India Movies

A Rose, a Fisheye, and a Line investigates the associations that are commonly made between names, places, and identity. Born and raised in Canada,...

Determined to carve out a better future for herself, teenage Gouri leaves behind a life of prostitution that was forced upon her at a young age and...

A documentary portrait of Calcutta

Documenting the production of kerosene tins and their reuse in rural India, this early short by Bimal Roy observes industrial labor and everyday life...

A reflection on the life and death of India's second Prime Minister, Lal Bhahadur Shashtri.

Jugaad is a Hindi word that can be translated as "innovative or effective solution that bends the rules". It refers to the extreme capacity developed...

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

An elderly Indian widower journeys through New York to replace an antique razor given to him by his late wife on their first anniversary trip to the...

A motorist's excursion captures a world made by hand in the environs of Rawalpindi, Lahore and Karachi.

Salvation Army General Commissioner Edward Higgins features in the this film of a brass band parade through a village.

Amateur film showing daily life in Bundi, India.

As part of the 2017 UK-India Year of Culture, the British Council and British Film Institute share a unique collection of films documenting the...

An evocative and unsettling journey through christian and also deeply communist Kerala. Amidst red flags and altar boys, between the sea and the...

An absurd man, feeling hopeless, decides to end his life. The night before, he dreams of a perfect world with no pain. In this dream, he sees how...

The inauguration of a unit of the Indian Defence Force in Calcutta.

An emotional film on how much did an innocent single father suffer, when his daughter was sold to a brothel. Father spends his life searching for her.

Gorgeously dreamlike colour images of (then) French India – present-day Puducherry.

Dignitaries including the Nizam of Hyderabad gather to celebrate the Durbar in honour of George V, who arrives by boat in Bombay.

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.

Short documentary on India