life in late modern India theme
We are shown a reasonably sincere idea of what life might have been like for some category of people living on the Indian subcontinent, typically under British colonial rule, roughly between the years 1750 and 1947.
Examples
In "Aparajito" (1956), we followed the everyday life of young Apu and his family living in the Bengali city Varanasi around 1920.
3 total · 2 choice · 1 minor
| Story | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| movie: Aparajito (1956) | choice | The film is set in urban Varanasi around 1920 and follows the lives of some more or less ordinary people. |
| movie: Pather Panchali (1955) | choice | The film is set in rural Bengal around 1910 and follows the lives of some more or less ordinary people. |
| ahh3x09 | minor | Though not particularly important to the plot it is clear the story is set in some impoverished part of India during the days British presence there was strong. |