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2. Varadarajan Mudaliar - Wikipedia

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   Varadarajan was born in Tuticorin, Tamil Nadu in 1926 [2] He moved to Mumbai in 1945. Working as a porter at VT Station, he began his criminal life by stealing dock cargo.. Varada, as he was fondly called, was hugely popular among the poor Tamil residents in the Dharavi s

3. Dharavi (film) - Wikipedia

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   Dharavi (City of Dreams) is a 1992 Hindi film,written and directed by Sudhir Mishra. The film was a joint NFDC - Doordarshan production [ 1 ] and went on to winning many awards in the following year, including the 1992 National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Hindi .

4. Dharavi - Wikipedia

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   Dharavi compared to other great slums in the world. Map according to Mike Davis. Dharavi is a residential area in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. It has often been considered to be one of the world's largest slums. [1] [2] Dharavi has an area of just over 2.39 square kilometres (0.92 sq mi; 590 acres) [3] and a population of about 1,000,000. [4]

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   When Masoom Ali Shaikh arrived in Mumbai in 1974 as a young man from northern India, the patch of land where he set up shop was “just a creek with no proper road and garbage all around,” he said.

6. Gully Boy - Wikipedia

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   Gully Boy is a 2019 Indian Hindi-language musical drama film directed by Zoya Akhtar, and written by Akhtar and Reema Kagti.The film was produced by Ritesh Sidhwani, Akhtar and Farhan Akhtar under the banners of Tiger Baby Films and Excel Entertainment productions, with American rapper Nas as an executive producer.

7. City of Joy (1992 film) - Wikipedia

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   City of Joy (released in the Philippines as Raging Inferno) is a 1992 drama film directed by Roland Joffé, with a screenplay by Mark Medoff.It is based upon the novel of the same name by Dominique Lapierre, which looks at poverty in then-modern India, specifically life in the slums.

8. List of slums in India - Wikipedia

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   An integrated slum dwelling and informal economy inside Dharavi of Mumbai. Dharavi slum started in 1887 with industrial and segregationist policies of the British colonial era. The slum housing, tanneries, pottery and other economy established inside and around Dharavi during the British rule of India. [2] [3] [4] Prem Sagar

9. Shiva (2006 film) - Wikipedia

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   Shiva Swarassi is a poor slum-dweller who, after watching his parents being brutally murdered by Bappu's men, decides that it's time to get rid of Bappu. He gets the people of Dharavi Slum in Mumbai together and forms a rebellion against him.