9 Films & TV Shows Set In India During The 1890s
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The Jungle Book
๐ฎ๐ณ India The 1890sThe legend will never be the same. โ A man-cub named Mowgli fostered by wolves. After a threat from the tiger Shere Khan, Mowgli is forced to flee the jungle, by which he embarks on a journey of self discovery with the help of the panther, Bagheera and the free-spirited bear, Baloo.
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Around the World in 80 Days
New York New Mexico California England ๐ซ๐ท France ๐ฉ๐ช Germany ๐น๐ท Turkey ๐ฎ๐ณ India ๐จ๐ณ China Atlantic Ocean The 1890sLet your imagination soar. โ A bet pits a British inventor, a Chinese thief and a French artist on a worldwide adventure that they can circle the globe in 80 days.
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Gandhi
England ๐ฎ๐ณ India ๐ฟ๐ฆ South Africa The 1940s The 1930s The 1920s The 1910s The 1900s The 1890sHis triumph changed the world forever. โ In the early years of the 20th century, Mohandas K. Gandhi, a British-trained lawyer, forsakes all worldly possessions to take up the cause of Indian independence. Faced with armed resistance from the British government, Gandhi adopts a policy of 'passive resistance', endeavouring to win freedom for his people without resorting to bloodshed.
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Carry On Up the Khyber
๐ฎ๐ณ India The 1890sYOU'RE DRAFTED . . . to enjoy the laughs in the Latest and Funniest โ Sir Sidney Ruff-Diamond looks after the British outpost near the Khybar pass. Protected by the kilted Third Foot and Mouth regiment, you would think they were safe, but the Khazi of Kalabar has other ideasโhe wants all the British dead. But his troops fear the 'skirted-devils, who are rumoured not to wear any underwear.
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Kali-Yug, Goddess of Vengeance
๐ฎ๐ณ India The 1890sAt the end of the 19th century, during the British rule of India, the goddess Kali commits a number of murders, among which the man who was conducting a cargo of serum to a village infected with disease. Worried with the vast number of fatalities that will result from stopping this shipment, Dr. Palmer asks for help from Major Talbot. The Major suspects about the murderer turn onto the doctor, and he must take refuge in the jungle, after faking his own death by a tiger. Help does come in the shapely form of Amrita, a native dancer, who will give him shelter, and will even free him from a gang of robbers. Dr. Palmer still has a number of real and fantastic adventures until he sees an end to his tribulations...
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Sahib Bibi aur Ghulam
๐ฎ๐ณ India The 1890sA Zamindar neglects his wife and prefers the company of alcohol and dancing girls. The decadence of the Bangali Zamindar milieu and the raising bourgeoisie in the late 19th century, seen through the eyes of a young upward mobile rustic seeking fortune in Calcutta, and fascinated by the lady of the house.
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Soldiers Three
England ๐ฎ๐ณ India The 1910s The 1880s The 1890sRough, Tough and Riotous! โ Kiplingesque tale of British forces in 19th-century India.
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Jungle Book
๐ฎ๐ณ India The 1890sA jewelled secret city...guarded by the jungle's fiercest denizens! โ Rudyard Kipling's Jungle Book is given the full treatment in this lavish retelling filled with huge sets, exotic animals, a large cast and the incomparable Sabu, starring as Mowgli, the young orphan boy raised by wolves. Curious to reconnect with his human village, Mowgli returns only to find disappointment in the greed and treachery of man. Over time, Mowgli and the village members do grow to trust one another, but not before the village finds itself under siege. It's up to Mowgli and his jungle friends to save the day.
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Wee Willie Winkie
๐ฎ๐ณ India The 1890sIn 1897, little Priscilla Williams, along with her widowed mother, goes to live with her army colonel paternal grandfather on the British outpost he commands in northern India.