A working class district on the outskirts of Delhi is home to four ”best friends”, Bunty, Kamal, Sanjay and Sanju, who were accompanied by the filmmaker Rahul Roy over six months in order to learn about their way of life and their world of experiences. Their young lives are shaped by dealing with the harsh reality of Indian daily life and the burden of fulfilling their duties from early childhood on, which actually belong to the world of adults. What’s worse is that the rapidly changing surroundings complicate the ability to orientate oneself. In addition the balance between old-fashioned expectations of parents and the shiny image of the ideal world of Bollywood films seems to be at risk. The filmmaker enables the audience to experience how the youngsters’ dreams, hopes and beliefs still try to and occasionally turn into reality. Close to reality and touching – a film that resembles a friend for somebody else. And so one regrets the film to end after 43 minutes.
