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.

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

• Shabana Azmi
• Om Puri
• Raghuvir Yadav
• Madhuri Dixit
• Anil Kapoor
• Veerendra Saxena
• Amitabh Bachchan

Awards

• 1992 National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Hindi
• 1992 National Film Award for Best Music Direction: Rajat Dholakia.
• 1992 National Film Award for Best Editing: Renu Saluja

References

1. ^ Dharavi at NFDC

External links

• Dharavi at the Internet Movie Database
• Dharavi at NY Times
• Sudhir Mishra comments on his films

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