A. The film will be released in India, both in its original bilingual version and in a version dubbed in Hindi, in January.
B. There is even a scene involving human excrement that is both revolting and hilarious. But this is not despite all of that, an exercise in the pornography of poverty.
C. Slum life depicted with integrity and dignity and with a joie de vivre that transcends its setting.
D. It was filmed in large part with small hand - held digital cameras on location in Dharavi and in the Juhu slums, and the mounds of garbage, the cesspits, the overflowing drains are all very present.
E. It is easy to see why this movie would appeal to international cine goers in a way that a bleaker film like City of Joy could not.
F. One fair warning to Indian viewers: is depiction of Indian poverty and slum life is searingly real.
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