Delhi Durbar Dawns

Maharajah of the Road

A Dream Trip Across India Some kilometers from Bombay, the Indian megalopolis, lost on a hill of Bollywood, is the grandiose set of a vast temple wit

2012

James Bond in India

The making of the James Bond movie Octopussy (1983) in Udaipur, India during 1982.

1983

A Punjab Village

Richly detailed amateur ethnographic film on the agrarian economy and society in rural Punjab.

1925

Mind of Clay

In a poetic hour and a half, director Mani Kaul looks at the ancient art of making pottery from a wide variety of perspectives.

1985

Arrival

To the city come men, women, fruits, flowers, vegetables, goats and sheep – all ready for consumption. It is the process of consumption/exploitation t

1980

Sapera

In the holy city of Varanasi, 16-year-old Ali has one of the most dangerous jobs in the world – catching poisonous snakes. The boy balances life and d

2019

The Coronation of King George V

Various shots of the Coronation procession for King George V.

1911

Ruins of Delhi

Attractive travelogue filmed in and around Delhi's Qutb complex.

1910

Villenour (French India: Territory of Pondicherry)

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

1914

India's forgotten people

2020

Delhi

Filmed in 1938, less than a decade before Indian independence, Delhi has a curious tale to tell. ‘Delhi’, the viewer is informed, ‘is the cockpit of t

1938

Between the Lines: India's Third Gender

Repping best view to date into the world of the Indian eunuch, “Between the Lines: India’s Third Gender” may not answer all the questions it poses, bu

2005

A Road in India

Life on the road in India, showing the traffic, people and animals.

1938

Meena

Meena is a documentary film about sex trafficking in India based on a true story.

2014

Temples of India

Hindu temples at Benares and Belur and the mythologies associated with them.

1938

The Ramayana

The Little Ballet Troupe of Bombay performs a "puppet ballet" of the Hindu epic, the Ramayana.

1965

Herzschlag der Kontinente

1987

Joy Ride

A documentary about human-powered manual ferris wheel rides at Juhu beach in Mumbai.

2007

The Last Days of the Raj

Lord Louis Mountbatten arrives in India in March 1947 as Britain's Last Viceroy. He is committed to transfer administrative and authoritative power to

2007

The Warp and the Weft

Set in Varanasi, an ancient city of India, Tana Bana offers a rare look at the hidden world of Moslem weavers and Hindu traders and how their lives ar

2015