Dharavi (film)

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Dharavi

Movie poster for Dharavi.
Directed by Sudhir Mishra
Produced by Ravi Malik
Written by Sudhir Mishra
Starring Shabana Azmi
Om Puri
Music by Rajat Dholakia
Cinematography Rajesh Joshi
Editing by Renu Saluja
Release date(s) 1991 India
Running time 120 min.
Language Hindi
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Dharavi (City of Dreams) is critially acclaimed 1991 Hindi film, directed and written by Sudhir Mishra.

The film was a joint NFDC-Doordarshan production and went on to winning many awards in the following year, including the 1992 National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Hindi. The film was also invited at the London Film Festival 1992, Mannheim International Film Festival 1992, and Festival 3 Continents Nantes, 1992 [1].

The film stars Shabana Azmi and Om Puri in lead roles, and is set amidst the backdrop of one of the world largest slums, Dharavi.

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Raj Karan Yadav (Om Puri) is a scrappy taxi driver, who somehow scraps a living in the big metropolis of Mumbai, driving taxi everyday. He lives in one room tenement with his wife (Shabana Azmi) in Dharavi, one of world’s largest slums, where the film is set.

The film follows his fortunes; as he tries to breakout from the clutches of poverty, devising plans and investing all his money in a dubious schemes which eventually blow out on him, coming under the eye of unscrupulous politician and local goons, yet his dreams continue…

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