The Bond
(Naata)

Naata is about Bhau Korde and Waqar Khan, two friends who work on conflict resolution and communal harmony initiatives between the different communities in Dharavi, reputedly, the largest "slum" in Asia. In contexualizing their work, Naata also looks critically at the popular perception in India of Dharavi as a "slum", making it thus, a film about Indian society too. Naata is the second in a series of films on the people and city of Mumbai, and is a sequel to Saacha (The Loom), 2001.

ABOUT THE DIRECTOR

Anjali Monteiro is Professor and Head, and KP Jayasankar is a Reader (Production) at the Unit for Media and Communications of the Tata Institute of Social Sciences. Jointly, they have won ten national and international awards for their films. Their work includes Identity: The Construction of Selfhood, Kahankar:Ahankar, and YCP 1999.