Bombay: Our City (Hamara Sahar) is a 1985 Indian documentary film directed by Anand Patwardhan. The film story based on daily battle for survival of the 4 million slum dwellers of Bombay who make up half the city's population. The film produced by the Ramesh Asher & Sanjiv Shah. Anand Patwardhan graduate (B.A.) in English Literature from Bombay University in 1970, won a scholarship to get another B.A. in sociology from Brandeis University in 1972 and earned a master's degree in communications from McGill University in 1982. The film was released on 7 June 1985.

Awards

National Film Award for Best Non-Feature Film, 1985

Special Jury Award, Cinema du reel, France, 1986

Filmfare Award for Best Documentary, 1986

References

External links

Bombay: Our City in Patwardhan's website

Indian documentary films

Documentary films about cities

1985 films

Bombay: Our City