Soft winds whispering between them, trees swish curtseys over palatial homes. This is Carmichael Road, rowed with regal residences Claude Batley and George Wittet imagined along the eastern cliff edge of Cumballa Hill. This SoBo stretch named for David Fremantle Carmichael of the Civil Services is now ML Dahanukar Road, honouring the first post-Independence Sheriff whose family occupied Shree Sadan mid-street.

The hallowed hallways of Bureaucrat Boulevard entertain august company. Especially in bungalows like the Municipal Commissioner's, Bombay Port Trust Chairman's and Reserve Bank of India Governor's. The 1920s-constructed Municipal Commissioner's mansion's colonial-style portico and arcaded verandah are visible in a scene of Richard Attenborough's Gandhi, showing Jinnah and Gandhiji walk down the driveway. Interior shots were filmed at next-door North End, the BPT bungalow Wittet designed.