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Making a case for Kamathipura: This documentary highlights unexplored stories of the locality

A documentary by a group of collegians explores the stigmas attached to this infamous neighbourhood, and the stories that did not make it to mainstream narratives

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An overview of the 12th lane in Kamathipura. File pics

An overview of the 12th lane in Kamathipura. File pics

Three years ago, when Bollywood director Sanjay Leela Bhansali released the Alia Bhatt-starrer Gangubai Kathiawadi, it propelled a series of reactions; public interest in Kamathipura was renewed, talks on the working conditions of commercial sex workers found a new voice and with all the praise for the film, came a band of critics who criticised Bhansali for whitewashing and glamorising reality. The stigma attached to the precinct is hardly draped in pristine white fabric; the everyday conversations are rarely timed, eloquent retorts and the stereotypes often seep into the lives of the regular people in the area as well — an unsaid side of the neighbourhood which has found a platform in the documentary of 20-year-old Arnav Pagawad.

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