BBC Two to show three-part series ‘Streets of Gold: Mumbai’

BBC Two will gives viewers an insight into the lives of the super rich in India’s most fashionable city – Mumbai. Looking at the incredible wealth and extreme poverty live side by side in a sun-drenched city bursting with opportunity.

The three-part series shows a city with such obvious displays of wealth, it inevitably acts as a magnet and people flock to Mumbai from all over the country to try and make their fortune in the ‘City of Dreams’.

Alongside the affluence, extreme poverty is everywhere and in plain sight. As one of our interviewees explains, “You might be living in the trenches but you’re still looking at the stars.” But for rich and poor alike the air is electric with opportunity. And for the people who are riding the wave, this is India’s Gilded Age.

The first episode introduces viewers to top fashion designers, Abu Jani and Sandeep Khosla, who have dressed A-list stars such as Priyanka Chopra, Dame Judi Dench and Beyoncé. They live in a luxury home stuffed with expensive antiques in the city’s Juhu district, known as Mumbai’s Beverly Hills.

Executive Producer, Teresa Watkins says: “It’s an incredible time to be making this series. This is India’s Gilded Age and we found the ‘haves’ to be jaw-droppingly rich while the ‘have-nots’ remain destitute, but the air’s electric with opportunity.”

Clare Sillery, Head of Commissioning, Documentaries says: “We are living in an age of exponential growth and change which can be challenging to capture in documentaries. In Mumbai: City of Dreams the incredible access that Forest have opened up promises to give our audiences a front row seat in the action.”

‘Streets Of Gold: Mumbai’ begins Monday 8th January at 21:00 (UK) on BBC Two and will air weekly.