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The filmaker who began filming his next, Mere Pyare Prime Minister, in a slum in Ghatkopar, has now got a NOC from the city civic body, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), to build 20 toilets there, including five separate toilets for men and women, as also teachers in two municipal schools in the Khandooba area. He's also re-building a community toilet in
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The filmmaker, whose is known for his films like Rang De Basanti and Bhaag Milkha Bhaag, has been collaborating with the NGO, Yuva Unstoppable, for the last four years to transform slums by building toilets.
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![Rakeysh Omprakash,Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra,toilet,lack of toilet]( "Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra has now moved shooting to a slum settlement behind the Powai Lake, where the men have been going near secluded pipelines to defecate.")
Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra has now moved shooting to a slum settlement behind the Powai Lake, where the men have been going near secluded pipelines to defecate.
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![Rakeysh Omprakash,Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra,toilet,lack of toilet]( "The area gets water for just 30-45 minutes a day. We are panning to build adequate toilets in this area too,“ he says, admitting that while the Maximum City has been absorbing immigrants like a sponge, its infrastructure hasn't grown at the same pace. His film revolves around four kids living in a Mumbai slum. One of them wants to build a toilet for his single mother and makes an appeal to the Prime Minister.")
The area gets water for just 30-45 minutes a day. We are panning to build adequate toilets in this area too,“ he says, admitting that while the Maximum City has been absorbing immigrants like a sponge, its infrastructure hasn't grown at the same pace. His film revolves around four kids living in a Mumbai slum. One of them wants to build a toilet for his single mother and makes an appeal to the Prime Minister.
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![Rakeysh Omprakash,Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra,toilet,lack of toilet]( "The biggest hurdle Mehra faces is that the city's slums are built on unauthorised land owned by the BMC so he cannot legally build a toilet as there are no pipelines or water connections available. \"But I am working around it at the community level,\" assures the director who plans to introduce a social card next, whereby anyone, in particular housewives, can give two hours of social work a day to the community. These hours will add up to an accomplishment.")
The biggest hurdle Mehra faces is that the city's slums are built on unauthorised land owned by the BMC so he cannot legally build a toilet as there are no pipelines or water connections available. "But I am working around it at the community level," assures the director who plans to introduce a social card next, whereby anyone, in particular housewives, can give two hours of social work a day to the community. These hours will add up to an accomplishment.
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![Rakeysh Omprakash,Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra,toilet,lack of toilet]( "With 'Mere Pyare Prime Minister' Rakeysh is coming up with an altogether different plot focusing mainly on slum life. It would be a visual treat for the audiences to witness this upcoming venture.")
With 'Mere Pyare Prime Minister' Rakeysh is coming up with an altogether different plot focusing mainly on slum life. It would be a visual treat for the audiences to witness this upcoming venture.
