The World Before Her

The World Before Her review: Who wins the Durga Vahini vs Miss India war?

A militant Hindu nationalist camp for girls, or a beauty contest — if you had to take a wild guess, which would you say produces the more independent woman? When these two are the subjects of a documentary by a Canadian filmmaker, most people would expect the beauty contest will have the filmmaker's sympathy.

Video: The truth behind Miss India and the high-price of beauty

A video clip from the film The World Before Her shows the high-price of beauty that many of girls must pay if they wish to compete in the Miss India contest

Brainwashing in VHP's Durga Vahini camp shocked me: Filmmaker

Pahuja's film follows the lives of Prachi, a twenty year old trainer at Durga Vahini, and a number of Miss India (2011) contestants.

The World Before Her is not about RSS: Anurag Kashyap

Filmmaker Anurag Kashyap, who is presenting a documentary The World Before Her directed by Nisha Pahuja, says the film is not about RSS and deserves a wider audience.

Beauty pagent vs fundamentalists: Film on Indian women to show at Tribeca

Films about the treatment of women in India and a gay man in Israel will open the competitions at the upcoming Tribeca Film Festival among a range of foreign stories and dozens of movies starring James Franco, Abbie Cornish, Kate Bosworth and others.