When I found out that the Times of India ensured that this documentary made by a Canadian film-maker got no print space of any kind on its papers, I decided to go and watch it. What did the Times Group have to hide anyway?
I am not going to give away too much here, but I think this is a well-made film. It simultaneously takes us behind the scenes of Durga Vahini (the women's wing of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad) camp and the Miss India contest. It's a great look at contemporary India and its horrors (and in this film, more of them came from the latter).
I wish the film-maker hadn't tried to bring in politics here, but then why would the Canadian government even bother to fund a film on India, unless it could take a potshot at its political enemies in India, as opposed to the corrupt and inept government that was voted out?
Just 1 small observation. The so-called diction expert had a pathetic cockney accent and it was obvious that her face was the result of one too many botox shots gone wrong.
I would recommend watching this film. It's nice to see these parallel worlds in India that I am so distant and disconnected from.
I am not going to give away too much here, but I think this is a well-made film. It simultaneously takes us behind the scenes of Durga Vahini (the women's wing of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad) camp and the Miss India contest. It's a great look at contemporary India and its horrors (and in this film, more of them came from the latter).
I wish the film-maker hadn't tried to bring in politics here, but then why would the Canadian government even bother to fund a film on India, unless it could take a potshot at its political enemies in India, as opposed to the corrupt and inept government that was voted out?
Just 1 small observation. The so-called diction expert had a pathetic cockney accent and it was obvious that her face was the result of one too many botox shots gone wrong.
I would recommend watching this film. It's nice to see these parallel worlds in India that I am so distant and disconnected from.
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