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The article focuses on understanding different approaches that have been adopted by scholars to study the genre of biopics. Topics discussed include comprehensive study of the genre of a biographical film by biographer George F. Custen, monochromatic view of history systematically distorted in regard to race, nationality, gender, and profession and various forms of biopics including theatrical releases, made-for-television, and short films.

The article evaluates Jean Renoir film "The River" based on Rumer Godden 1946 book of the same name that is symbolic of the identity formation of India as a colonized nation. Topics include considered that history, as documentation of past experiences and narratives, has predominantly existed in the form of written texts.