The Sound of Mumbai: A Musical

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While the premise of director Sarah McCarthy's documentary is inevitably sentimental, McCarthy does well to exhibit restraint when dealing with such an emotionally stirring story and even evokes a stark sense of realism. After all, although the film portrays an amazing opportunity for children of a slum to perform in a giant production, the truth of the circumstances is salient: once that curtain closes, those children return to their misfortunes, with that magical night but a memory.

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Release Date:	Sep 13, 2010
Running Time:	63 minutes
Country:	United Kingdom
Language:	English

synopsis

The Sound of Music', with its imagery of mountains and edelweiss, may not seem like a natural fit for India’s Maximum City, but the Bombay Chamber Orchestra begs to differ. Recruiting kids from the slums – home to half the city’s population – the Orchestra sets out to stage a choral performance of the Rogers & Hammerstein score. It doesn’t matter whether you’ve previously embraced or resisted 'The Sound of Music', after this rendition your association will never be the same.