Dharavi
Dharavi (City of Dreams) is a 1992 Hindi film, directed and written by Sudhir Mishra.
Plot
Raj Karan Yadav (Om Puri) is a scrappy taxi driver, who somehow scrapes a living in the big metropolis of Bombay, driving a taxi every day. He lives in a one-room tenement with his wife (Shabana Azmi) in Dharavi, one of the world's largest slums. The film follows his fortunes as he tries to break out 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 he still perseveres for his dreams.
Cast
More details
author | Sudhir Mishra |
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contentLocation | Mumbai |
director | Sudhir Mishra |
editor | Renu Saluja |
keywords | blow out bombay break out drive invest taxi driver |
musicBy | Rajat Dholakia |
producer | Doordarshan National Film Development Corporation of India |
publisher | Doordarshan |