National Theatre Live: Behind the Beautiful Forevers
- Released on
- Runtime
- 200 mins
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.
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.
Cast
- Meera Syal
- Vincent Ebrahim
- Sartaj Garewal
- Muzz Khan
- Ranjit Krishnamma
- Stephanie Street
- Hiran Abeysekera
- Esh Alladi
- Nathalie Armin
- Pal Aron
- Tia-Lana Chinapyel
- Mariam Haque
- Thusitha Jayasundera
- Manjeet Mann
- Nikita Mehta
- Anjli Mohindra
- Tia Palamathanan
- Ronak Patani
- Pehrr Ramrakhyani
- Anneika Rose
- Joplin Sibtain
- Gavi Singh Chera
- Anjana Vasan
- Assad Zaman
- Shane Zaza
- Bharti Patel
Director
- Rufus Norris
Producers
Screenwriter
- David Hare
