New Delhi, Oct. 6 -- Thanks to Rohan and Prayrak Mehta for curating VHS (Versova Homage Screenings), a space where filmmakers return to their first films, I had the chance to revisit Dhobi Ghat on the big screen earlier this week. Kiran Rao's debut turns 15 this year-the same number of years I've spent in Mumbai. Revisiting it now, the city it portrays feels more familiar, the characters more intimate. Danish Husain, who plays Salim in the movie, observed at the screening: the film captures a Mumbai we've lost forever. Yet, as filmmaker Bikas Mishra noted in his conversation with Rao during the Q&A session post-screening, the film has aged remarkably well. Both thoughts resonate with me. Parts of who I was when I first came to Mumbai are ...