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Original Film Title: Mumbai Noir
Director’s Name: Sohail Khan
Writer’s Name: Sohail Khan, Mirum Qazi
Producer: Raaghib Khan, Verma S H
Country of Origin: India
Country of Filming : India
Language: Hindi
Runtime: 23 minutes 27 seconds
Film Description:
Carlos has been living life on the edge seemingly since a young age. He does drugs and also sells them for a living. He lives with his drug-addled mother in a dilapidated room who constantly asks him for drugs. The drug racket is run from a salon where they pack the drugs in talcum powder containers. In the background, the law enforcement is on a mission to rid the city of drugs for good.
The problem arises when his friend takes his drug infested bike for a ride and is caught by the police. Terrified of what the bigwigs might do to him now that he has lost their package, he decides to disappear without a trace. Unfortunately, in all this, he finds his mother dead due to an overdose. Haunted by her thoughts, he wanders aimlessly in a state of delirium. The henchmen of the higher-ups find him high out of his mind and receive the order to execute him. The shot rings and the screen goes black. In the next sequence we see the linchpin of the drug organisation passing on money to the police officer who seized his bike. As the linchpin reclines on a salon chair, Carlos enters the shop with the help of Rafiq (Henchman) . In a flashback it is revealed that he was saved by Rafiq who was among the henchmen when he was about to be killed. The protagonist pulls the shutter down and the screen go