Seven Islands and a Metro
2006•1h 40m•Released
Documentary
The multilingual Bombay, the Bombay of intolerance, the Bombay of closed textile mills, of popular culture, sprawling slums and real estate onslaughts, the metropolis of numerous ghettos, the El Dorado. This film is a tale of the cities of Bom Bahia / Bombay / Mumbai, through a tapestry of fiction, cinema vérité, art objects, found footage, sound installation and literary texts. It is a chronicle of the journey of a scattered bunch of insignificant fishing hamlets to the coveted stature of a prime metropolis. The narrative is structured around fictional exchanges between Ismat Chugtai and Sadat Hasan Manto, the two legendary writers who lived in this metropolis, over the art of chronicling these multi-layered overlapping cities.
Director
Madhusree Dutta
Writer
Madhusree Dutta
Languages
Hindi, Marathi, Urdu
Cast
Vibha Chibber
Ismat Chugatai
Harish Khanna
Sadat Hasan Manto
Om Prakash
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