http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0348699/plotsummary
It is not just about water," says Shekhar. "Paani deals with a city that divides itself into the upper and lower city. In the upper city there is a globalised economy; the lower city is for those left behind. Water is the metaphor for the state of the world now as condensed in one city and told in one great mythic story."
http://www.telegraphindia.com/1100422/jsp/entertainment/story_12365039.jsp
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