National Theatre Live: Behind the Beautiful Forevers
National Theatre Live: Behind the Beautiful Forevers

National Theatre Live: Behind the Beautiful Forevers

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2015•200 min•Drama
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Meera Syal
Meera Syal
Zehrunisa Husain
Vincent Ebrahim
Vincent Ebrahim
Sartaj Garewal
Sartaj Garewal
Mahadeo Waghekar
Muzz Khan
Muzz Khan
Ranjit Krishnamma
Ranjit Krishnamma
Raja Kamble
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Stephanie Street
Asha Waghekar
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.
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