L'Inde fantôme Bombay (1969– ) watch online HD

Director/narrator Malle concludes his epic documentary by examining the capital city, Bombay, built by the English for colonial needs. He notes the sidewalk vendors are mainly Muslim southern Indians, dating to Mongolian emperors before the English, and that Muslim influence has greatly impacted culture, cuisine, clothing, language and agriculture. The Haji Ali mosque is shown, and Malle states that when the English left in 1947, Muslims separated from India to form Pakistan, basically swapping places with Hindus and Sikhs there. He then shows a petrochemical plant in Thane and Bombay's famed red-light district, composed mainly of Telugu peasants from Andhra Pradesh. A stock exchange is shown and Pashabhai Patel, an industrialist and Swatantra delegate, discusses their fight for free enterprise as the only solution to India's problems. Malle adds that the total lack of social laws protecting against exploitation and corruption is a huge problem. A wedding of two members of the Parsi, ...