India Movies

The Parsi Community has inked an incredible mark in Cricket, with a rich and storied legacy dating back to the early days of Cricket in India. Parsi...

Arresting early film images of both northern India and central and south western China.

The thronging streets of Chennai in festive mood are captured by this lively amateur film.

Amateur shots of pilgrims and temples at Haridwar, followed by rural scenes and the Gorrie family at home.

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

Extraordinary footage of prayers in the Punjabi capital.

A strange journey into Pushkar, a city where faith, myth, commerce and superstition coexist in a peculiar state of harmony. What begins as an...

Happy farmers, a wedding and some giant cauliflowers...

Glow Worm in a Jungle is about Hema Sane, a retired botany professor, who has never used electricity in her life. Living surrounded by nature, amidst...

Lady Pamela Lytton, wife of the Governor of Bengal, visits the grand marble Victoria Memorial in Calcutta.

Fashionably attired folk attend the races in Kolkata.

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...

Amateur film of a road trip through northeastern India, showing traditional dances and a gigantic flower float.

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

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

Boats and steamers on the mud flats and lakes of the Assam district, India.

Educational film about elephants and their role in rural India.

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

The story is about Sheelavathi, a prostitute. The film revolves around the situations that forced her to choose the path of prostitution.