India Movies

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

A story about the childhood of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar.

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

ROSHNI follows a woman named Roshni who lives in Dev Bhoomi. Located in the foothills of the Himalayas, across the northern Indian states of Himachal...

Scenes at a garden party given by Earl Lytton, Governor of Bengal, at Government House, Calcutta.

An astonishing English tourist’s view of street life in pre-partition Srinagar and Kashmir.

Fireworks, illuminations and traditional dance all feature in a stunningly opulent royal wedding at Kundla, Gujarat.

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

The Kumbh Mela is a great roving Hindu spiritual festival that has moved around India for more than four thousand years, erecting temporary cities...

Indian high society enjoy themselves at a Calcutta garden party held to welcome the new Viceroy, Lord Irwin.

Beautiful stencil-coloured images of collecting (and eating) the fruit of India.

After her mother's heartbreaking demise, 11 year old Nandhana disrupts the final mourning day rituals by running away with the 'bali pindam', putting...

Fashionably attired folk attend the races in Kolkata.

The Mysore Palace shines with 100,000 lights in a dazzling 400-year-old celebration.

When the life of a troubled man is turned upside down because of his actions, the impending doom of his time begins to tick.

From the arrival of a new viceroy to street markets, this amateur film captures the diversity of life in colonial India.

'bonVoyage pour monVoyage', which literally means "best wishes for my trip," is an experimental animated travelogue where I depict my travel...

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

Early film of a crowded street scene in an unidentified Indian city.

India - unique in its diversity and breathtakingly beautiful. The subcontinent is characterized by scenic, cultural and ethnic diversity. After...