Hansal Mehta Calls Out Mumbaikars' Indifference For City's ‘Filth And Chaos', Questions Authorities
Hansal Mehta criticizes Mumbai's filth, chaos, and broken infrastructure after returning from Colombo, questioning real estate prices and collective indifference.
Hansal Mehta never shies away from sharing his views openly. Recently, the filmmaker returned to Mumbai after a shoot in Colombo, and after visiting the country, Hansal Mehta realised that Mumbai is filled 'not just by the filth, the chaos, the broken infrastructure, but by our collective indifference to it."
Calling out the city's real estate market, where it can take a lifetime for people to buy a house, he questioned the prices and asked, 'How long will we continue to live like this?"
Just returned from a long shoot in Colombo. A country grappling with economic crisis and fairly recent political turmoil, and yet its capital is cleaner, more organised, and more dignified than the so-called financial capital of a rising superpower.Every time I come back to…
— Hansal Mehta (@mehtahansal) August 3, 2025
The filmmaker shared, 'Just returned from a long shoot in Colombo. A country grappling with economic crisis and fairly recent political turmoil, and yet its capital is cleaner, more organised, and more dignified than the so-called financial capital of a rising superpower." He continued, 'Every time I come back to Mumbai, I am appalled, not just by the filth, the chaos, the broken infrastructure, but by our collective indifference to it. We excuse it all with 'but we have such a large population.' True. But we also have a population that has been taught to expect very little, demand nothing, and normalise the unacceptable."
He further shared, 'We live in a city where real estate costs a soul and a lifetime. For what? A view of garbage-littered streets, open drains, and civic apathy dressed up in designer branding. A city consumed by consumerism, yet hollowed out from the inside. How long will we continue to live like this? Apathetic, exhausted, and resigned, mistaking endurance for pride, and chaos for character."
'I still believe I love this city. It has given me everything. But it's strangled by those in power, people who never let it breathe, who won't allow it to care for us. They profit from its decay and dress it up as resilience," he concluded.
As Hansal put out the post, netizens echoed similar sentiments and reacted to his words. One wrote, 'Sir, all these concerns have been raised for a long time, but nothing really changes. Corruption is still very much present, and it hasn't improved at all." 'We in India lack civic sense. No one is afraid of the law," another comment read. A third fan shared, 'Hansal, cleaning up is always the cleaner's job in India. Unless that changes, nothing does."
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