Farewell My Indian Soldier

Mar 08, 2017

06:00 PM - 08:00 PM

National Institute of Design, India
Main Campus, Paldi, Ahmedabad, India 380007

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2017-03-08 18:00:00 2017-03-08 20:00:00 Asia/Kolkata Farewell My Indian Soldier Alliance Francaise d’Ahmedabad in collaboration with National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad presents you the screening of a story that is rarely told. Farewell My Indian Soldier In presence of its Director, Vijay Singh. The screening is followed by a conversation with the director, and is Open to All and Free. ————————– About the Film Vijay Singh’s latest film Farewell My Indian Soldier (Mademoiselle France pleure) is a docu-fiction, a moving portrayal of Indian soldiers who came to fight in France and Belgium during the First World War. The presence of these 150,000 soldiers in Europe is a virtually unknown fact of history. In this film, Vijay Singh recounts the story of Indian soldiers through the eyes of love and human affection. During their furlough on French barns, some Indian soldiers and French women developed affection for each other, and children were born. These Indo-French children became the victims of a taboo, because of which most people avoided them. This film is inspired by the story of one such child. Using rare archive, historical testimonies, 100-year old Indian war songs and 600 insightful letters written home by soldiers about their mind-altering experience in France, this film tells the story of these men, 10,000 of whom were never to return to their motherland. This story has never been told before. National Institute of Design, India Main Campus, Paldi, Ahmedabad, India 380007 Creativeyatra.com info@creativeyatra.com

Alliance Francaise d’Ahmedabad in collaboration with National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad presents you the screening of a story that is rarely told.
Farewell My Indian Soldier
In presence of its Director, Vijay Singh.

The screening is followed by a conversation with the director, and is Open to All and Free.

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About the Film

Vijay Singh’s latest film Farewell My Indian Soldier (Mademoiselle France pleure) is a docu-fiction, a moving portrayal of Indian soldiers who came to fight in France and Belgium during the First World War. The presence of these 150,000 soldiers in Europe is a virtually unknown fact of history.
In this film, Vijay Singh recounts the story of Indian soldiers through the eyes of love and human affection. During their furlough on French barns, some Indian soldiers and French women developed affection for each other, and children were born. These Indo-French children became the victims of a taboo, because of which most people avoided them. This film is inspired by the story of one such child.
Using rare archive, historical testimonies, 100-year old Indian war songs and 600 insightful letters written home by soldiers about their mind-altering experience in France, this film tells the story of these men, 10,000 of whom were never to return to their motherland.
This story has never been told before.