Abstract: Movies like Gully Boy, Slumdog Millionaire and Secret Superstar are fairy tales in the backdrop of a cruel real world. For youth in the lowest income category, movies such these showcase illusions of opportunity.
The author is Assistant Professor, School of Architecture and Planning, Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University, New Delhi. aditi_kundu@rediffmail.com .The article should be cited as Kundu, A., 2019. If Gully Boy is true Dharavi must be a lie, Geography and You, 19 (14): 31
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