Bombay Boys is a 1998 Indian cult comedy film written and directed by the Indian director Kaizad Gustad. It follows the adventures of three young men in modern-day Mumbai (or Bombay). The boys are of Indian origin, but were all raised in the West. Krishna Sahni (played by Naveen Andrews) is an aspiring actor from New York City who wants to make it big in Bollywood. Ricardo Fernandes (Rahul Bose) is from Sydney, Australia and is in Mumbai to search for his long-lost brother. Finally, Xerxes Mistry (Alexander Gifford), a musician from London, is looking to discover his “roots” in the land of his ancestors.
Synopsis
The three meet each other for the first time at Mumbai’s airport and decide to find a place together. In the course of the movie, Krishna finds out that, in order to break into the local film industry, he must first win the (decidedly risky) patronage of Don Mastana (Naseeruddin Shah), a godfather of the Mumbai underworld who’s also a film producer. Mastana is a violent man who thinks nothing of impaling a lizard with a knife or shattering the skull of a fellow crime boss for making a pass at his girlfriend.
Ricardo, the serious-looking Australian, finds out the sad fate of his brother, but also manages to fall in love with Mastana’s spunky moll Dolly (Tara Deshpande), igniting further flames. Xerxes, who’s a Parsi, is led to embrace his latent homosexuality by their gay landlord (Roshan Seth).
Cast
Naveen Andrews … Krishna Sahni
Rahul Bose … Ricardo Fernandes
Alexander Gifford … Xerxes Mistry
Naseeruddin Shah … Don Mastana
Tara Deshpande … Dolly
Roshan Seth … Pesi
Tarun Shahani … Danny
Luke Kenny … Xavier
Vinay Pathak … Spot-boy turned director
Kushal Punjabi … Asif
Javed Jaffrey … Special appearance in item song “MUMBHAI”
Nagesh Bhosle … Cherry Blossom Kalia
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