National Theatre Live: Behind the Beautiful Forevers

The story

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.

Cast

M Meera SyalZehrunisa Husain V Vincent Ebrahim S Sartaj GarewalMahadeo Waghekar M Muzz Khan R Ranjit KrishnammaRaja Kamble S Stephanie StreetAsha Waghekar H Hiran AbeysekeraSunil Sharma E Esh AlladiEsh Alladi: Guard at Dongri, Defender N Nathalie Armin P Pal Aron T Tia-Lana Chinapyel M Mariam Haque

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T Thusitha Jayasundera M Manjeet Mann N Nikita Mehta A Anjli MohindraKehkashan Husain T Tia Palamathanan R Ronak Patani P Pehrr Ramrakhyani A Anneika Rose J Joplin SibtainSub-Inspector Shankar, Prosecutor G Gavi Singh CheraRahul Waghekar A Anjana VasanManju Waghekar A Assad ZamanDeepak Rai S Shane ZazaAbdul Husain B Bharti Patel