Dharavi (film)

Dharavi (film)
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
Running time 120 min.
Country India
Language Hindi

Dharavi (City of Dreams) is critically 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, Mannheim International Film Festival and Festival 3 Continents Nantes in 1992.[1]

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

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Plot

Raj Karan Yadav (Om Puri) is a scrappy taxi driver, who somehow scraps a living in the big metropolis of Bombay (now 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…

Cast

Awards

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Awards
Preceded by
Drishti
National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Hindi
1991
Succeeded by
Diksha

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