Adventures of a Brown Man in Search of Civilization

Adventures of a Brown Man in Search of Civilization is a 54-minute color documentary based on the life and thoughts of Nirad C. Chaudhuri. It was made in 1972 and was directed by James Ivory.^[1] In this, Chaudhuri (who was then based in London and Oxford) expounds his views on culture, history, religion and society from a comparative perspective.

Adventures of a Brown Man in Search of Civilization
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Directed by	James Ivory
Written by	James Ivory
Produced by	Anthony Korner Ismail Merchant
Starring	Nirad C. Chaudhuri Barry Foster
Cinematography	Walter Lassally
Edited by	Kent McKinney
Release date	1 April 1972 (1972-04-01)
Running time	54 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

The film is available in the DVD sets of several Merchant Ivory films.^[2][3]