The British Broadcasting Corporation has produced a documentary film that charts the everyday lives of those involved in running one of the world's most complex transport networks -- the Indian Railways.
"I find it unbelievable how they manage despite so many problems," producer-director Gerry Troyna said after the first public screening of the one-and-a-half-hour 'Monsoon Railway' docufilm on the Indian Railways in Kolkata on Friday.
Troyna said he was in awe of the Indian Railways that ran through 70,000 km of track and transported 11 million people daily.
The catchline of the documentary is the voiceover: "India cannot survive without monsoon rains. India cannot survive without its trains."
It revolves around three locales-- the British-built railway colony of Kharagpur in West Bengal, Kolkata, and Rangiya railway station in Assam.
It has already been beamed six times on BBC 4 during the past two months and got the third highest ever rating on the channel.
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