Claim: Char Adhyay, based on a 1934 novel and set in the 1930s and 1940s Bengali Renaissance involves the Indian independence movement.
Evidence: It is based on Rabindranath Tagore's last novel by the same name, written in 1934. Not to be confused with Char Adhyay, 1934 novel by Rabindranath Tagore. The film is set in the late Bengali Renaissance of the 1930s and 1940s, and a group of young intellectuals and revolutionaries involved with the Indian independence movement.