City of Gold (2010 film)

City of Gold - Mumbai 1982: Ek Ankahee Kahani
Theatrical release poster
Directed by Mahesh Manjrekar
Produced by Arun Rangachari
Om Raut (Executive Producer)
Screenplay by Mahesh Manjrekar
Jayant Pawar
Story by Jayant Pawar
Starring Ankush Choudhary
Siddharth Jadhav
Sachin Khedekar
Sameer Dharmadhikari
Karan Patel
Music by Ajit Parab
Cinematography Ajit Reddy
V. Ajith Reddy
Edited by Sarvesh Parab
Production
company
Release date
  • 23 April 2010 (2010-04-23)
Country India
Language Hindi, Marathi (as Lalbaug Parel)

City of Gold (Marathi: Lalbaug Parel) is a 2010 Bollywood film released in both Hindi and Marathi. The film was Mahesh Manjrekar's 17th film, having previously directed critically acclaimed films such as Astitva and Viruddh... Family Comes First. It was adapted from Jayant Pawar's Marathi play, Adhantar, with Pawar going on to co-write the film's screenplay.[1] The film explores the life of Mumbai's mill workers after the Mumbai mills shut down in response to the Great Bombay Textile Strike of the early 1980s.[2][3] The film opened to mixed reviews, though it was commended for its themes, and acting.[4][5] The name of the Marathi version of this film is Lalbaug Parel, while the Hindi version was released as City of Gold.[6]

Plot

The plot of the movie is based on the original script of Jayant Pawar, which highlights the consequences of the atrocities towards the mill workers, and the failure of the Mumbai government to act.

The film is the story of a family of mill workers in Mumbai. It follows the workers as politics and greed rise in Mumbai, and exposes the collusion between the triumvirate of big business, the political establishment and the trade union leaders who ostensibly were charged with protecting the rights of the mill workers. In the two decades that follow, the entire landscape of Central Bombay is changed drastically as mills close, and hundreds of thousands of workers lose their means of livelihood. Having worked in these mills from generation to generation, this was the only vocation that the miners knew.[7]

Production

The director of the film Mahesh Manjrekar writes in the director notes:

"When I took a sabbatical from Hindi cinema close to four years ago, I promised myself that if and only if an exceptional subject came my way would I venture back to do a Hindi film. Lalbaug Parel is that subject."

After completing the script in 2007, Manjrekar decided to wait until he could find a producer who would be willing to do a film without musical numbers. Eventually, DAR Motion Pictures produced the film.

After the film's release the family of Dutta Samant served Mahesh Manjrekar with legal notice, claiming that the film wrongly placed the blame for the mills' closure on Samant. They also objected to Manjrekar's portrayal of the mill workers' children, saying they were shown as "goons".[8]

Cast

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Tuzya girnicha vajude bhonga – Laavani Dance"3:07

References

  1. ↑ "Mill workers will relive 1982 strike on silver screen | Latest News & Updates at Daily News & Analysis". dna. 2010-04-03. Retrieved 2018-05-25.
  2. ↑ Masand, Rajeev (24 April 2010). "Masand: Lalbaug Parel is hard-hitting". CNN-IBN. Archived from the original on 2012-07-09. Retrieved 24 April 2010.
  3. ↑ "Subhash K. Jha speaks about Lalbaug Parel". Bollywood Hungama. 24 April 2010.
  4. ↑ "Film Review: Lalbaug Parel". Live Mint. 24 April 2010.
  5. ↑ "Anupama Chopra's review: Lalbaug Parel". NDTV. 23 April 2010.
  6. ↑ Parande, Shweta (8 April 2010). "I don't fear failure: Mahesh Manjrekar". IBN. Archived from the original on 2011-10-12. Retrieved 18 September 2011.
  7. ↑ Kumar, Anuj (28 April 2011). "What lies beneath?". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 2013-02-04. Retrieved 18 September 2011.
  8. ↑ "Filmmaker Manjrekar Gets Notice on 'Lalbaug-Parel'". Outlook India. 20 April 2010. Retrieved 18 September 2011.
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