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I for India

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Yash Pal Suri records his experiences in England and sends them to his relatives back in India.

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Mark Olsen Los Angeles Times 05/15/2008
3.5/5
A surprisingly delicate, quietly emotional documentary look at the experiences of one Indian family that immigrated to England in the 1960s. Go to Full Review
Frank Scheck The Hollywood Reporter 12/05/2007
Despite its rough-hewn technical aspects, "I for India" emerges as a moving portrait of cultural dislocation and the emotional complexities of family dynamics. Go to Full Review
Jeannette Catsoulis New York Times 11/14/2007
4/5
In I for India Sandhya Suri offers her family's immigrant experience as a springboard for questions of nationality and filial responsibility. Go to Full Review
Michele Kenner Milwaukee Journal Sentinel 04/04/2008
2.5/4
It's a tale that many immigrant families around the world could tell, but probably without as much documentation. Go to Full Review
Kent Turner Film-Forward.com 01/04/2008
4/5
The best home movies you'll see. Really. Go to Full Review
Eric Monder Film Journal International 11/15/2007
It's a must-see for everyone, especially the Lou Dobbses and Tom Tancredos of the world. Go to Full Review
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07/01/2011 A bitter-sweet time capsule of alienation, discovery, racism and belonging, "I for India" is a chronicle of immigration in sixties Britain and beyond, seen through the eyes of one Asian family and their movie camera See more 06/19/2011 I for india Navatarangam Review here http://navatarangam.com/2009/08/i-for-india-telugu-review/ See more 01/06/2011 maast movie hai bhai log zarur dekhna . ise toh oscar nomination milna chahiye tha See more 11/29/2009 A story that any person who leaves their home country for another sometimes better life in another country, can relate to. Even if you move from your home state to another. You can never go back home and sometimes you feel like you belong nowhere. See more 11/08/2009 It was a very good movie about a family's struggle with leaving their family behind. See more 10/09/2009 This is a "one of a kind" movie...basically, it is a seventy minute overview of 40 years of home movies between an Indian doctor and his family in England with his family which lives in India. It is very touching, just as you would expect in a situation where family members are separated by many miles. After 17 years in England, the now esteemed doctor returns to India with his family, but by then, they find that they are better suited to live in England. After 9 months, they return to England to stay. See more Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis Yash Pal Suri records his experiences in England and sends them to his relatives back in India.
Director
Sandhya Suri
Producer
Carlo Cresto-Dina, Kai Kuennemann, Thomas Kufus
Production Co
Fandango
Genre
Documentary
Original Language
Hindi
Release Date (DVD)
Mar 1, 2007
Runtime
1h 10m