For a generation that has grown up amidst the glass-and-steel facade of Mumbai, it may be somewhat hard to imagine that before the malls came the mills. Or that unlike today's cappuccino-on-the-go routine, tea time in the city was synonymous with leisurely sips of milky chai at an Irani café.

To acquaint young Mumbaikars with this heritage, a team of artists and storytellers got together to create an animated VR experience. Called Bambaiyya VR, the project provides an insight into the communities that built Mumbai — the Kolis, Parsis and mill workers. It will premiere this weekend at the Mumbai chapter of the Urban Lens Film Festival 2018, a collaboration between the Indian Institute For Human Settlements and Godrej India Culture Lab.