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Thereareabout1.5billionpeoplelivingwithoutelectricityworldwide.Ofthese,400millionpeopleliveinIndia.–WorldEnergyOutlook<br/> Kanpur,anindustrialtownofthreemillion-plus,istheimageofamoderndystopia:crumblinginfrastructure,poverty,pollutionandrollingpowerblackouts.Thisaptlynamedfilmdocuments,inoftenhair-raisingdetail,thecommonRobinHoodpractiseofpowerstealingforredistribution,andthefutileattemptsoftheauthoritiestostopit.<br/> Thekeyprotagonistsareapint-sized28-year-oldamateurelectricianwhotapsintothepowerlinesoftherichandredirectsthemtothepoor,andthenewCEOofthelocalpowercompany,whoseworthymissionistoreducetheblackouts.<br/> Filmedoveralong,hotIndiansummer,thisatmosphericexposécrossesbetweenthekeyplayersastensionsriseandasolutionseemsimpossibletoimagine;ashowdownmuchmoreso.<br/> "Thisvibrantexposégivesawholenewmeaningtothewords‘powerstruggle'."–TribecaFilmFestival
