Ghode Ko Jalebi Khilane Le Ja Riya Hoon (2022)
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The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
This film documents the lives of street people in Old Delhi. It follows beggars, pickpockets, loaders and street vendors over seven years. The film shows their daily routines and struggles.
observationalslow-pacedeveryday lifeurbandocumentary-stylegroundedquietly poignantstreet-level
What happens
Ghode Ko Jalebi Khilane Le Ja Riya Hoon (Taking the horse to eat Jalebis) is a 2018 Indian film produced by Gutterati Productions. This film is a result of seven years of documentation of the lives of street people of Old Delhi – beggars, pickpockets, loaders, small-scale factory workers, street singers, street vendors, etc. The film was directed by Anamika Haksar. The film was described as a "masterpiece of contemporary Indian cinema" by Kinoscope It has won awards both internationally and nationally and has been screened at numerous film festivals Ghode Ko Jalebi Khilane Le Ja Riya Hoon first premiered at the Mumbai Academy of the Moving Image (MAMI) festival in 2018. It was also the only film to be selected to Sundance New Frontier Festival in the year 2019. Anamika Haksar's debut feature film, Ghode Ko Jalebi Khilane Le Ja Riya Hoon, which released in selected theatres on 10 June 2022. Two years after it was selected to be screened in The New Frontiers section of the Sundance Film Festival, the only Indian film in that category. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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