India Movies

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...

A trip to the spectacular city of Bundi and a Kathakali dance performance, filmed in vivid colour.

A Bangladeshi American undertakes a journey to learn about the liberation war in his native country, traveling there for the first time in nearly two...

This amateur film gives us a fair idea of the opulent life enjoyed by members of the British government in India.

Anti-Congress propaganda film made by a District Officer in India.

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.

Life in the bustling Punjabi city of Rawalpindi before partition.

An absurd man, feeling hopeless, decides to end his life. The night before, he dreams of a perfect world with no pain. In this dream, he sees how...

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

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

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

In the peaceful hamlet of Dzuluk, a man is about to return to his wife of thirty four years, a marriage they have sustained mostly through letters.

A casual conversation between two friends on love and relationship turns in to much wider spectrums of god, religion and politics.

A state welcome for a Handley Page aircraft arriving in Kolkata.

A recently broken up couple meet on a railway station. Brought together by fate they decide to revisit their relationship and reflect on things left...

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

Amateur film of fishing and geese-shooting trips by a British party in India.

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