Thanks Maa

‘Thanks Maa’ Romantic Homage To Mumbai

He’s 12, homeless and he refuses to adopt the swaggering amorality of his friends on the street. They call him Municipal Ghatkopar because that’s the address where he was dumped as a child. But he prefers to be known as Salman Khan.

Strongly reminiscent of Mira Nair’s “Salaam Bombay” and far more resonantly representative of Mumbai’s slum kids than “Slumdog Millionaire”, “Thanks Maa” is a journey into lives that were born into despair.

Without the crutches of self-pity, debutant director…