In the relentless sprawl of Mumbai’s train stations, a teenage orphan known only as “55” survives as part of a gang of pickpockets, where each boy bears a number instead of a name. When “55” steals the wrong wallet and tracks down its owner, a single act of theft unravels into guilt, awakening, and the faint hope of redemption.
Directed by Shyam Madiraju and produced by Ridley Scott and Paul Feig, 55 blends crime and conscience into a raw portrait of youth, survival, and moral reckoning in modern Mumbai.
Sixteen-year-old orphan Pachpan is a skilled pickpocket in a group of orphan pickpockets in a train station in Mumbai. Called by numbers rather than names, the boys have been abandoned by their parents to the merciless Sagar Bhai and raised as pickpockets. One day, Pachpan steals a wallet loaded with money. When he visits the home of the wallet's owner at the address found on an ID card, he begins to feel guilty about the unexpected events caused by his crime. Orphans are the main characters of Harami, but so is Mumbai, a relentless and demanding city. Against the backdrop of this chaotic city, unravels a story of crime, punishment, atonement and salvation. 55 film tells the story of an organized pick pocketing gang which names their members after numbers. 55, an orphan teenage pickpocket working the streets of Mumbai, embarks on a life-altering journey after meeting the daughter of one of his victims. — Guido Rud An orphan teen pickpocket known only to the world as 55 is marked with a tattoo of the number on his arm, the permanent ink reminds the boy that his life is owed to his boss and that his days are to be filled with pulling small street heists and stealing from those who least expect it. After living the high life for a while and celebrating his particular set of skills, the young thief embarks on a life-altering journey after meeting the daughter of one of his victims.