City Of Gold - Lalbaug Paral
Mahesh Manjrekar is all set to release a film on the trials and tribulations of the textile mill workers in Mumbai. Titled "City of Gold" for the Hindi version and "Lalbaug-Paral" for the Marathi version, it seems like the first of its kind movie.
While I've heard many a stories about the textile mills of Mumbai, I haven't had a chance to watch any film on that topic. Apparantly there were as many as 50 textile mils which gave employment to about 250000 people. There were problems of salaries and bonuses which resulted in the textile mill workers going on a strike for almost a year. It eventually led to the closure of the mills. The land that was occupied by these mills was sold to wealthy real-estate owners. The mills have been brought down and large malls, multiplexes, etc. have been built.
There is no single answer about what happened to the 250000 workers who worked in these mills. Looks like "City of Gold" is all about these people.
While I've heard many a stories about the textile mills of Mumbai, I haven't had a chance to watch any film on that topic. Apparantly there were as many as 50 textile mils which gave employment to about 250000 people. There were problems of salaries and bonuses which resulted in the textile mill workers going on a strike for almost a year. It eventually led to the closure of the mills. The land that was occupied by these mills was sold to wealthy real-estate owners. The mills have been brought down and large malls, multiplexes, etc. have been built.
There is no single answer about what happened to the 250000 workers who worked in these mills. Looks like "City of Gold" is all about these people.
posted by Shri at 1:36 PM
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