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Mumbai rat killers make it to Cannes
Updated On: 05 April, 2010 06:50 AM IST | | Aditi Sharma
Rat Race, A documentary on Mumbai's professional rat killers, is among the six films in the world to be selected for the cannes Co-Production Challenge
Rat Race, A documentary on Mumbai's professional rat killers, is among the six films in the world to be selected for the cannes Co-Production Challenge
Miriam Chandy Menacherry is terrified of rats. Yet the 35-year-old filmmaker is busy documenting one of Mumbai's most bizarre professions rat killing.
The idea behind the documentary, Miriam says, is to put a face to the rat menace, which is a startling reality in the metropolitan city of Mumbai.
57-year-old Behram Harda is one such face. Behram has spent 35 years of his life working as a supervisor in the BMC's Pest Control Department.
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