Streets Of Mumbai- The only game fully produced in India.

There are few great examples of games which represent Mumbai without falling inro the trap of stereotypes: The most common reason is that a lot of popular games which show Mumbai or India are not actually made in India so these games tend to lack ‘authentic’ Mumbai culture. Picking up from where Fp2 left off, I explained how Mumbai, whenever it is portrayed in video games, is often inaccurate and is always a target of stereotyping. Spiderman India - remarkably, the only Indian children's comic you will see not to shy away from casteist and classist prejudices in Mumbai.Īngry Maushi by Abhijeet Kini - a self-aware comedy which calls out the malpractices of Mumbai and everything in general through the eyes of a Marathi maushi with superhuman strength. The ones which we talked about are cartoon and illustrations aimed at children and the stories aimed at a more mature audience featured Mumbai as a chaotic city, where everything was often at breaking point.īlack Mumba by Ram V - a black and white comic showing Mumbai in a noir aesthetic. To understand how Mumbai acts as a protagonist we took a page from our co-Fellows Laxmi and Isha’s book and divided the portrayal based on subcultures we enjoyed, including but not limited to comics, music, games, films, and literature.įp2 took charge of explaining how comics can be seen under multiple spotlights.

We spoke about Mumbai’s depiction in pop culture by channelling our inner Hank Green and explaining the topic in a vlog style format. After a ton of work, a true bang came in the form of a cyclone generated power cut that wiped out our entire presentation just a couple of nights before the actual presentation. As the final presentation of the Leadership Programme, we were under a lot of pressure to end it with a bang.

Aai shapath