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From ‘Paar’ to ‘Homebound’, films that tell difficult truths about migrant lives
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The Indian Express
Events like those depicted in the 1984 film Paar could well be tucked inside the newspapers, and glanced through by the hurried office goers.
However, the constant influx of migrant labourers means there are not as many jobs for the taking.
AdvertisementForty years on, another heart-wrenching story about what migrant workers endure finds a place in Neeraj Ghaywan’s Homebound.
Also Read | The Zubeen Garg we must not forgetHomebound effectively paints a picture of the struggle of migrant workers: The agonising account of two people out of the millions whose stories and lives are often condensed to mere numbers and statistics.
A report in The Indian Express (‘Driven out like cattle’: Migrant workers from Bengal caught in crackdown) quotes him as saying, “There is money there.