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Mumbai Quotes
Lines on Mumbai's suburbs, family life, and identity.
These quotes come from people who were born in or moved through Mumbai, from childhoods split between the city and Nashik to joint family life in its suburbs. One line captures the city best: it may not be someone's city, but it's still their kind of city. Read more in our Shayari collection.
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- Background
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I moved to Mumbai I had no acting background and so was unable to make a breakthrough for years.
- Live
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have known I was destined to live in Goa the moment I first stepped foot on the Panjim docks from the ferry from Mumbai, when I was 18.
- Delhi
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was born in Begusarai in Bihar. Then I spent 10 years in Kolkata and later hopped from Kathmandu to Delhi and, finally, Mumbai.
- High
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have been worried about the future of Mumbai. It is the financial capital, an economic powerhouse that earlier had the highest air traffic, high port traffic, and strong industrial and manufacturing sectors.
- Home
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have lived in Mumbai for more than 20 years, have my domicile here, my home and family here.
- Mind
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- Nov 07, 2020
According to me, when a filmmaker is writing a role, a certain actor comes to his mind. Now whether that actor resides in Mumbai or in the Malabar is hardly of any consequence.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
With 'Mumbai Calling,' I was surprised it was ITV that went for it because it didn't traditionally seem like the kind of programme they would make.
- India
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I was in Mumbai for the promotion of 'Makkhi,' I met Ajay Devgn, Kajol, and Shah Rukh Khan, and I wanted to meet Aamir Khan. He was shooting out of India. I also met my favourite director, Raju Hirani. All of them showered praises on 'Makkhi.'
- Political
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- Nov 07, 2020
I had moved to Mumbai in 2006 and lived there for around six years while West Bengal was going through a political upheaval. After I returned to Kolkata in February 2012, and started to work here, I realized how things had changed here.
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- Nov 07, 2020