The Bond
General Information
- Original Title
- Naata
- Author/Creator
- Monteiro, Anjali, director.
- Language
- Hindi.
- Subtitles
- English
- Published
- India : TATA Institute of Social Sciences, 2003.
- Physical Description
- DVD-ROM (45 min.)
- Digital ver. identifier
- HU_OSA_00003482
Contents/Summary
- Summary
- Mumbai is the city of contrasts: extreme richness and extreme poverty. It is a city of film stars and large slums. Two friends - Hindu Bhau Korde and Muslim Waqar Khan - live and work in a multi-ethnic neighbourhood of Dharavi, the largest slum in Asia. The making of a poster and an amateur film, initiated by the two friends, becomes an important step to unify the community and bring about ethnic amity. Hindus, Muslims, Sikhs, and Christians are played by children, each of them representing 'the other' religion. This work is part of other grass-roots programs for inter-religious amity. Yet Waqar and Bhau's work raises several uncomfortable questions for the filmmakers, so-called modern, middle-class, secular, urban beings. The meta-story of the film reflects on their own position of (im)partial observers/outsiders. By using abstract and anonymous everyday objects, standing in for detachment and reflection, the process of filmmaking itself becomes a subject of analysis.
Bibliographic Information
- Title Translation
- The Bond
- Note
- Verzio Film Festival Submission
- Start: 00:56:00, End: 01:41:00
- Library Special Collection
- Verzio Film Festival Submission
Holdings
| Item Type | Current Location | Call Number | Status | Shelving Location | Public Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DVD-ROM | OSA Film Library | FL Record 0369d | Available | - | |
| Digital film | OSA Film Library | FL Record 0369d (HU_OSA_00003482.mp4) | Available | Access Copy, MP4 format |