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National Theatre Live: Behind the Beautiful Forevers

0.0 200 mins Drama   2015
National Theatre  
Director(s): Rufus Norris

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.

Casts of National Theatre Live: Behind the Beautiful Forevers

Meera Syal

as Zehrunisa Husain

Sartaj Garewal

as Mahadeo Waghekar

Ranjit Krishnamma

as Raja Kamble

Stephanie Street

as Asha Waghekar

Hiran Abeysekera

as Sunil Sharma

Esh Alladi

as Esh Alladi: Guard at Dongri, Defender

Joplin Sibtain

as Sub-Inspector Shankar, Prosecutor

Gavi Singh Chera

as Rahul Waghekar

Anjana Vasan

as Manju Waghekar

Assad Zaman

as Deepak Rai

Shane Zaza

as Abdul Husain

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