LOVELY VILLA

Lovely Villa explores the relationship between architecture everyday life family desire and the idea of home Director Rohan Shivkumar grew up in the titular apartment block located in Borivali an affluent coastal suburb of Mumbai The building was designed by Charles Correa to house different communities within one edifice as an articulation of the ideal environment for the Indian middle classes Rohan whose parents lived in the colony for over 40 years explores its architecture with the aid of found materials including old photographs and drawings as well as personal narratives both factual and semifictional