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DOCUMENTARY ON HOLLYWOOD BASTI (GULBAI TEKRA)
Hollywood basti is one of the oldest slums created in Ahmedabad; it is situated in the area named gulbai tekra. Basically, the people of Hollywood basti are originating from Rajasthan. 1800’s were a trough period for the people of Rajasthan. They were suffering from the long term famines and drought. So many communities of Rajasthan decided to shift to Gujarat. One of these communities is The Bawari Community. They didn’t have money at that point of time and were in search of places to live. At that point of time, a lady named gulab bai, a parsee woman, gave them a large piece of land to reside. This community started digging the tekras and made a really beautiful basti out of it. They named the basti, gulbai tekra to honour the person who gave this land to them. Most of the people of gulbai tekra are not highly educated, aren’t rich enough, they do petty jobs to cover their household expenses. They generally do small businesses of selling statues of Indian gods and goddesses. That is why their income is pretty much seasonal. Besides this, the females of the family works as house maids in rich people’s home. But there was one thing that these people were living in a peaceful and a harmonious way until people started thinking negative about them. They lived very happily until the people started building high rises around the gulbai tekra. These people who build these high rises consider the people of Hollywood basti and the basti itself as an anomaly in the city, as it is full of garbage. But through this documentary, we found out the deeper reality. Yes, these people don’t have pakka houses like all of the others have. But they manage to keep their place neat, tidy and clean. So, there is a huge difference between the perception of the insider’s and the outsider’s views. In conclusion, no matter what outsiders think about them but the people in this basti has one thing to adore that is their unanimity. Which is lacking pretty much in the rich and the outside world.