Breakin’ Mumbai – by Aakriti Kohli, Gin Khan Siam, Sandeep K Singh, Shweta Ghosh, Sumit Singh – 33 mins

Breakin’ Mumbai

Aakriti Kohli, Gin Khan Siam, Sandeep K Singh, Shweta Ghosh, Sumit Singh

Documentary/33 min/2012/India/Hindi with English subtitles

Gani, a 21-year-old, has done many things for a living: bag-making, embroidery work and working at a call center. 18-year-old Aman studies in school. He loves eating mangoes and chenna-murgi. He sketches and plays cricket. The two of them very little in common, but there is one thing that binds them- Breaking, a dance form that started back in the 70s in the Bronx, New York. Since then, it has grown popular across countries and has moulded itself to fit into specific cultures.

This film looks at what it means to be a breaker in Mumbai, how breaking becomes a site of expression of subaltern youth cultures and what it means to win and lose battles.

Through the personal lives of Gani, Aman and their friends, the film tries to understand the dunamics of breaking, and explores questions of space and the avenues for leisure in Mumbai.

To be screened with Maachis Ko Sinka, Boy in the Branch and Majma.