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{{Infobox film<br />
| name = Dharavi<br />
| image = Dharavi poster.jpg<br />
| caption = Movie poster<br />
| writer = [[Sudhir Mishra]]<br />
| starring = [[Shabana Azmi]]<br>[[Om Puri]]<br>[[Madhuri Dixit]]<br>[[Anil Kapoor]]<br />
| director = [[Sudhir Mishra]]<br />
| producer = [[National Film Development Corporation of India|NFDC]]<br/>[[Doordarshan]] <br />
| cinematography = Rajesh Joshi<br />
| editing = [[Renu Saluja]]<br />
| distributor =[[Doordarshan]] <br />
| released = {{Film date|1992|04|09|India|df=y}}<br />
| runtime = 113 minutes<br />
| country = [[India]]<br />
| language = [[Hindi]]<br />
| budget = 3 crore<br />
| music = [[Rajat Dholakia]]<br />
}}<br />
'''''Dharavi''''' ('''''City of Dreams''''') is a 1992 [[Bollywood|Hindi film]], directed and written by [[Sudhir Mishra]].<br />
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The film was a joint [[National Film Development Corporation of India|NFDC]]-[[Doordarshan]] production and went on to winning many awards in the following year, including the 1992 [[National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Hindi]]. The film was also invited at the [[London Film Festival]], [[Mannheim]] International Film Festival and [[Nantes Film Festival|Festival 3 Continents Nantes]] in 1992.<ref>[http://www.nfdcindia.com/view_film.php?film_id=67&show=all&categories_id=8 Dharavi at NFDC]</ref><br />
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The film stars [[Shabana Azmi]] and [[Om Puri]] in lead roles, and is set amidst the backdrop of [[India]]'s largest slums, [[Dharavi]].<br />
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==Plot==<br />
Raj Karan Yadav ([[Om Puri]]) is a scrappy taxi driver, who somehow scrapes a living in the big metropolis of [[Mumbai|Bombay]], driving a taxi every day. He lives in a one-room tenement with his wife ([[Shabana Azmi]]) in Dharavi, one of the world's largest slums, where the film is set.<br />
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The film follows his fortunes as he tries to break out from the clutches of poverty, devising plans and investing all his money in a dubious schemes which eventually blow out on him, coming under the eye of unscrupulous politician and local goons, yet his dreams continue...<br />
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==Cast==<br />
* [[Shabana Azmi]]<br />
* [[Om Puri]]<br />
* [[Raghuvir Yadav]]<br />
* [[Madhuri Dixit]]<br />
* [[Anil Kapoor]]<br />
* [[Virendra Saxena]]<br />
* [[Akhilendra Mishra]]<br />
* [[Shakti Singh (actor)|Shakti Singh]]<br />
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==Awards==<br />
* 1992 [[National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Hindi]]<br />
* 1992 [[National Film Award for Best Music Direction]]: [[Rajat Dholakia]]<br />
* 1992 [[National Film Award for Best Editing]]: [[Renu Saluja]]<br />
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==References==<br />
{{Reflist}}<br />
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==External links==<br />
* {{IMDb title|0104098|title=Dharavi}}<br />
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110519185842/http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/146175/Dharavi/overview Dharavi at NY Times]<br />
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20071123120532/http://www.musicindiaonline.com/ar/i/movie_name/879/3/director/1307/ Sudhir Mishra comments on his films]<br />
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{{National Film Award Best Feature Film Hindi}}<br />
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[[Category:1992 films]]<br />
[[Category:1990s Hindi-language films]]<br />
[[Category:Indian films]]<br />
[[Category:Films set in Mumbai]]<br />
[[Category:Films whose editor won the Best Film Editing National Award]]<br />
[[Category:Best Hindi Feature Film National Film Award winners]]<br />
[[Category:Films directed by Sudhir Mishra]]<br />
[[Category:National Film Development Corporation of India films]]<br />
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