India Movies

Snapshots of colonial life around Tamil Nadu, plus a visit to the Toda tribe.

Jahan Jahan Charan Pade Raghuvar Ke (English title: Footprints of Lord Rama in His 14 Years Exile) is a 26-episode documentary web series retracing...

Short documentary on classical Indian music.

The film chronicles four events that take place over a span of two days, all relating to superstition and spirituality in India. It aims to show the...

In 2094, a ruthless dictator controls India with an iron fist. Trapped in a militarised zone, a group of revolutionaries must escape before the...

Rare stencil-coloured images of early 20th century Delhi during a Muslim festival.

On the banks of the Cauvery River in southern India, wildlife filmmaker Sugandhi Gadadhar studies the behavior of Asian otters. On one of the...

In the peaceful hamlet of Dzuluk, a man is about to return to his wife of thirty four years, a marriage they have sustained mostly through letters.

Girl guides on parade at a rally in southern India attended by Olave Baden-Powell.

Rare amateur footage of East India.

Amateur footage of a trip into the Himalaya.

Film showing the Viceregal party entering Delhi on lavishly decorated elephants, as part of the Coronation durbar of 1903.

Accompany a couple on their visit to a local wildlife park.

How Death Came to Earth is a 14 minute cutout animation film by Ishu Patel produced in 1971 by the National Film Board of Canada. The film deals with...

A stunning display by Nyishi tribesmen from the hills of Arunachal Pradesh, north-eastern India.

Documentary detailing a farmer’s visit to the market in Rawalpindi.

Taking an experimental approach to the relationship between the written text and moving image, Mani Kaul has a series of texts read aloud in...

Mark Tully examines the conflict between India and Pakistan over the disputed province, Jammu and Kashmir, and how the political affairs between...

This portait of life on the tea plantations is decidedly rosy – clearly, there are no exploited workers here. However, the film provides an...