Seven strangers, one suffocating city — Mumbai doesn't sleep, it confesses.
The play depicts the lives of seven people living in Mumbai, all with their own uniquely moving story. It tries to capture the essence of people living in the city through seven characters who have been strung together in a series of monologues. Stories about the ambitions of a child artist, the escape of a ridiculed wife into art, a single mother’s sacrifice of her life for the sake of her children, child abuse, a TV reporter’s regret of the media’s inability to celebrate positivism rather than sensationalism and negative news, a hilarious take on corruption by a broker and the west beckoning today’s youth are all interwoven. Each character, marked by failure and doubt are clearly self –censored. While they may communicate through candid expression, they subtly allude to greater truths.
Acting
Seven performers carrying entire worlds alone.
Writing
Monologues that bite without ever preaching.
Director
Vickram Kapadia
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The film's structure mirrors classic Bombay theatre tradition of the solo performance, a form Kapadia helped revive in the 2000s.
The 'west beckoning' monologue deliberately echoes the 1990s economic liberalization generation's conflicted relationship with diaspora dreams.
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