Films Division of India Popular Movie

A lyrical Indian documentary tracing the life and teachings of Gautama Buddha. Directed by Rajbans Khanna and produced by Bimal Roy, the film blends...

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An overview of the principles and directives of India's post-independence constitution.

Genre: Documentary

Cast: L.G. Clarke

Rangbhoomi follows Kamal Swaroop as he attempts to trace the contours of Dada Saheb Phalke's life in Varansasi after he withdrew, disillusioned, from...

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An impressionistic biographical look at Siddheshwari Devi (1908–1977), the classical Indian singer whose voice was appreciated by the maharajas...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Malviya

This biographical film is a tribute to a pioneering actress Smita Patil through her works a tribute to the parallel cinema. Her realistic dignified...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Smita Patil

A film dealing with the living conditions of the coal miners, and the kind of environmental pressures they face. It also highlights their...

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Documentary on director Satyajit Ray, featuring an extensive interview and clips from his films, and location shooting of his film "The Home and the...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Satyajit Ray

The documentary highlights the culture, lifestyles, and traditional songs and dance forms of the Kalbelia community (snake charmers/nomads) of...

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"Discover Dr Anil Prakash Joshi's Himalayan journey in 'A Son Of Himalaya". From rural roots to ecological visionary, witness his symphony of...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Amitabh Bachchan

Divided into three parts — The Awakening, The Struggle, and Freedom — this is a biographical film on Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, the first...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Saeed Jaffrey

A documentary short about the life and work of social reformer and the Father of the Bengali Renaissance, Raja Ram Mohun Roy

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In the summer of 1974, the Indian government organized an expedition to the Andaman Islands. What you are about to see is the first ever released...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Zul Vellani

A documentary about V.K. Murthy, veteran cameraman of the black & white era of Hindi cinema, and considered a master of light & shadow. He created...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: V.K. Murthy

Docudrama about the life of Rabindranath Tagore, Indian polymath—poet, writer, playwright, composer, philosopher, social reformer and painter,...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Satyajit Ray

About 30 km away from Varanasi there is a small village of Dhakvan, where lives a Brahmin named Ram Dayal Dixit who has been living among Harijans,...

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Centred around a film festival of Indian films in China, the Film reflects on the dominant as well as alternative impressions of cultures –...

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Cities of Sleep takes us into a heady world of insurgent sleeper’s communities as well as the infamous ‘sleep mafia’ in Delhi where...

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A documentary biography of Mahatma Gandhi, tracing his life from 1869 to 1948 through archival photographs, live-action footage, animation, and...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Mahatma Gandhi

This is a biographical on the late Nargis Dutt showing scenes from her many films; from her earlier roles as a child artiste right up to her role in...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Nargis

Chitrakathi is about the folk artists of western India who narrate with the help of leather puppets. Mani takes us to the sleepy Konkan coastal...

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