India is surging with global ambition. But beyond the luxury hotels surrounding Mumbai airport lies a makeshift slum, full of people with plans of their own. Zehrunisa and her son Abdul aim to recycle enough rubbish to fund a proper house. Sunil, twelve and stunted, wants to eat until he’s as tall as Kalu the thief. Asha seeks to steal government anti-poverty funds to turn herself into a ‘first-class person’, while her daughter Manju intends to become the slum’s first female graduate. But their schemes are fragile; global recession threatens the garbage trade, and another slum-dweller is about to make an accusation that will destroy herself and shatter the neighbourhood.
Cast
Meera Syal
Zehrunisa Husain
Vincent Ebrahim
Unknown
Sartaj Garewal
Mahadeo Waghekar
Muzz Khan
Unknown
Ranjit Krishnamma
Raja Kamble
Stephanie Street
Asha Waghekar
Hiran Abeysekera
Sunil Sharma
Esh Alladi
Esh Alladi: Guard at Dongri, Defender
Nathalie Armin
Unknown
Pal Aron
Unknown
Tia-Lana Chinapyel
Unknown
Mariam Haque
Unknown
Thusitha Jayasundera
Unknown
Manjeet Mann
Unknown
Nikita Mehta
Unknown
Anjli Mohindra
Unknown
Tia Palamathanan
Unknown
Ronak Patani
Unknown
Pehrr Ramrakhyani
Unknown
Anneika Rose
Unknown
Joplin Sibtain
Sub-Inspector Shankar, Prosecutor
Gavi Singh Chera
Rahul Waghekar
Anjana Vasan
Manju Waghekar
Assad Zaman
Deepak Rai
Shane Zaza
Abdul Husain
Bharti Patel
Unknown
