This film tells the story of the residents of Kotla Mubarakpur, an 'urban village' in South Delhi through focusing on the family of Sarita and Raman Bhardwaj, their friends and neighbours. Raman's family came to Kotla in the wake of the Partition, Sarita moved from Nainital after marrying. Raman is concerned about the effects of television on his children, and prefers 'chatting' on the internet, whereas Sarita battles to have the recently disconnected 'cable TV' restored. The Bhardwaj's acquaintances include, Jaidev,who is an aspiring musician, Arnima, who wants to be a film-star, and the local policewoman, Satish Bhati who is as friendly with fellow members of her Gujar community as she is with the local 'Bad Character'.
The film tracks the imagination of the unofficial city forever in the process of breaking the topographic skin of the 'official' city of the Master Plan. It explores the ways in which the texture of urban spaces is woven into ideas of belonging, intimacy, friendship, ambition, and the desire to be 'here' but also somewhere else.
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