Sinchan Chatterjee

Sometimes it takes a microphone to more than just amplify your voice. Sometimes it takes a microphone to find your own voice. Gully Boy is one of those rare Bollywood movies that have sparks of Art inside them. A künstleroman or the story of the journey of the growth of an artist, the movie traces the odds and tribulations that Murad, a slum dweller who dares to dream, has to brave in order to chase and finally achieve he true purpose of his life -- rap. Subject to torture and abuse at home in the hands of his orthodox father, worried by his sometimes turbulent relationship with Sabrina, Murad finds that the only way to free his soul from the bondage of human ties and suffering is music. Rap sets him free. From a stuttering, fumbling, almost mute, complacent individual at the mercy of higher authorities, Murad finds a rare articulacy in rap, where he can express his anger, pain, frustration and thereby connect with the rest of the world. For artists and rappers and musicians throughout Hindustan, trapped and bogged down by the harsh brutality of reality, for dreamers who are torn apart between chasing their dream and living 'happ'happy, comfortable lives', Gully Boy is an inspiration to all who think, to all who write or sing or paint or dream.