Backlight: I am Gurgaon- The new Urban India | |
Duration: 52' Director: Marije Meerman Producer: VPRO television and the International Architecture Biennale Rotterdam, supported by the Netherlands Architecture Fund sales contact NPO Sales
| The shining facades of Gurgaon, a satellite city of New Delhi, are symbols of India’s unparalleled economic growth. Gurgaon was built at the turn of this century by the largest project developers in the world. A village 15 years ago, has now grown into a city of 1,4 million inhabitants, but with little or no infrastructure. How viable is this new type of city? Residents of the gated communities of this privatized society offer insights in their hope, desires, and in the new self-confidence of the Indian middle class. Gradually it becomes clear what the consequences of the credit crisis and the growing gap between rich and poor are for the city and the psyche of its inhabitants. Gurgaon: a Ponzi Scheme or the prototype for future mega cities as they will be found all over India within a few decennials? |
