A day in the life of Selina Uttankar. Early morning: Train from Malad to Elphinstone Road Market
Director: Shaina Anand; Cinematographer: Shaina Anand
Duration: 00:29:07; Aspect Ratio: 1.778:1; Hue: 29.667; Saturation: 0.109; Lightness: 0.358; Volume: 0.174; Cuts per Minute: 28.499; Words per Minute: 3.090
Summary: Footage from the day spent with Selina Uttankar, a native of Manori Village, Mumbai documenting her movement patterns in the city. Traditional Koli occupation. Mumbai. Arriving at Elphinstone Road station. Walking to the market. Auction and brisk sales at the fish market.
Hareshwar, Shilu and Leelu prepare to exit train with their baskets. The train stops and the three exit onto the platform.
Local Train
Luggage compartment
Western Railway
train
Elphinstone Road Station
fisherman
fisherwomen
platform
baskets
carrying
movement
Elphinstone Fish Market
fish
livelihood
mobility
occupation
portraiture
sales
trade
transport
women
They walk on the platform carrying baskets on their head. They cross the tracks and walk along the tracks as trains pass by.
crossing tracks
tracks
trains
- What is the time?
- 35
- 6:35?
- Yes
- What time does the market open?
- 5 'o'clock
(Marathi)
The fisherman and two fisherwomen walk along the tracks and exit towards the wholesale flower market in Elphinstone. They walk through the flower market carrying their fish. It is 6:30 am.
Wholesale Flower Market
flower
time
fish
market
wholesale
Hareshwar, Shilu and Leelu make their way through parked taxis, trucks and crates towards the wholesale fish market. They climb up stairs past noisy fish sellers and crowds of buyers into the market.
buyers
crates
crowds
sellers
taxis
- There is the fish market.
- Where?
- There.
(Marathi)
Elphinstone Road
Wholesale Fish Market
Closeup of Hareshwar arranging fish on a platter. The platter is also used below the basket while carrying.
closeup
fish market
Closeup of prawns on a platter.
Sheelu passing money and bargaining, selling prawn. Auction in background.
- 50! 50! 50!
- 60! 60! 60! 60! 60 rupees! 60! 60!
(Marathi)
auction
money
prawn
bargaining
prawns
selling
accounts
crates
fish
forearm
loaders
sales
trucks
The women pile prawns on to platters. Selling, bargaining. They write accounts of sales on their forearm. Loaders unload crates of fish from trucks in the background.
Man holding a platter of prawns shouts out the price.
auction
- Hey Madhuri! 30! 30! 30! 30!
(Hindi)
prawns
price
shouts
Elphinstone Road
Wholesale Fish Market
Loaders unload crates of fish from trucks. (Closeup) of crates filled with fish and ice.
fish and <ice
loaders
trucks
crates
fish
Fish market scenes - buying, selling, bargaining, shouting. Men carrying stacks of crates on their head. Zoom in to clock on the back wall of the market.
bargaining
buying
carrying
clock
market
selling
shouting
zoom in
Long shot of market, zoom in to man holding up a large fish with MCGM municipal garbage truck in the background.
garbage
mcgm
municipal
Three men browse through account books with fish crates in the background. Pan to market scenes. Sheelu talking to a buyer.
account
books
crates
market
Closeup hand pouring prawns from a platter into a bag. Women piling prawns onto a platter. Fish market scenes - buying, selling, bargaining, shouting.
bargaining
buying
closeup
hands
prawns
selling
shouting
Men and women carrying crates of fish outside the market. Vehicles pass by on the road. Pan to man carrying single crate crosses the road.
carrying
crate
crosses
road
vehicles
crates
Men pack fish and ice into crates and bags.
bags
ice
Trucks and other vehicles pass in the foreground as men carry orange crates of fish across the road.
carrying
cross
road
trucks
vehicles
Wheel of a truck in the foreground. People pass alongside into the fish market. A live fish slithers out of a man's hand and falls on the sawdust covered ground.
ground
market
sawdust
truck
wheel
fish
Platters of fish, pan to older fisherwomen.
fisherwomen
Closeup of fish being thrown into a large weighing scale.
weighing scale
closeup
Closeup of live fish jumping around inside a crate.
crate
Man doing accounts first verbally then using a calculator. Stamping the accounts. Opens a drawer with laxmi stickers inside, counts and pays money.
- 2 of Rs.250, then 1,2,3 of Rs.150. Then Rs.250, Rs.150, Rs.250, Rs. 250, Rs. 300, 2 of Rs. 100. Then Rs. 80, 1 Rs.50 and Rs. 40..... 1,2,3....17. There's 17 total.
- Take my boss' photo.
-Come later, I'll show you.
(Marathi)
accounts
calculator
money
paying
Women handling fish and fighting.
fighting
fish
Woman in the foreground, zoom in to clock. Its 9:45 am.
clock
zoom in
Traffic outside the fish market, and on the flyover.
traffic
- 11,12,13,14,15,16,17
(Hindi)
Man counting money.
counting
money
Woman paying money.
- How much?
- 840
- Here. Is 800 enough?
(Hindi)
paying
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