To get a sense of the scale of UID's achievement, linger at a mosquito-ridden enrolment centre in Uttan Gaon, a coastal village north of Mumbai.

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"In normal speeds it's gone in seconds, but in slow motion, when you see it lasting 40 seconds to a minute, you get a real sense of the beauty, the scale and the size and power of that shot which is exactly what we wanted, " Fothergill said.

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