L’Alliance Francaise de Pune, in association with National Film Archive of India and Air France as the airline partner, has organised the screening of Farewell My Indian Soldier followed by a discussion with the film director Vijay Singh and Chief Guest John Mathew, Associate Professor of Humanities and Social Sciences at IISER. The screening is free and open to all.
Farewell My Indian Soldier is a docu-fiction dedicated to the 140,000 Indian soldiers who came to France and Belgium to fight in the First World War. It is based on rare archives, historical testimonies, 100 years old Indian war songs and 600 insightful letters written by soldiers, narrating the stories of the 10,000 Indian soldiers who never returned to their motherland. This film marks the first attempt to visually depict the experience of colonial troops during WWI from a non-Eurocentric angle. Vijay Singh recounts the story of the Indian soldiers through the eyes of human affection and love of a young girl (Paloma Coquant), a descendant of an unknown Indian soldier. She is travelling across France, Belgium, England and India to learn the fascinating story of her relatives.
Vijay Singh is an Indian film-maker, screenplay-writer and novelist living in Paris who has already been awarded with his two last documentaries: Man and Elephant (Screenplay Writing award and Grand Prix la Titine in 2002, Switzerland) and India by Song (Best Documentary Audience award, River Florence Indian Film Festival).
When: Tuesday, March 7, 7 pm
Where: NFAI, Prabhat Road
Entry is free for all.
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