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Seven islands and a metro / Color Purple presents ; a MAJLIS production ; script and direction, Madhusree Dutta ; executive producer, Flavia Agnes.

Title
Seven islands and a metro / Color Purple presents ; a MAJLIS production ; script and direction, Madhusree Dutta ; executive producer, Flavia Agnes.
Publication
Mumbai : Majlis, [2006].

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Additional Authors
  • Dutta, Madhusree,
  • Flavia,
  • Majlis (Organization : Mumbai, India)
Description
1 videodisc of 1 (DVD) (ca. 100 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.
Summary
The multilingual Bombay. The Bombay of intolerance. The Bombay of closed mills; popular culture, sprawling slums and real estate onslaught. 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 verite, art objects, found footage, sound installation and literary texts. The film is structured around imaginary debate 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. An aspect of Mumbai which is generally not included in the popular narrative of the city.
Alternative Title
  • 7 islands and a metro
  • Yahān se śāhārā kō dekhō
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Documentary television programs.
  • Nonfiction television programs.
Note
  • Copyright notice on disc: Majlis, Mumbai, India.
  • Summary taken from www.cultureunplugged.com.
Credits (note)
  • Camera, Avijit Mukul Kishore ; editing, Reena Mohan, Shyamal Karmakar ; music, Arjun Sen ; chief assistant director, Vibha Nijhawan ; assistant director, Abeer Gupta, Renu Savant, Rajesh Tailang ; dialogue, Sara Rai ; research, Renu Sawant ; written text, Manjula Sen ; subtitles, Smriti Nevatia ; art direction, Tushar Joag ; costumes, Anshu Arora Sen ; graphics and titles, Pryas Gupta ; still photography, Ramlath Puravil ; voices, Atul Tiwari, Avijit Mukul Kishore, Neeraj Behl, Paromita Vohra, Sobha Ghosh.
Performer (note)
  • Harish Khanna, Vibha Chibbar.
Language (note)
  • In English, Hindi and Marathi with English subtitles.
LCCN
2016317585
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries