Filmmaker Hansal Mehta was recently in Colombo (capital of Sri Lanka) for a long shoot of his upcoming project. Upon returning to his home in Mumbai, the filmmaker shared his observations on the difference between the two cities. He pointed out that despite the economic crisis and political turmoil, the Sri Lankan city is cleaner, more organised, and more dignified than Mumbai, the so-called financial capital of a rising superpower.

Hansal Mehta's observations on Mumbai and Colombo

Taking to his official X handle, Mehta expressed his discontent in a heartfelt post. "Every time I come back to Mumbai I am appalled — not just by the filth, the chaos, the broken infrastructure, but by our collective indifference to it. We excuse it all with “but we have such a large population.” True. But we also have a population that has been taught to expect very little, demand nothing, and normalise the unacceptable," the director noted.

Just returned from a long shoot in Colombo. A country grappling with economic crisis and fairly recent political turmoil, and yet its capital is cleaner, more organised, and more dignified than the so-called financial capital of a rising superpower.

Every time I come back to…