A search for a lost street girl in midst of exposés of modern sexual behaviour in Bombay and a water mafia in the city, this is a real 'split wide open' of the Indian glamour capital.
Direction
Dev Benegal's unblinking eye refuses comfort.
Acting
Rahul Bose balancing slime and survival perfectly.
Cinematography
Maximum City as character, not backdrop.
Director
Dev Benegal
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Part of India's 'parallel cinema' wave that got bulldozed by multiplex economics in the 2000s.
Filmed during monsoon on actual Bombay streets; production bribed real water mafia for location access.
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