The Soul Of India |  | Director: Rick Ray
Actor: Rick Ray
Studio: Rick Ray Films
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Rating:  16 reviews
Sales Rank: 13982
Format: NTSC
Language: English (Unknown)
Region: 1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 90 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
UPC: 181309000011
EAN: 0181309000011
ASIN: B0002JANEM
Release Date: January 1, 2001
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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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 The Soul of India October 7, 2009
R. Ralston (Minnesota, USA)
EXCELLENT CHOICE. LOVED THIS DVD. EXTREMELY WELL DOCUMENTED AND PHOTGRAPHED. INFORMATIVE. USEFUL IF PLANNING A TRIP TO INDIA. BEAUTIFUL COLOR. 5 STAR RATING FROM ME. I HIGHLY RECOMMEND. RRRRR
Absolutely glorious May 31, 2009
J. Morrogh (New Zealand)
Magic. I now want to go to India. This is an entrancing journey through India, It is funny, breathtaking, informative, photographically outstanding and it told me everything I wanted to know about India. I would highly recommend it.
Very well done April 5, 2009
Gaius Petronius
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is a very, very fine film. The quality, both technical and content-wise, is excellent. There are many really gorgeous frames, sweeping vistas and intimate portraits of individuals. But more than pretty pictures, this film is an excellent overview and introduction to India. It is very even-handed, not overly broad and light like many films of the travel-related genre. Anyone contemplating traveling to or beginning study of India would be well advised to begin here.
 Video Quality is TERRIBLE October 31, 2008
A. Friesen (Canada)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
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.
A great job! July 30, 2008
Bookworm (Michigan)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
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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