Part of India on Film: 1899 – 1947
This collection of newly digitised films is part of the BFI's contribution to the UKIndia Year of Culture 2017, in partnership with the British Council. View more films on BFI Player http://player.bfi.org.uk/collections/... (UK only)


Happy farmers, a wedding and some giant cauliflowers feature in a quaint look at India's rural west.

"The land of smiling people" rural Maharashtra, in the west of India is the setting of this film. In this quaint look at rural life, the roles of the smiling farmer and his wife are clearly performed by professional actors in a style reminiscent of Indian films of the time and strangely at odds with the documentary style narration. The film was produced by the Prabhat Film Company then one of India's leading feature film production companies for the Films Division of the Government of India.


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