Synopsis

Botal Gali is set against the vibrant backdrop of Karachi, abode to 15 million Pakistanis by the shores of Arabian Sea this city exudes a mélange of layers with varying textures represented by the diversity of people who inhabit this metropolis. From dialogues to delivery and all the factious realities that come in between, the film lays great emphasis to make it an experience unadulterated by superfluous artistry and attempts at portraying a bold, confiding and convincing account of those who seek the reek of indulging in self-deception.
Come take a closer look at Karachi. You will see a long narrow alley, one that leads those who tread its misleading labyrinth into a world of make-believe. Bustling with a sea of people, ‘Botal Gali’ is a story of lies, betrayals and deceit that contours private lives of its people in black and white, except when the sun set…the night moves and the hues set the mood.
The film takes a keen look at the city in a pragmatic weave of convictions and contradictions through an allegorical saga of a survivor, a seductress and a savior of emptiness lost in the sounds of clinking glasses, melting ice and mindless chatter, time spent in wasted brilliance, dabs of color added by the twist of fate that reeve around the neck of a bottle.
The twists and turns of this fascinating tale contour the epitasis that brings back reality, only for the night to fall again. Coveted, consumed and yet condemned in this city of lights, drowned in the epitome of the elite, Dante emerges to poise a question, if, instead the demons lie within us?
It is June 2004 and a city’s bootlegger Shahid, finds his life faced with the uncertainty of economic pressures, as supplies to bootlegged alcohol is disrupted in Karachi. Soon enough he finds a brand new breed of ‘Dante's’, a Vodka that finds its way into the new Gotham city, and goes through many peoples lives to meet Babu whose sole purpose in life is to collect bottles abandoned after the night after they were poured.
Follow Dante as it leads you through the Inferno and the Paradiso of Karachi.

Welcome to Botal Gali- The Dead End of the City.