An 8-minute gut punch about hunger that'll ruin your appetite for privilege.
Living by the railway tracks, a homeless man makes his living by selling novelty items at the busy traffic signals on the streets of Mumbai. The high point of his existence is passing a restaurant that serves the food he dreams of. One day he gets an opportunity to fulfil his life's big desire.
Direction
Shivpuri lets silence scream louder than dialogue.
Cinematography
Mumbai traffic becomes crushing metaphor for indifference.
Acting
Uday Chandra's eyes do the entire script's heavy lifting.
Director
Katyayan Shivpuri
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Mumbai's signal sellers—estimated at 100,000+—are legal gray zone workers invisible to passing cars. The film weaponizes this invisibility.
The 'true events' framing mirrors India's 2019 economic crisis spike in informal labor; Shivpuri shot during pre-pandemic Mumbai when street vending debates dominated courts.
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