The Korea Times
“Made in Korea,” the Indian comedy-drama film which topped Netflix’s global non-English chart for two weeks, is set against the backdrop of Seoul. One of its central episodes unfolds at Cheonggye Stream, where Shenba, played by Priyanka Mohan, encounters an elderly Korean woman and unburdens herself of the worries weighing on her mind. She was swindled by her boyfriend and had been working as a caregaver since moving to Korea. The encounter eventually leads to the two opening a restaurant together. The young foreigner begins to piece her life back together, in Seoul, far from home. For Korean audiences watching the film, one obvious question follows: Why in Cheonggye Stream though? “Cheonggyecheon is a place of restoration. Waterways that once vanished have returned. It reflects what our main character is going through — overcoming past wounds and beginning to piece her life back together,” director Ra Karthik told the Hankookilbo in a written interview. “Cheonggyecheon is where that history becomes intertwined with Shenba’s story.” Still, it is unfamiliar for Koreans to
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