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n o city where Bollywood slors ore worshipped like gods,Roniit Dohiyo's poinling wos destined to otiroct ottention.At more thon three metres toll, his homoge to Indion fllmmegoslor Amitobh Bochchon - complele with o red shid ondsunbeoms blozing from his bock - dwor-f possers-by.Locols slop to look up ot it. Olhers come to iusl see ii.The striking work is porl of 'The Woll Project', o creotive

collective ihot in threeshort yeors hos broughiMumboi's streets 1o life.As urbon legend hos ii,the project storted with owhite woll ond o feelingo{ 'something hos to bedone'. "My building wossurrounded by o blonkwoll ond I iust wonted tomoke it colourful," exploins{ounder Dhonyo Pilo. "losked my londlord if I couldpoint it. He's from one oflndio's first rock bonds, sohe's pretty cool ond he woslike, 'Okoy, do i1."' Dhonyoond her friends were soonhooked. They opproochedhomeowners olono Chopel

Rood, o norrow, crumbling bockstreet in Mumboi's north, ond oskedpermission to occost their wolls. "This whole oreo hos this old worldchorm. lt's o ploce where people connecl to eoch oiher very eosily,through music ond orf. You wolk post o house ond they ore blosiingmusic ond you think,'Cool, thot's Elvis, I love thot song,"'Woll Proiectdevotees Porog Gondhi ond Nisho Jocob remork. "lt's very unique tofind people who will give you iheir house woll to point ond soy,'Don'tworry, just do whcrtever you wont."The freedom experienced here, both legolly ond creotively, hos turnedChopel Rood into o street ortist's porodise. Zebros chorge throughthe slreets, clows rip out of wolls ond mermoids swim olong concrete.Foreign groffifi orlists ore now visiling Mumboi to odd io the slreel'sconvos. But for The Woll Proiect tecm, the success of Chopel Roodwosn't enough. Their mission - to connecl Mumboiites with their city- needed to be ochieved on o much gronder scole. Tulsi Pipe Roodwos begging for their ottention. Thousonds of commulers trovel the2.7 kilomelre streich of highwoy eoch doy, while hundreds o{ the city'shomeless hug the long, grey concrele woll thot runs olong i1. "lf youweren't depressed obout going to work in the morning olreody, thotwoll would hove brought it on," Porog loughs. "We wonted to turn itinio something thot would moke people smile." Through the help ofthe city's government ond sociol networking sites, the proiect formedon ormy of 350 people to mokeoverthe woll lcrie lost yeor. Dubbed'The Greot Woll of Mumboi' ii soon become the voice of the city."lt's not iust ortisls lhot come ond point. There ore olso bonkers ondfinoncers," Porog scrys. "So there ore l0O0 people ond l00O dif{erentwoys of seeing ihings."

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