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Thin Air

Thin Air

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An extremely rare and hard-to-find documentary short by director Ashim Ahluwalia. Thin Air chronicles the lives of three magicians against the backdrop of contemporary Bombay and offers a refreshingly complex vision of urban life through three illusionists who have little option but to confront reality.

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Original Language

English

Runtime

42 mins

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Release Date

13 October 1999

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