[1][2] The film was shot around post-independent India when it was facing grave challenges of poverty, population and caste system.
Pasolini narrates the challenges of India and its charms amidst all the problems the country faces.
The 33-minute-long documentary is composed of short interviews from random people about their opinions on matters such as family planning.
The documentary also shows short interviews of journalists and one politician about the challenges India faces in modernizing itself without becoming westernized or losing the Indian identity in the process.
Among others Pasolini interviewed for his film the former Maharaja of Bhavanagar and his wife and well-known Urdu story writer and filmmaker Rajinder Singh Bedi.