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Film: Toot-ta Judta Aadmi Director: Yashowardhan Mishra <img src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/images/2015/oct/Still-2.jpg" alt="" /> The recent tragedy in Malvani, Malad, that left more than 68 people dead in 48 hours after consuming spurious liquor, moved Yashowardhan Mishra to delve deeper into its aftermath. &ldquo;I wanted to focus on the economics; the compensation and the politics behind the tragedy,&rdquo; he says.
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When Mishra visited the spot soon after the tragedy, instead of expected scenes of bereavement, he found the widows arranging for aadhar cards to get aid. &ldquo;The women had no choice but to move on and take charge,&rdquo; says the 23-year-old Malad resident. The film is about a family that is on the verge of breakdown after the man of the house falls victim to a hooch tragedy. What follows is a vicious cycle of greed, grief and struggle for survival.
Film: Sasta Bachchan Director: Tabu Kaariya 
<img src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/images/2015/oct/vlcsnap-2015-09-30-22h03m36.jpg" alt="" /> To the unsuspecting onlooker, Shashikant Pedwal can pass off as Amitabh Bachchan. &ldquo;We realised this while shooting with Pedwal in Bandra. He brought traffic to a halt. People stopped to take autographs and pose with him,&rdquo; laughs filmmaker Tabu Kaariya, who made a film on him.
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The 22-year-old tells us that looks aren&rsquo;t the only common factor between Pedwal and Bachchan. His voice is similar to the actor&rsquo;s; his wife is the same height as Jaya Bachchan and he even has an elder daughter and younger son. Pedwal works as a professor and does the doppelganger act in ads, videos and films more as a hobby. &ldquo;Pedwal told us that when students would enter a classroom for the first time, they&rsquo;d be taken aback. Our intention was to make him the Big B of our film,&rdquo; she says.
Film: Vada Pav Inc Director: Siddharth Aalambayan For Mumbaikar Siddharth Aalambayan, vada pav is the ultimate go-to snack. &ldquo;When I found out that said the person who invented the vada pav is going to shut shop, I got curious,&rdquo; says the 22-year-old who made the film, Vada Pav Inc. Soon Aalambayan landed outside Dadar stations&rsquo; platform number 1 at the stall founded by late Ashok Vaidya, credited with making the world&rsquo;s first vada pav.
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&ldquo;Vaidya&rsquo;s son Narendra, who has an MBA degree, runs the business,&rdquo; he says. Aalambayan reveals one of the theories floating around about the origin of the snack.
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&ldquo;Narendra said his father set up the shop in 1960s where he started selling vadas outside Dadar station. The neighbouring thela sold omelette pav. One day, in a mood to experiment, he put the vada and garlic chutney between the pav it was a hit.&rdquo;

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