The World Before Her (2012)
3.5 of 5 from 45 ratings
1h 30min
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- Synopsis:
"The World Before Her" is a tale of two Indias.
In one, Ruhi Singh is a small-town girl competing in Bombay to win the Miss India pageant - a ticket to stardom in a country wild about beauty contests. In the other India, Prachi Trivedi is the young, militant leader of a fundamentalist Hindu camp for girls, where she preaches violent resistance to Western culture, Christianity and Islam.
Moving between these divergent realities, the film creates a lively, provocative portrait of the world's largest democracy at a critical transitional moment - and of two women who hope to shape its future.The film opens with 20 young women from across India who arrive for an intense, month-long beauty boot camp – they are the hand-picked contestants for the Miss India pageant. Winning the coveted title means instant stardom, a lucrative career path and freedom from the constraints of a patriarchal society.
In another corner of India the film takes you to a camp for young girls run by the militant fundamentalist movement. Through lectures and physical combat training, the girls learn what it means to be good Hindu women.
Moving between the transformative action at both camps and the characters' private lives, The World Before Her creates a lively, provocative portrait of the world's largest democracy at a critical transitional moment.- Actors:
- Pooja Chopra, Marc Robinson, Ankita Shorey, Ruhi Singh, Prachi Trivedi
- Directors:
- Nisha Pahuja
- Writers:
- Nisha Pahuja
- Genres:
- Documentary
- Countries:
- Canada
