Ghode Ko Jalebi Khilane Le Ja Riya Hoon (2022)

Directed by

Anamika Haksar

Genre

drama

Country

India

Runtime

2h 02m

Elsewhere

IMDb

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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