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Virtual Bharat (2019)

Virtual Bharat poster
Genre
documentary film, short film
Country
India
Elsewhere
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How it feels

A documentary series that visits different places in India. Each short episode explores one aspect of local culture like a traditional boat race or a poet from a small town.

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What happens

Virtual Bharat is an Indian documentary short film series directed by Bharat Bala and premiered on YouTube on 15 August 2019. The series is expected to have a total of 1,000 episodes, telling stories about Indian culture, art, architecture, people, etc., with each episode lasting no more than 10 minutes. Bharat Bala said Virtual Bharat was inspired by filmmakers David Lean and David Lynch. The first episode of the series, Thaalam is about the boat racing in Kerala, while the second episode is about the Sambalpuri poet Haldhar Nag from Odisha. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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