Synopsis
The elephant has awoken. Bombay, India's gateway to the West, has reinvented itself - and emerged as Mumbai, a modern, self-confident commercial metropolis. A magnet for the hopes of the rich and poor. But with thousands of migrants pouring in every day, half of its almost 20 million inhabitants is forced to live in slums, between the cracks of the official city.
The biggest of these slums is called Dharavi. With an estimated 800,000 inhabitants, it is one of the most densely populated areas in the world. Once Dharavi was outside the city limits. Nowadays it's at the heart of a constantly growing metropolis, flanked by traffic arteries and right next door to Mumbai's new financial hub. The former marsh has turned into prime real estate - a playground for ambitious urban planning.
Ten years ago, US-trained architect Mukesh Mehta has come back to India to usher in a new turn in Mumbai's slum rehabilitation policies. His formula is Public Private Partnership. Billions of Dollars could be made - if the responsibility for a radical makeover of Dharavi were to be put into the hands of private investors.
The government has been persuaded by Mehta's vision and has appointed him as the consultant for the Dharavi Redevelopment Project. While thousands of families living and working in the slum are facing the threat of being evicted, Dharavi is becoming a test case. Not only for Mumbai or India, but for the future of the underprivileged of the entire world.
"Dharavi - Slum for Sale" follows the struggle on both the planner's and the slum dwellers' side to achieve their respective goals. While exploring differing perceptions of what development should focus on, it gives a first hand insight into the living conditions in one of the most surprising places in human society.
Bombay, Indiens Tor zum Westen, hat sich neu erfunden und in Mumbai verwandelt. In eine moderne, selbstbewusste Handelsmetropole. In einen Magneten für die Hoffnungen von Arm und Reich. Stadtgrenzen und Einwohnerzahl lassen sich nur noch schätzen, bald dürfte die 20-Millionen-Schwelle überschritten sein. Schon jetzt ist mehr als die Hälfte der Bevölkerung gezwungen in Slums zu leben, in den Zwischenräumen der offiziellen Stadt.
Der grösste dieser Slums heisst Dharavi. Mit seinen rund achthunderttausend Einwohnern ist es der am dichtesten besiedelten Flecken der Erde. Früher lag Dharavi weit vor den Toren der Stadt, heute befindet es sich im Herzen einer rund herum wuchernden Metropole, flankiert von Verkehrsadern und in direkter Nachbarschaft zu Mumbais neuem Finanzdistrikt. Das ehemalige Sumpfgelände hat sich in lukrativen Baugrund verwandelt - Nährboden für ehrgeizige urbanistische Visionen.
Vor zehn Jahren ist der in den USA ausgebildete Architekt Mukesh Mehta nach Mumbai zurückgekehrt, um eine radikale Wende in der Slumsanierungspolitik seiner Heimatstadt einzuläuten. "Public Private Partnership" heisst die Formel, mit der er Milliardengewinne verspricht, falls eine Kahlschlagsanierung Dharavis in die Hände privater Unternehmen gelegt wird. Die Regierung ist überzeugt von seinen Argumenten.
Hunderttausenden von Slumbewohnern aber droht die Vetreibung.
Team
Regie: Lutz Konermann
Buch: Rob Appleby
Regieassistenz: Farida Pacha
Kamera: Lutz Konermann
Zusatzkamera: Marcus Zaiser, Rob Appleby, Kamal Musale
Ton: Rob Appleby, Farida Pacha
Tonschnitt: Zentralton, Zürich
Mischung: Tilo Busch
Schnitt: Stefan Kälin, Michael Schaerer
Beratung Kommentar: Martin Witz
Übersetzungen: Farida Pacha, Daniel Bitterli
Musik: Dürbeck & Dohmen
Produktionsltg.: Karina Budliger
Co-Produzent D: Helmut Weber
Produzenten: Thomas Thümena, Christof Neracher
Produktion: Hugofilm, Zürich
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Dharaviby soumitradey3,556 views
This is not the best film to show the life in Dharavi. This is more like a movie where everyone is scripted to say certain things or behave in certain way. Go search for a "Slumming it" in youtube. Its a more genuine depiction of life in the slums.
ongtlk75 6 months ago
The film has a page on facebook where you can find latest info on screenings and where to get a DVD.
lutzk58 1 year ago
Hi, It looks like a brilliant film. Can you please post where can we watch this film?
ricks011 1 year ago
Where can we watch this film? Is it available online or on DVD? Will there be a public screening in Mumbai?
rhdn2010 1 year ago