Viney

Australia, 1977

Film
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Episode of Series “Our Asian neighbours: India”
A film depicting the daily domestic life of Viney Gupta - a young Hindu housewife living in a comfortable section of New Delhi. Viney’s marriage was arranged by her parents with her meeting her husband once before the engagement.

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Credits

production company

Film Australia

Duration

00:17:00:00

Production places
Australia
Production dates
1977

Appears in

Our Asian neighbours: India

Group of items

Our Asian neighbours: India

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Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

012945

Language

English

Subject categories

Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → India - Social life and customs

Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → New Delhi (India)

Documentary

Documentary → Documentary films - Australia

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Ethnology

Educational & Instructional

Educational & Instructional → Educational films

Places → New Delhi (India)

Short films

Short films → Short films - Australia

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Colour

Holdings

16mm film; Limited Access Print (Section 2)

16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)

16mm film; Preservation Print (Section 5)

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