Mumbai Cutting is a 2010 anthology

Anthology

An anthology is a collection of literary works chosen by the compiler. It may be a collection of poems, short stories, plays, songs, or excerpts...

 India

India

India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

n film comprising eleven short films, telling eleven different stories based on life in Mumbai

Mumbai

Mumbai , formerly known as Bombay in English, is the capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the most populous city in India, and the fourth most populous city in the world, with a total metropolitan area population of approximately 20.5 million...

, which are directed by a host of eleven directors: Anurag Kashyap

Anurag Kashyap (director)

Anurag Singh Kashyap is an Indian film director and screenwriter. As a director, he is known for Black Friday , a controversial and award-winning Hindi film about the 1993 Bombay bombings, followed by No Smoking , Dev D and Gulaal...

, Sudhir Mishra

Sudhir Mishra

Sudhir Mishra is an Indian film director and screenwriter most renowned for directing critically acclaimed films like Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi, Dharavi and Chameli.-Early life and education:...

, Rahul Dholakia

Rahul Dholakia

Rahul Dholakia is an Indian film director-producer-screenwriter, most known for his National Film Award winning film, Parzania , prior to which he also made documentaries like Teenage Parents and New York Taxi Drivers.-Early life and education:Born in Mumbai, to Raksha and Parry Dholakia, an...

, Kundan Shah

Kundan Shah

Kundan Shah is an Indian film director and writer.He is most known for his comedy classic Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro and his 1985-1986, TV series Nukkad with Saeed Akhtar Mirza.-Biography:...

, Revathy, Jahnu Barua

Jahnu Barua

Jahnu Barua is a multiple national and international award-winning Indian film director from Assam. He has directed a number of Assamese and Hindi films, and along with Bhabendra Nath Saikia was one of the pioneers of Assamese Art cinema...

, Rituparno Ghosh

Rituparno Ghosh

Rituparno Ghosh is a Bengali film director. He has won 8 National Film Awards in India and several awards at international film festivals abroad.- Early life and background :...

, Shashanka Ghosh

Shashanka Ghosh

Shashanka Ghosh is an Indian filmmaker. As a director, he is known for small budget films with powerful performances and a strong story line. As a writer, he penned the story for Aisa Bhi Hota Hai and Waisa Bhi Hota Hai Part II. He is coming up with a comedy flick called Quick Gun Murugan. The...

, Ruchi Narain

Ruchi Narain

Ruchi Narain is a Mumbai -based film director and screenwriter, most known as the writer for the film Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi , and later directed KAL - Yesterday and Tomorrow .-Early life and education:...

, Ayush Raina and Manish Jha

Manish Jha

Manish Jha is an Indian film director and screenwriter, most known for his films, A Very Very Silent Film and Matrubhoomi-A Nation Without Women which won him critical acclaim.-Early life and education:...

.

The film is produced by Sahara One and is a Whitecloud production.

Films

• Anjane Dost, directed by Jahnu Barua
  Jahnu Barua
  Jahnu Barua is a multiple national and international award-winning Indian film director from Assam. He has directed a number of Assamese and Hindi films, and along with Bhabendra Nath Saikia was one of the pioneers of Assamese Art cinema...
  
  
• Bombay Mumbai Same Shit, directed by Rahul Dholakia
  Rahul Dholakia
  Rahul Dholakia is an Indian film director-producer-screenwriter, most known for his National Film Award winning film, Parzania , prior to which he also made documentaries like Teenage Parents and New York Taxi Drivers.-Early life and education:Born in Mumbai, to Raksha and Parry Dholakia, an...
  
  
• Urge, directed by Rituparno Ghosh
  Rituparno Ghosh
  Rituparno Ghosh is a Bengali film director. He has won 8 National Film Awards in India and several awards at international film festivals abroad.- Early life and background :...
  
  
• 10 minutes, directed by Shashanka Ghosh
  Shashanka Ghosh
  Shashanka Ghosh is an Indian filmmaker. As a director, he is known for small budget films with powerful performances and a strong story line. As a writer, he penned the story for Aisa Bhi Hota Hai and Waisa Bhi Hota Hai Part II. He is coming up with a comedy flick called Quick Gun Murugan. The...
  
  
• And It Rained, directed by Manish Jha
  Manish Jha
  Manish Jha is an Indian film director and screenwriter, most known for his films, A Very Very Silent Film and Matrubhoomi-A Nation Without Women which won him critical acclaim.-Early life and education:...
  
  
• Pramod Bhai 23, directed by Anurag Kashyap
  Anurag Kashyap (director)
  Anurag Singh Kashyap is an Indian film director and screenwriter. As a director, he is known for Black Friday , a controversial and award-winning Hindi film about the 1993 Bombay bombings, followed by No Smoking , Dev D and Gulaal...
  
  
• The Ball, directed by Sudhir Mishra
  Sudhir Mishra
  Sudhir Mishra is an Indian film director and screenwriter most renowned for directing critically acclaimed films like Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi, Dharavi and Chameli.-Early life and education:...
  
  
• Jo Palti Nahin Woh Rickshaw Kya, directed by Ruchi Narain
  Ruchi Narain
  Ruchi Narain is a Mumbai -based film director and screenwriter, most known as the writer for the film Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi , and later directed KAL - Yesterday and Tomorrow .-Early life and education:...
  
  
• Bombay High, directed by Ayush Raina
• Parcel, directed by Revathi
  Revathi
  Revathi is an award-winning Indian actress and film director. She has acted in Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada, Telugu and Hindi movies, directed several feature-length films, and has acted in and produced multiple television programs, totaling over twenty years of experience in the entertainment...
  
  
• Hero, directed by Kundan Shah
  Kundan Shah
  Kundan Shah is an Indian film director and writer.He is most known for his comedy classic Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro and his 1985-1986, TV series Nukkad with Saeed Akhtar Mirza.-Biography:...
  
  

Release

Mumbai Cutting had its world premier on April 27, 2008 at ArcLight Hollywood

ArcLight Hollywood

The ArcLight Hollywood is a 14-screen multiplex located at 6360 Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood, California, in the United States of America. All 14 screens feature stadium seating, and carry a THX certification for optimal sound and picture presentation. The building is located adjacent to the...

 as the closing film of 2008 Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles, thereafter it was also the closing film of the 10th Osian Film Festival in July 2008, though it was commercially unreleased.