On 13th and 14th October 2026, the Department of Sociology organised a film festival ‘Reality in Reels 4.0’. On 13th October, 2026, the first film which was shown was ” The Sound of Music” from 12 noon onwards. It is a 1965 American musical drama film set in Austria. It is a classic movie which teaches us the value of love, hope and the power of music in our lives. The film also has a political angle and shows the historical context of its times, as it shows how the family refuses to accept the Nazis and escape to Switzerland.

On 14th October, 2026, two movies were shown. In the first half, ” Monalisa Smile” was shown. This movie is set in 1950s Wellesley College, a prestigious women’s college in the United States. Through its protagonist, an art history teacher, it challenges the education system of that time which prepared girl students to marry and be good housewives, which was seen as the only important roles of their lives.

In the second half, “Ramdhanu”, a Bengali film was shown. This movie set in Kolkata shows the problems of getting admission in a reputed English medium school by a middle-class family. It exposes the rot in the system, with donations and bribes paid to schools and struggles of the parents to admit their child being portrayed in the film.

These films highlighted the different aspects of social and cultural milieu and challenged the existing norms of society.