"Slumdog Millionaire" actor Dev Patel, who plays the role of a Sikh waiter in Anthony Maras' "Hotel Mumbai" based on the November 2008 terror attacks, said he felt compelled to be part of the film after his family watched the city burning across TV screens.

Underlying his old link with the Taj Mahal Palace hotel from "Slumdog", the actor said Danny Boyle did a dance sequence there as an ode to India and its cinema.