National Theatre Live: Behind the Beautiful Forevers (2015)
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.
Director:
Rufus Norris
Writer:
David Hare
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Meera Syal as Zehrunisa Husain |
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Vincent Ebrahim as |
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Sartaj Garewal as Mahadeo Waghekar |
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Muzz Khan as |
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Ranjit Krishnamma as Raja Kamble |
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Stephanie Street as Asha Waghekar |
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Hiran Abeysekera as Sunil Sharma |
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Esh Alladi as Esh Alladi: Guard at Dongri, Defender |
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Nathalie Armin as |
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Pal Aron as |
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Tia-Lana Chinapyel as |
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Mariam Haque as |
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Thusitha Jayasundera as |
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Manjeet Mann as |
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Nikita Mehta as |
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Anjli Mohindra as |
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Tia Palamathanan as |
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Ronak Patani as |
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Pehrr Ramrakhyani as |
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Anneika Rose as |
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Joplin Sibtain as Sub-Inspector Shankar, Prosecutor |
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Gavi Singh Chera as Rahul Waghekar |
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Anjana Vasan as Manju Waghekar |
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Assad Zaman as Deepak Rai |
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Shane Zaza as Abdul Husain |
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Bharti Patel as |
| Directing | Rufus Norris | Director |
| Writing | Katherine Boo | Book |
| Writing | David Hare | Screenplay |
