Director : Anamika Haksar
Cast : Raghuvir Yadav , Ravindra Sahu , Lokesh, Gopalan
Overview : Eminent Theatre Director Anamika Haksar debuts as Film Director With this film.Film celebrates love and compassion of the people, their dreams, and humour.
Storyline:The film is set in dingy lanes of Shahjahanabad, among its poor, broken, to reveal us the foundations on which the modern city of Delhi thrives.
This dilapidated, old Delhi forms the setting of Haksar’s collection of dreams borrowed from pickpockets, labourers, sanitation workers, beggars, drug addicts who are forever lost here.
A picpocketeer Patru (Ravindra Sahu), food vendor (Raghubir Yadav), an Urdu speaking tour guide, and a labourer (K Gopalan) are at the heart of the narrative.
Film is a collection of vignettes of realism, and fabulous images of fantasy that are balanced by real people.
When the pickpocket decides to start his own walking tour (“like Akash Jain,”)instead of heritage walk he guides the tourists . through stories of pain, suffering, and sights that are often brushed under the carpet or thrown into jail for a few days before any international ceremony. Like the beggars in Shajahanabad.
And it is revealed in layers. It is a reminder that these people know what they are, and where they stand. Yet, they too live.They dream of falling rain, flooded houses, being rich, desired and sometimes, of food. At one point the film’s suffocation of lucid dreams builds up and explodes through a cacophony of images and poetry that is an experience
Technical Review : The Director Haksar’s combination of lucid fantasy animation with real life documentary snapshots, and acting performances makes this a bold experiment.
The Sound Engineering has given a best syncing of sounds , the music , animation and sound of the people and traffic are gelled very well.The film captures a side to every city that is often hidden beneath layers..
Final Words : The Film has been screened at many international film festival including prestigious sundance festival .A must watch film
Watch Trailer Here .
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