Pocket MARG

But what struck the director were the 100-year old buildings with their spectacular architecture and several masjids in every lane. The area has retained its old-world charm and was the perfect setting for my film,which revolves around the lives of pick- pockets. There are entire groups of pickpockets who live there and my research showed that they are about 150 ways of pickpocketing,of which 70 have been shown in the film, revealed Bhatt,adding how pickpocketing requires only one sharp blade,and the crime is committed without guns or drugs.

What stands out in the directors mind is how everyone got so engrossed in a scene one day that they didnt realise they were shooting in a lane for which they had not acquired permission. Since all the lanes look similar and difficult to distinguish we landed up shooting in the wrong lane and were put behind bars for the same. Thankfully,the cops were very understanding and let us off in a couple of hours, he laughed.