Akurli Road

A playground attached to a mall. 

Mahavirnagar, Kandivli (E)

Anup Kurian. Director. The Blueberry Hunt.

90% of my colleagues walk around with movie scripts and ideas in their heads and a passion for cinema and story telling that goes beyond logic. Many of them will finally realise their dreams, and to do that, they will don different roles, take different paths, stay awake several nights, and many other things before they finally manage to say their stories.

If you are one such person, Anup can be a inspiration for you. Gaurav Jain charts the path Anup took to make his film "The Blueberry Hunt" starring Naseeruddin Shah.

Read it here.


Also have a look at The Blueberry Hunt Facebook page to see how Anup is using social media to create buzz.



Anup Kurian at work.



What he is watching.


And his daily newspaper. Mathrubhoomi, Malayalam. Mumbai edition.

Must be the only newspaper on the stands that has a Gaddafi headline and not the Anna campaign by English, Hindi and Marathi newspapers. It reads: The End of The Gaddafi Yuga.






Anup is one of the rare filmmakers who does not plan to live in Mumbai full time. He comes to Mumbai only to make and promote his films. He says that he is an Indian film maker. Not a Mollywood or Bollywood filmmaker.

Akurli Road, Kandivli (E)

A street-side quack and his consulting room.


Work Space Mumbai - Dr Feelnogood

Whatever your ailment, there's one condition any visitor to a clinic or hospital in Mumbai will carry back home - claustrophobia.

This Maruti Omni van probably has more space than your average Mumbai clinic or consulting room. And this picture was clicked in the Western Suburb. Mumbai's fastest growing region and the worst when it comes to decent hospitals. You can count the number of half decent hospitals with the fingers of a single hand and for a population that's a few millions and growing.

And the half decent ones, they are designed to wipe out your life savings if you do not have proper insurance. That is, if you manage to reach a hospital in time. The arteries of this part of the city are clogged. If you value your life, it's probably safer to take the next train or flight out of the city, if you manage to reach in time.