Written and directed by Aamir Khan's wife, Kiran Rao, the Aamir Khan produced movie Dhobi Ghat follows four different characters who all live and work in the washer area known as Dhobi Ghat near Mahalaxmi Station on the Western Railway in Mumbai. The washers, who are called dhobis, work with local hotels and hospitals and their job consists of washing clothes in the open air. This 'outdoor laundry' has even become a tourist attraction.
Dhobi Ghat stars Prateik Babbar, Aamir Khan, Monica Dogra and Kriti Malhotra. Aamir Khan plays a painter named Arun, Prateik Babbar portrays Munna, a washer, Kriti Malhotra plays a Muslim girl called Yasmin and Monica Dogra portrays a banker named Shai who is only in India on holiday.
The movie follows these four individuals and shows how their lives are intertwined. "Dhobi Ghat is my homage to Mumbai and its people - people on the trains, in the boats, stuck in traffic, perched on the construction sites, sitting by the sea, thinking of tomorrow," director Kiran Rao told reporters. "What started five years ago as a vague idea is now a 100-minute reality and I am most excited and very nervous," she added.
Shai and Arun meet during the opening of Arun's new art show. They end up sleeping together but in the morning they part ways thinking they will probably never meet again. Munna, a young dhobi whose job it is to wash Shai's clothes, dreams of becoming an actor. He convinces Shai to help him with his portfolio and in return, he promises the banker to show her the real city. They become friends but Munna soon falls in love with Shai.
Dhobi Ghat hits theaters on January 21, 2011. Check out the trailer here and let us know if you think it will be a hit or a miss.
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Think it will be a hit, and will also appeal to a wider non-Indian audience of World cinema fans. We actually just published a review.
http://www.the-nri.com/index.php/2010/12/review-dhobi-ghat-movie-by-kiran-rao/
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