"Sometimes I wonder if I should leave Bombay and settle overseas with my family, " he says.

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In fact, the event, featuring Bombay Sapphire, was titled "Why I Can't Write, " and was billed to me as a "Casino Royale" screening followed by something of an intimate discussion on overcoming writer's block.

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I'm going to Aida, Bombay Dreams and Beauty and the Beast.

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The film was all shadows and light in the contemporary Hollywood style - in my book I have called it the beginning of Bombay Noir, a style of film-making that borrowed elements from abroad but had Indian flourishes like music and songs.

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And, and at the moment you're producing, I mean you've got all those theatres but you're actually producing the Bombay Dreams?

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