Taking the Horse to Eat Jalebis(2022)

Storyline

Fusing documentary-realism with magic-realism, and true and fictionalised stories with poetry and dreams, Ghode Ko Jalebi Khilane Le Ja Riya Hoon is a love letter to the syncretic culture of Old Delhi, to its history which is slowly losing itself amid concrete and smog

“A city's fading soul, seen through dreams and sweets.”

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Cast & Crew

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K GopalanLal Bihari The Loader

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Ravindra SahuPatru the 'Pickpocket'

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PrasanjitPipni the trainee Pickpocket

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Raghubir YadavChadammi The Street Food Vendor

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Lokesh JainAkash Jain 'Junooni'

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Saumyananda SahiCrew

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Anamika HaksarDirector

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Trivia

• The film's title comes from a popular nonsense rhyme used by children in Old Delhi.
• It was shot over four years in the narrow lanes and rooftops of Shahjahanabad, the historic walled city of Delhi.
• Most of the cast are non-professional actors, including real-life residents and street performers from the old city.
• The film blends 35mm film and digital footage to create its distinct visual texture of memory and reality.
• It premiered at the International Film Festival Rotterdam, not at a major Indian festival first.
• Director Anamika Haksar spent years researching and recording oral histories from the area before writing the script.
• A central visual motif is a horse, which is a symbol in the film for both historical baggage and poetic freedom.