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The first stage of eradicating a social evil is to identify it and 'Mumbai Cha Raja' is accomplishing the first task. Ironically, Lord Ganesha is said to be the god of wealth but slum people are completely deprived of it.
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Initially, I had reservations about the film's title, but I thought about it before writing this review, and now I realise that it's a satisfactory name because the drama is taking place during Ganesh Utsav and Lord Ganesha (Representative of the omnipresent almighty) is having an overview of the proceedings in everybody's life. The first one is when three children bake stolen potatoes and the other when Rahul leaves Salman's small hut and goes to sleep in the backside of Ganesh Jee's statue. I want to mention two particular scenes which are subtle and penetrating. Surely, it's not hard hitting but some visuals will remain in your sub-conscious. It's like showing the interior and leaving it to the audiences to decide what they want to take out of it. The director has just shown what happens in the slums, without passing any judgement or getting to any conclusion. There are odd things in 'Mumbai Cha Raja' as far as the acting is concerned like why Rahul's mother (Dhanshree) is normal and smiling even in tough circumstances or why his father (Tejas) not coming to terms with the reality even after so many years.
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The screenplay doesn't digress from the theme and the length of the film (75 minutes) complements it. It doesn't look to me that the film is about any particular people but it's about the innocence of childhood which remains intact even when the surrounding is hell bent on destroying it. Similarly, the Ganesh Utsav gives the boys a chance to chase the girls, and mind you they are not older than 10 years.Īpart from domestic violence scenes, the narrative flows smoothly. It's almost certain that you have not seen the backside of slums where water supply system becomes a kind of small pond. The oval shaped mise-en-scene, ok let's not get into technicalities, the bird eye view of the area amazes the viewer with its diversity. The camera explores a particular area which is probably not more than a few kilometres but it has strange locales. In such a scenario, what do you expect a child to do? But, hold on, this is not our daily dose of 'masala' flicks, so children remain children, and they keep doing mindless, illogical but heart-warming acts. And, all this is happening at a time when Mumbai is celebrating Ganesh Utsav (The city's ultimate king). The father is a failure and that makes his hardworking wife's life pathetic. Salman is a happy-mischievous kid while Rahul is fast turning into a frustrated-suppressed child due to his drunkard-abusive father. These two street smart kids do all sorts of things to sustain the daily struggle but there is a huge difference in their respective lives. However, in my opinion the film is not just about them as several other characters have been shown with same personal interest but I need to pick a particular point of view to begin with, so I am choosing these two boys called Rahul (Rahul Bairagi) and Salman (Salman Khan) as my perspective providers. So, there is a boy, in fact two boys, who are at the helm of affairs. The slum where he shoots his film is situated adjacent to newly developed housing societies which are fetching money from Mumbai's nouveau riche.
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Manjeet Singh's space is interesting in this regard as he has tried to amalgamate two extremes. It can be any place from New York's busy streets to Mumbai's slums. Whenever you think about the deep ocean of chaos and darkness, you will be drawn towards the places where people are trying their best just to survive. German filmmaker and author Werner Herzog says, "Civilization is like a thin layer of ice upon a deep ocean of chaos and darkness." I find this statement true to a good extent even if it is quoted without any context. It was quite evident from the beginning that Jamal is going to emerge as the hero at some stage in 'Slumdog Millionaire', which may not be the case in a slum boy's real life. But, there the writer was tracing an underprivileged child's journey to stardom.