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The multilingual Bombay, the Bombay of intolerance,
the Bombay of closed 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.
The non-fiction feature film is structured around
imaginary debates 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. Shot mainly during
the monsoon the film portrays some extremely beautiful
yet ruthlessly violent features of Bombay, which,
generally, are not part of the popular narratives.
'7 Islands and a Metro' is the first non-fiction film to be
commercially released in India.
Awarded:
Special Jury Award, Film South Asia '07 |
