi Ghat is a strangely uneven film. Its beginning feels amateurishly put together; as it heads onwards, though, it finds an easy, flowing rhythm with just the occasional stutter.

Rated: 2.5/5

Apr 3, 2019

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Elizabeth Weitzman

New York Daily News

Nearly every element of Rao's debut is uneven. But her passionate vision of so much useless prejudice leaves a lingering impact.

Rated: 2/4

Apr 12, 2016

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Owen Gleiberman

Entertainment Weekly

The sex/class conflicts are way too twee.

Rated: C+

Jan 29, 2011

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Itrath Syed

Georgia Straight

This is still a love story, both for the city of Mumbai and for the kind of love that is as unaccounted for as it is freely given.

Jul 4, 2016

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Jay Antani

Cinema Writer

a refreshing, well-meaning entry in India's new brand of globally savvy cinema, [which] augurs exciting things from [director] Rao and her peers

Rated: 3/4

Jan 30, 2012

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Simon Foster

sbs.com.au

Captured with the assuredness of a true auteur's vision and defying all known conventions of commercial Indian filmmaking, Dhobi Ghat will be a revelation to those that think sub-Continental cinema is just all song-and-dance.

Jan 26, 2011

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Synopsis

The video diaries of a former tenant of his apartment fascinate the artist (Aamir Khan) who currently lives there, while an investment banker (Monica Dogra) befriends a pair of workers for a research project.

Director: Kiran Rao
Executive Producer: B. Shrinivas Rao
Screenwriter: Kiran Rao
Distributor: UTV Motion Pictures
Genre: Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jan 21, 2011, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Dec 9, 2017
Box Office (Gross USA): $576.6K