India Movies

Rare amateur footage of East India.

The Governor of Bengal and family - on and off duty.

Traditional games, dancing and music among the people of Sikkim - in vivid colour.

Fashionably attired folk attend the races in Kolkata.

A stunning trek from the vale of Kashmir, via Sind Valley and Kargil and Lamayaru Monastry.

Educational film about elephants and their role in rural India.

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

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

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

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

Rural life in the mountainous valley near Gilgit - now in the Northern areas of Pakistan.

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...

The Maharajah of Jind inspects the guard of honour.

In 2016 Ravinol gets invited on an epic 1800km road trip down the west coast of India, in a convoy of 3-wheel Tuk-Tuks. The purpose of the trip is...

Vaastu Marabu documents the theory and practice of the Vaastu tradition of Indian art, architecture, craft and design. One of the foremost shilpis...

A doctor and party visit the villages of eastern Manipur in India's far north east.

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

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

Amateur footage of the devastation caused by one of South Asia's worst earthquakes.

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