Bye Bye Miss Goodnight

Bye Bye Miss Goodnight is the 2006 feature film debut of writer-director Karan Kandhari. It was filmed in Bombay and garnered the Best Cinematography award at the Portobello Film Festival for its bold use of the city's natural light in its digital cinematography. It stars Rajpal Yadav and Neha Dubey (Monsoon Wedding). On any other night Rajesh would have fallen asleep by now in the cafeteria to sounds of old folk tales on his battered walkman. Today however is the day he’s leaving. He’s decided, he will drive his taxi into the Bombay night, wherever daylight breaks is where he’s going to stop and start anew. Sounds pretty straight forward. If only the eccentric masseur who has appointed himself position of new best friend to our hapless cabby can convince Rajesh that leaving Bombay at 6 AM won’t get him past the city limits, he may actually stand a chance. The crackly old folk tales Rajesh listens to punctuate the narrative, guiding him like an unwritten map as he embarks on this...