I is for India
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I for India is an English and Hindi language film released in the United Kingdom in August 2007
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Directed by Sandhya Suri, it chronicles home movie footage (filmed on Super 8mm) and reel-to-reel tape recordings made by her father, Doctor Yash Pal Suri, starting from the 1960s. With the primitive state of telecommunications at the time, Dr.Suri sent the films and tapes to his family in India
as a form of contact and information as to his new life in the UK with his wife and family. Dr.Suri reveals much of his innermost emotions,such as missing his family and home town, his difficulties at settling in a new country, and concern at the casual racism
to which he was often subjected. The film also includes footage of various British TV programmes of its era regarding Asian emigrants (perceived as naively patronising), also incorporating part of an interview featuring Margaret Thatcher
's views on emigration shortly before she became British Prime Minister
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It was distributed by ICA Projects. It was released theatrically in both the U.K. and the U.S.
2007 in film
This is a list of major films released in 2007.-Top grossing films:Please note that following the tradition of the English-language film industry, these are the top grossing films that were first released in the USA in 2007...
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Directed by Sandhya Suri, it chronicles home movie footage (filmed on Super 8mm) and reel-to-reel tape recordings made by her father, Doctor Yash Pal Suri, starting from the 1960s. With the primitive state of telecommunications at the time, Dr.Suri sent the films and tapes to his family in India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
as a form of contact and information as to his new life in the UK with his wife and family. Dr.Suri reveals much of his innermost emotions,such as missing his family and home town, his difficulties at settling in a new country, and concern at the casual racism
Racism
Racism is the belief that inherent different traits in human racial groups justify discrimination. In the modern English language, the term "racism" is used predominantly as a pejorative epithet. It is applied especially to the practice or advocacy of racial discrimination of a pernicious nature...
to which he was often subjected. The film also includes footage of various British TV programmes of its era regarding Asian emigrants (perceived as naively patronising), also incorporating part of an interview featuring Margaret Thatcher
Margaret Thatcher
Margaret Hilda Thatcher, Baroness Thatcher, was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990...
's views on emigration shortly before she became British Prime Minister
Prime minister
A prime minister is the most senior minister of cabinet in the executive branch of government in a parliamentary system. In many systems, the prime minister selects and may dismiss other members of the cabinet, and allocates posts to members within the government. In most systems, the prime...
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It was distributed by ICA Projects. It was released theatrically in both the U.K. and the U.S.