India Movies

A short film showing the industrial process of jute works in India.

Film showing the Viceregal party entering Delhi on lavishly decorated elephants, as part of the Coronation durbar of 1903.

Documentary about Winston Churchill and the Bengal famine of 1943.

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

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

A man searching for his missing son turns to a DNA tracing company for help. But as the search begins, it becomes clear that he may not be telling...

Jaw-dropping acrobatics for royal visitors.

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...

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...

Snapshots of colonial life around Tamil Nadu, plus a visit to the Toda tribe.

Amateur film featuring government buildings in Delhi, a shooting party in Malakand and winter in Abbottabad.

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

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

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

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

The Jarawas live in the Andaman Islands on the Indian Ocean. The origin of the tribe is in Africa some 70,000 years back. They have lived in almost...

The sloth bear is the oddest and wildest looking of all bears. With his shaggy fur, long, gummy jaws and cavernous mouth he presents a strange figure...

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

The film show the day to day running of the Titaghur Jute company, which is in Bengal on the banks of the river Hooghly. Opening shot 360 degree pan...