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The Soul Of India
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$29.95
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Manufacturer: Rick Ray Films
Starring: Rick Ray
Directed By: Rick Ray
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Binding: DVD
EAN: 0181309000011
Format: NTSC
Label: Rick Ray Films
Manufacturer: Rick Ray Films
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Rick Ray Films
Region Code: 1
Release Date: 2001-01-01
Running Time: 90
Studio: Rick Ray Films
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India defies every attempt at definition. You'd run out of ink, or paint or videotape before you'd even begun to find her, let alone capture her. Take the landscape. There are jungles straight out of Rudyard Kipling, deserts to make Lawrence of Arabia weep with envy, the highest mountains in the world, tropical beaches, fading colonial hill stations, crowded cities. Indians are as varied as their landscapes. More than one billion people. Thousands of languages. Almost every religion known to man. And somehow all of it mixed into one vast, raucous and unruly democracy. To make his brand new film The Soul Of India, travel filmmaker Rick Ray spent 4 months in India, braving heat, cold, altitude, earthquakes and riots to patch together a unique and personal tapestry of this nearly indescribable country. We will visit familiar sites like the Taj Mahal, the palaces and forts of Rajasthan, the Himalayas and the River Ganges. We will also peer into an India that few visitors see - a land of villages and inner cities, a country in which reside the hopes and dreams of 1/6th of the earth's population. Our tour will take us to India s bustling cities of Bombay, New Delhi and Calcutta. We will also visit quiet and tranquil landscapes in South India and in the Himalayas. We ll explore the majesty of legendary cities like Varanasi, Agra, Udaipur, Jaipur, Jodhpur, and Jaiselmer. The majesty and mystery of South India will come alive with trips to kerala s famous Backwaters, silk factories, Cochin, Madurai and so much more. We will visit maharaja palaces, visit a camel festival, ride on the luxury Palace On Wheels, and see sides of the Taj Mahal that few ever explore. All of India s religions will be explained in depth, including Hinduism, Buddhism, Islam, Christianity, the Jain faith and the Sikh faith. We ll learn how political events have shaped the landscape and how the influence of the British empire brought ideas and concepts still deeply rooted in the Indian psyche today. We ll explore concepts such as the caste system, democracy, marriage, privacy, life and death and see how they differ from our preconceptions in the West. India is a challenge to the senses, to the mind and to everything we in America take for granted. If you come to terms with her nearly infinite diversity, her stunning vitality and her in-your-face energy, you will learn a great deal about yourself. In the process, you will learn a great deal about the rest of humanity. Once you have glimpsed the kaleidoscope of color, the encyclopedia of experience that is India, you'll probably agree that you have discovered the most colorful and fascinating country on earth.
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Summary: Video Quality is TERRIBLE
Comment: This was a promising documentary. I ordered and watched it and was completley dissapointed. The video quality is terrible, like some home video you would expect to see on you tube.
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Summary: A great job!
Comment: I am an Indian: born Indian and raised and worked in various regions of India. I moved to US after my PhD. I have read/ seen many works on India and I think nothing comes close to this video in its accuracy. I was unable to spot a single error in its understanding of the enormous complexity of India. The video exposes the negatives as well as the positives of India. Yes, it is not thorough: it does not cover all major aspects of India and in not enough depth, but it is unbiased! I find it rare for a western book or video on India. And I really doubt if anyone could do a better job than Ray of introducing India in such a short time. The video shows many facets of India, while admitting it is impossible to capture everything, and yet covering enough to allow the viewer to understand why that is so.
Thank you very much for doing such a great job! Finally I know how I can introduce India to my non-Indian friends in an unbiased manner and yet quickly enough.
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Summary: a general view of India's today
Comment: It's a good product for people that are only searching for a general view of India. But if you are looking for something that goes deeply on India's soul, I would advice BBC series " Ganges " to see natural world or the marvellous BBC series " The story of India " from Michael Wood .
Even the BBC series " India " from Sanjeev Bhaskar is better , because it's made with a lot of humour . I think there is nothing like the British to speak about and to show India . Because their feelings, their nostalgia for India are enormously deep . You could see that on the colour pattern wich they use to film the women's dresses of Rajasthan , or the desert of Thar , or even more on the way they film the Taj Mahal from Yamuna's river .
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Summary: Very Well Done
Comment: VERY well done. It's impossible in a DVD to show India but the author gives it a good try.
Easy to watch several times. My friend borrowed it and then promptly left for India!
HikerBOB
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Summary: Nice trip
Comment: For those interested in India, this is a decent presentation of the diversity of the land, its people and its history. Some unique footage and factoids I had never seen or heard before. It's a little pricey at $30., but there are just not many videos about India out there. It is a nice trip.
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