Rat Race, A documentary on Mumbai's professional rat killers, is among the six films in the world to be selected for the cannes Co-Production Challenge

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Rat Race, A documentary on Mumbai's professional rat killers, is among the six films in the world to be selected for the cannes Co-Production Challenge

Miriam Chandy Menacherry is terrified of rats. Yet the 35-year-old filmmaker is busy documenting one of Mumbai's most bizarre professions rat killing.

The idea behind the documentary, Miriam says, is to put a face to the rat menace, which is a startling reality in the metropolitan city of Mumbai.

57-year-old Behram Harda is one such face. Behram has spent 35 years of his life working as a supervisor in the BMC's Pest Control Department.

At a typical recruitment drive, candidates have to go through a written test (all candidates must have cleared their standard 10 exams) followed by a physical test in 3 rounds, to test them for speed and stamina. The candidate here is carrying a 50kg sack

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