The Pitiable State of A Muslim Man Who Was Once A Coatmaker
I spotted him yesterday sitting in the tiny lane that leads in or out the Bandra Compound also known as the Bandra Slaughter House Slums .
Before I shot this video I asked the Nagori milk shop guy about him he said he knew nothing about this man but he mostly sat here in front of his shop when it got too hot or he sat near the barber shop and the woodcarver shops of Bandra SV Road ..
You could not miss him when you crossed from this road braving the moving cars to go towards JJ colony or Sayba Restaurant end .
I was a bit surprised when I began shooting his video and he told me a little bit about himself in a very disjointed conversation ..His name is Noor Mohomed he is from Gorakhpur ..he does not know how he came into this state of penury ..he was a tailor he stitched coats and that saddened me more as my dad too in his early formative years as migrant in Mumbai worked as a coatmaket at Wodehouse Road with N Swamy Rao very famous couturier bang opposite Pandya Parsi Aviary close to Colaba old bus depot .
He said he worked near Mangaldas Market under Ghafoor Master ..and I felt sorry for him he kept telling me like a truant boy trying to come to terms with his tragedy that in a few days he will leave for his hometown .
As the crowds were passing this narrow lane and people stopping to watch us here in Mumbai people love street tamashas I hastily stopped shooting him .
The irony of his sad depressing disillusioned life he does not beg or ask for money people strangers buy him food .
Mumbai despite being a tough surviving city does have a heart ..and would I have captured the essence of his forced isolation through a single frame as a street shot ..I tried but it was not enough or as accommodating as this attempt to videograph him my new street hobby .
I don't really search for street stories they find me cosmically eventually and I regret I shot many strange people but was not able to shoot their videos ..people like Appu a friend without hands or legs just a human stump .
Or Maria the leper lady of Bandra Boran Road or the little Blind beggar boy of Bandra .
I shoot videos as is where is without editing but yes i shoot footage as much as I can I don't get scared I don't get intimidated and I don't shoot videos to ridicule a man's religion or his rituals customs I shoot videos to 're educate myself I shoot pain sorrow blood sweat and tears and I shoot the inner dark crevices of a Mans life on the streets .
I don't miss opportunities never I shoot even if I am abused threatened with bodily harm I am ready to take the consequences in my stride .
I don't use my videos to blackmail but yes I shoot to show you snippets of life that paid media won't ever show .
I regret not having shot videos of my visits to the Mumbai Hijra Cages of Pila House to shoot the Hijra Queen Hijra a Muslim transgender who was kidnapped by a Mafia Don when he fell madly in love with her but than let her go and Heena a commercial worker had Grace dignity during Ramzan she kept her rozas prayed and abstained from all sexual activity ..she wore black during Moharam and her Guru was a Hindu they celebrated Ganpati and lived as one family ..yes I regret I did not know how to shoot videos .
I have shot over 975 videos at You Tube over 6 million views and the most viewed videos are of the ear cleaners of Bandra Talao ..a playlist that includes Muslim Beggars Hinduism Ganesh festivals Ling Kriya Naga Sadhus .Shiasm Moharam Sufism of the Malangs and Ajmer Sharif. Christianity Latin Mass choir and the Hijras of India .
I shoot a India ..a beautiful unique mind blowing India of magical mysticism and more .
Happy morning from Bandra .
Time to go for Tennis under Coach Surendra Pawar .
Being a part of Bollywood I wish I had videographed some of the greats like Mr Rajesh Khanna I was his disciple and made all his personal clothes .
Yes this is one deep regret most of all .
Archiving hope humanity ...as is where is .
The Pitiable State of A Muslim Man Who Was Once A Coatmaker
I spotted him yesterday sitting in the tiny lane that leads in or out the Bandra Compound also known as the Bandra Slaughter House Slums .
Before I shot this video I asked the Nagori milk shop guy about him he said he knew nothing about this man but he mostly sat here in front of his shop when it got too hot or he sat near the barber shop and the woodcarver shops of Bandra SV Road ..
You could not miss him when you crossed from this road braving the moving cars to go towards JJ colony or Sayba Restaurant end .
I was a bit surprised when I began shooting his video and he told me a little bit about himself in a very disjointed conversation ..His name is Noor Mohomed he is from Gorakhpur ..he does not know how he came into this state of penury ..he was a tailor he stitched coats and that saddened me more as my dad too in his early formative years as migrant in Mumbai worked as a coatmaket at Wodehouse Road with N Swamy Rao very famous couturier bang opposite Pandya Parsi Aviary close to Colaba old bus depot .
He said he worked near Mangaldas Market under Ghafoor Master ..and I felt sorry for him he kept telling me like a truant boy trying to come to terms with his tragedy that in a few days he will leave for his hometown .
As the crowds were passing this narrow lane and people stopping to watch us here in Mumbai people love street tamashas I hastily stopped shooting him .
The irony of his sad depressing disillusioned life he does not beg or ask for money people strangers buy him food .
Mumbai despite being a tough surviving city does have a heart ..and would I have captured the essence of his forced isolation through a single frame as a street shot ..I tried but it was not enough or as accommodating as this attempt to videograph him my new street hobby .
I don't really search for street stories they find me cosmically eventually and I regret I shot many strange people but was not able to shoot their videos ..people like Appu a friend without hands or legs just a human stump .
Or Maria the leper lady of Bandra Boran Road or the little Blind beggar boy of Bandra .
I shoot videos as is where is without editing but yes i shoot footage as much as I can I don't get scared I don't get intimidated and I don't shoot videos to ridicule a man's religion or his rituals customs I shoot videos to 're educate myself I shoot pain sorrow blood sweat and tears and I shoot the inner dark crevices of a Mans life on the streets .
I don't miss opportunities never I shoot even if I am abused threatened with bodily harm I am ready to take the consequences in my stride .
I don't use my videos to blackmail but yes I shoot to show you snippets of life that paid media won't ever show .
I regret not having shot videos of my visits to the Mumbai Hijra Cages of Pila House to shoot the Hijra Queen Hijra a Muslim transgender who was kidnapped by a Mafia Don when he fell madly in love with her but than let her go and Heena a commercial worker had Grace dignity during Ramzan she kept her rozas prayed and abstained from all sexual activity ..she wore black during Moharam and her Guru was a Hindu they celebrated Ganpati and lived as one family ..yes I regret I did not know how to shoot videos .
I have shot over 975 videos at You Tube over 6 million views and the most viewed videos are of the ear cleaners of Bandra Talao ..a playlist that includes Muslim Beggars Hinduism Ganesh festivals Ling Kriya Naga Sadhus .Shiasm Moharam Sufism of the Malangs and Ajmer Sharif. Christianity Latin Mass choir and the Hijras of India .
I shoot a India ..a beautiful unique mind blowing India of magical mysticism and more .
Happy morning from Bandra .
Time to go for Tennis under Coach Surendra Pawar .
Being a part of Bollywood I wish I had videographed some of the greats like Mr Rajesh Khanna I was his disciple and made all his personal clothes .
Yes this is one deep regret most of all .
Archiving hope humanity ...as is where is .