Mumbai is a name in it self. We need no explanations for what how and why mumbai is one of the most famous cities in our country as well as in the world . It’s full of dreamers , some with big and some with small but a dream is a dream after all . Mumbai is looked upon as a city full of opportunities . It has the most prolific of film industries, working firms , shops , buisnesess that provides outsiders with opportunities or well it seems like that . Mumbai has one of Asia’s biggest slums and the largest tropical forest in an urban zone. It’s India’s financial powerhouse, fashion capital and a pulse point of religious tension. It’s evolved its own language, Bambaiyya Hindi, which is a mix of…everything, specifically hindi with a marathi accent . It has some of the world’s most expensive real estate and a knack for creating land from water using only determination and garbage so called reclamation .But wait. Mumbai is not frantic or fanatic , it’s not overwhelming . Or at least, it doesn’t have to be.
Contrary to what you might think, you may not have almost just died in that taxi or been rushed by that station crowd or run over by that guy with the funny outfit and the monkey. The city has its own rhythm, which takes a little while to hear: it’s a complex but playful raga, a gliding, light-footed dance that all of Mumbai seems to know. It does not fulfill eveyone 's dreams doesn't seem like what it is and breaks alot of hearts . Still mumbai is loved and will be the city of dreams
The one time of year Mumbai could be coined intense is during Diwali Festival of the Lights and during ganesh chaturthi . Whether you follow Rama or Lord ganesha or one of the other 330 million Hindu deities, these festivals are a time for positivity and joy. Coming at the end of the harvest season, it’s a period of relative prosperity for the poor country and feels like the subcontinent’s version of Christmas.
Ganesha visarjans display takes place on Mumbai’s Chowpatty Beaches that are crowded so immensely that you can hardly see the water body from a distance .
If you’re bonkers for Bollywood, you’ve come to the right place to experience your 15 minutes of fame. Mumbai is the glittering epicentre of India’s Hindi-language film industry, and they’re often looking for Western extras.
The industry churns out more than 900 films a year – more than any other industry even more than surprise surprise Hollywood . But Not surprising considering we have one-sixth of the world’s population as a captive audience, as well as a sizable Non-Resident Indian following fanning about Indian culture , tradition and films alll over .
Every part of India has its regional film industry, but Bollywood continues to entrance the nation with its winning escapist formula of masala entertainment – where all-singing, all-dancing lovers fight and conquer the forces keeping them apart. These days, Hollywood-inspired thrillers and action extravaganzas are for moviegoers’ attention alongside the more family-oriented saccharine formulas.
Bollywood stars can attain near godlike status in India , so many examples. Their faces appear in advertisements around the country, and star-spotting is a favourite pastime in Mumbai’s posher establishments, standing in front of their houses on the name of being there biggest fans hampering there privacy .
It was a recent film that made its way to oscars as well represented how the other half live in Mumbai, albeit in a stereotypical fashion. Slumdog Millionaire’s slum-dwellers represent approximately 60% of Mumbai’s population who live in the slums – some would say they are the foundation of Mumbai city life. More than a fantasised and dreamy side there is a dark and gloomy side to mumbai too.
Underworld - the strongest chain of underworld still remains in Mumbai today as well. Strong defeating the weak , rich empowering the poor , rights violation and everything not so good yet is sustaining In the city of dreams . Every thing, place has its own goods and bads and are overcome over a period of time too.
The city was a victim of sudden terrorist attacks 26/11 . Encompassing so many rules and historic ages and traditions and cultural diversity that made a typical mixed culture of the city's own, made Mumbai an unparalleled city of color and flamboyance. Maybe it has not fullfilled everyones dreams or provided everyone with opportunities, still it will be one of its kind . With such prominence in every field it is needless to say that Mumbai, the city of events will always be the city of dreams .
Apoorva
12th aster
