Hotel Mumbai teaser: Dev Patel, Armie Hammer, Anupam Kher star in thriller based on 26/11 attacks

The trailer of Hotel Mumbai, about the November 2008 terror attacks, helmed by Australian director Anthony Maras, was released on Tuesday. The film recounts the attack on Mumbai’s luxury Taj Mahal Hotel, where dozens of guests and hotel workers were killed during a three-day siege carried out by Pakistan-based Islamist militants.

The siege at the Taj Mahal Hotel was one of a coordinated series of attacks across Mumbai in which more than 160 people were killed and hundreds wounded.

Dev Patel in a still from Hotel Mumbai. Screenshot from YouTube

Dev Patel plays Arjun, a newly promoted waiter, while Armie Hammer and Nazanin Boniadi are David and Zahra, tourists and new parents. Jason Isaacs of _Harry Potter-_fame stars as a Russian businessman Vasili. Anupam Kher is also part of the cast and will be seen as a chef in the same hotel.

Kher had also unveiled the poster for the film on 10 December via his official social media handle.

Presenting the teaser poster of one of the most important films of our times #HotelMumbai. 🙏 pic.twitter.com/gAaUae8Aqs

— Anupam Kher (@AnupamPKher) December 10, 2018

Hotel Mumbai had its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival 2018 on 7 September and received positive reviews for its portrayal of the harrowing attack.

Watch the clip here .