Turban Legend (Study Guide)

Turban Legend dives into the world of Manjit Gujral and his thriving, high-energy hospitality and events dynasty in Sydney's West. The family business that has been at the heart of the flamboyant Indian scene is now at a crossroads. With the patriarch stepping back and his two ambitious sons Deep and Varum challenging him to modernise, it's a battle of the old and the new. In this closely entwined family business if all goes well there is magic on the horizon. If not, they have everything to lose.

Curriculum Links

This study guide is mainly aimed at middle and upper secondary school levels, with relevance to English, Media Studies, Social Studies, Society and Culture, Family and Community, Multiculturalism, and Business Studies. Advertising and 'brand' promotion is also an important topic for study, arising from the documentary, and would be of relevance across the curriculum to English, Media and Business Studies, and Consumer Studies.

The following thematic topics arising from a viewing of Turban Legend are relevant to the above subject areas of study. It should be noted they are all interconnected in various ways in every scene throughout the film, and should not be seen as mutually isolated nor separate, one from the other. Students may be able to recognise and identify other interlaced themes to add to this summary listing.

• Traditional-contemporary cultural differences and observances
• Intra-family issues and differences
• Family and the wider community
• Home and business
• Generational change and conflict
• Multicultural Australia