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Made to commemorate Bharat Ratna Pandit Bhimsen Joshi on his birth centenary, this documentary by FTII faculty has its focus on learning and presentation of music. Gems of advice in own voice of Pandit Bhimsen Joshi is bound to inspire those engaged in music education, because he was not only a legendary artiste, but also a legendary teacher who has given eminent disciples to the world. Simplicity of his spoken words and euphony of his singing, including a rare Kumar Vyasa verse in Kannada, create a collage of education, inspiration and biography in this no frills short documentary that suits fast life of the day.

A simple and beautiful portrait of a filmmaker and his Indian father, shot in one long take on a bench in Punjab.

Alsana lives in a small, chaotic neighbourhood in Ahmedabad, cut off from the rest of the city by an 85 acre landfill on one side and a highway on the other. Her family, like many others, moved here after the 2002 riots in search of safety and security. The area was a jungle, with no electricity or roads. Now, houses bump up against each other competing for space. In a place like this, a room of one’s own is hard to come by, but Alsana has a corner. Only her rules apply here. The corner takes on different forms - each an expression of her inner life, at odds with the world. Meanwhile, Alsana’s drawings show signs of the society seeping in, as she grapples with her identity and conflicts closer to home.

Atreyee, a young Bengali woman leaves Calcutta in search of a new life in Bombay. She finds paying guest accommodation in the suburbs. In a series of still photographs, the film records her establishing daily routines. Eventually, she travels home to Calcutta. Marriage is an option to lonely and disinterested modern life.

"DIVINE HEART" is an enlightening film that portrays the intricate process of heart transplant surgery. It provides a comprehensive depiction of the dedicated medical team led by Dr. Anvay Mulay, as well as the meticulous legal procedures involved in heart transplant surgeries and organ donation. The narrative revolves around Laxmi, a young girl who candidly shares her personal journey.

While visiting Ypres, Sachin learns that 1.4 million Indians were conscripted by the British to fight on the Flanders Fields during the First World War. Using audio recordings, letters, songs and archives, he brings his anonymous ancestors back to life, like ghosts inlaid in an immovable winter landscape.

A friendly documentary made as a part of the documentary workshop at the National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad

The film revolves around an old and aged Dwijamani who is bed ridden in his family home in a village near Dalu river. His younger sister from Guwahati, who is aged herself, visits him with her son. The story is about the filmmaker visiting his maternal village home in the year 2016 with his mother. In their last few days of togetherness, they all bond well as they laugh, eat and talk about the village and its people. After staying for few days, Dwijamani’s sister and her son leave Dwijamani and his village abode. The film is about their last meeting.

Andro Dreams is the love story of Laibi, an old woman with a spirited soul, and her three decade old, an all girls' football club that is battling economic challenges, a patriarchal system and orthodoxy in an ancient village of northeast India. The film captures the challenges faced by Laibi, the manager of Andro Mahila Mandal Association Football Club (AMMA-FC) in her sixties and Nirmala, their most promising young football player.

In a quest to explore the impact of India's Partition on the classical music traditions of South Asia, Delhi-based filmmaker Yousuf Saeed spent about 6 months in Pakistan in 2005. After traveling in Lahore, Karachi and Islamabad - interviewing musicians and scholars, attending music concerts, and observing the teaching of music in various institutions, Yousuf not only documented some of the surviving practitioners and patrons of classical music, but also raised many vital questions, about cultural identity, nationalism, legitimacy of music in Islam, Pakistan's popular culture and its affairs with India, and the survival of classical music itself in South Asia. This quest has resulted in a musical documentary film, Khayal Darpan, featuring some well-known as well as many lesser known but talented musicians of Pakistan.

As season change, Langol, once a barren hilltop on the fringe of Imphal city, brings magic to the forest. The dream of Loiya, a young man, to cover the hill with lush green has been taken up mutually by a young group of volunteers.

The film exposes the life of women who have been trafficked in various parts of India. Some of them have been trafficked because of debt bondage and some for sexual exploitation.

documentary on drug overdose

For Susan explores the idea of dignity. Inspired by the director’s grandmother’s notebooks, it finds pleasure in activities hidden or forgotten.

Situated in the hilly regions of North Eastern India, the Mizo district was for many years a part of the state of Assam. Having a distinct culture, heritage and language it became a Union Territory on January 21, 1972. Divided into three districts, Mizoram's capital city is Aizwal. This film describes the agricultural wealth of Mizoram, various measures taken by the Government of India to uplift people's standard of living. The hilly territory has a rich tradition of weaving.

The film is a narrative of three Sikh women living in Widows Colony wherein they lost their homes and men in the violent killings of 1984 when over 2733 Sikhs were killed in Delhi and over 9000 in India after the death of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi.It is the biggest state sponsored massacre in India which has been systematically removed from the public memory calling it anti-Sikh riots.

This is a story of a boy who is afflicted by cancer and makes an album of black and white passport picture that he found as a child. His brother is a filmmaker and he sees this book. Inspired after watching the pictures, he begins to collect pictures of the metropolis where they live, observing the changing horizon of the city.

Otolith II mixes fiction, archival material and documentary footage filmed in Mumbai and Chandigarh. It explores the pressures exerted on inhabitants by competing projections of the city of tomorrow. Predictive models of the urban masterplan, corporate scenarios and real estate speculation converge to extract labour, convert attention and capture potential for profit.

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A two-channel 16mm fever dream that filters queerness, desire, diaspora, and dislocation through beat-driven montage and personal ritual. A confessional chase-escape through fractured identities and the sweet, aching weight of longing.

A documentary crew tries to unearth the truth behind the castle village of Bengal.

Curious to know if his unapologetic Grandpa had remorse or not ! Shankar goud a film student digs up his grandpa’s bad past which gave a generational trauma to his family.

A gripping Indian documentary that blurs the lines between supernatural belief and psychological reality. Through raw, immersive footage of rituals and personal testimonies, it questions whether spirit possession is a cultural truth or a misunderstood mental state. Thoughtful, haunting, and deeply human.

Mitilesh, a young woman from rural Madhya Pradesh, as she is recruited by health workers in her village to undergo sterilization and decides with her husband to pursue the surgery. Her story is situated in the larger context of population control in India, revealing how these policies affect the lives of women.

I am grass is a meditation on migration from my most marginalized community in India to the ‘first world’ country.

The 1992 Ajmer rape case involved the serial gangrape and blackmailing of more than one hundred school and college-aged girls in Ajmer, Rajasthan.

A girl child loves making colors from Tesu flowers. Then she grows up and forgets the art. No, she doesn't. It's the social dogma that make her forget her true being, her Tesu flower, her color. She, either laments her loss or regain her consciousness. As the grown-up women revisit their childhood, they get to meet their Divine, their truth, their Self. They become Tesu, they become flower - they become Tesu flower. They become Forest. They become FLAME.

The process of making cotton gaddis, a practise on the brink of extinction, unfolds through the hands of its last keepers.

People of different faiths, gender and regions make up Mumbai, The huge human jigsaw in this vast urban sprawl with a population of about twenty million. We'll meet Kallu, who collects dead bodies from the Mithi River... Ambulance drivers like Raj Lokhande and Jeevan who race through narrow, jammed lanes to save lives daily... Former Red light area workers of Kamathipura - Asha and Shobha - who were sold, caged and forced into prostitution and now are part of the Oasis NGO, transforming the lives of other women... Construction workers Azaad, Janaab and Rajaram are employed daily on terrifying building sites, hoping to earn a happy home life while moving from one temporary dwelling to another... Fisherman Akash and his family are caught in a declining market with no guarantee of quality fish or decent prices due to contamination in the sea...

"Challenge," a documentary film, tells the inspiring story of Princy Gogoi, a physically challenged girl from Assam. Despite facing numerous obstacles, including financial, social, and emotional challenges, Princy's mother, Beauty Gogoi, stood by her side as an undaunted angelic spirit. The film highlights their journey as they strive to provide Princy with a worthy life, ensuring her education and independence.

1905 short on Bengal partition

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A personal exploration of one's lost identity, reflecting upon the oral literature passed through generations within the Gor-Banjara tribe

A documentary film on uranium mining and its deadly impacts on the tribal people living near the Jadugoda mine, mill and tailings dam, in the East Singhbhum district of Jharkhand (India). Unsafe mining, milling and tailings management by UCIL in this area for almost 30 years has resulted in excessive radiation, contamination of water, land and air, destruction of the local ecology, and lead for to genetic mutation, and slow death for the people of the region. The film attempts to depict the gross misuse of power by the authorities in displacing the original inhabitants of the region, the utter lack of concern for internationally accepted norms and safety precautions in the handling of uranium and its by-products, and their callousness of its disastrous impact on the people and the region.

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Shubha Das Mollick’s documentary traces the experience of the Jewish community in Kolkata.

A day in the life of an ascetic as he wanders casually through a valley in southern India. Along the way, he meets numerous residents of the region and is curious about their lives. This popular philosopher enjoys considerable authority, sometimes acts as a teacher, and accepts events as the gifts of fate. At the end of the day, he returns to his shelter, where he contemplates life.

Once entertainers and employees of the royal courts, they were believed to have mystical powers. Today they fight for dignity in life and death. This film is about the extreme hardships, resilience and beauty of Kashmir’s Hijra (transgender) community and their growing movement for basic human rights.

The Kesar Saga is an ancient Tibetan epic narrated in the entire Tibetan belt extending to Mongolia, Central Asia and China. In its Ladakhi version, Kesar Saga, has come down through the centuries orally, with story-teller reciting the epic during the long cold winter nights. The story revolves around the exploits of a superhuman hero, ‘Kesar’ and his efforts to establish peace and order in the world. The film rediscovers many story-tellers and reproduces the melodious renderings.

Rekhti poetry was written from the early 18th to late 19th century Islamic cities of Lucknow and Delhi. It explicitly talked about the desires of women. Were those desires real? The Seventh Wish looks at the denounced Rekhti poetry through its survivors – Jinns and desires.

The film is a record of the land and the people of Nagaland and shows in detail the development and culture of the region.

The Slave Genesis features the lives of the people within the Paniyar community. Let him be just and deal kindly with my people, for the dead are not powerless. Dead, did I say? There is no death, only a change of worlds.

The Frontier Gandhi is a Black and White documentation of the life and works of Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan. From his childhood days in the undivided Punjab province to the establishment of Khudai Khidmatgar movement (the Servants of God), he lived a truly inspiring life and made notable contribution to the Indian independence struggle. His uncompromising integrity and total commitment to the path of non-violence and a belief in a united India is resonated through the biopic.

The cultivated tones and clean texture of the Kerala architect’s private house

The film is based on a folk-art that’s confined to Puri and is on the verge of extinction. This is my effort to preserve and promote this unique folk art

In the peripheries of a polluted lake in Bangalore, India’s Silicon Valley, the act of observation is interrupted by flying foam, noxious gases, daydreams, and questions from passers-by. Despite its spectacular toxicity, the lake remains a valuable resource and refuge for counter publics.

Fishing in the Sea of Greed documents the response of one fishing community in India to the “rape and run” industries that have begun to dominate their livelihood and decimate their environment. Under the leadership of the National Fishworkers Forum and the World Forum of Fishworkers and Fish Harvesters, workers are fighting not only for their jobs, but for the survival of the world’s coastal communities and ecosystems.

A documentary on emotional and carnal natures of love and sexual exploitation of young girls.

Set at the RSS headquarters in Nagpur, India, this is a film about the indoctrination of young Hindu boys by the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (the RSS), India's foremost Hindu fundamentalist organization. Juxtaposing the activities of two different RSS 'shakhas' or branches, the film documents the stories and the games, the rituals and the play that socialize the young RSS recruit.

In recent years, India's patriarchal order has been called into question by an increasingly educated and culturally aware generation of women. In response, acid attacks on women have become a disturbingly frequent occurrence - as cowardly as they are devastating, those afflicted are left scarred both mentally as well as physically. Rupa’s Boutique profiles the bravery and perseverance of six young women, as Rupa cares for her community of acid attack survivors refusing to be defined by their trauma.

Naihati, a suburb more than 30 km north of Kolkata, is a silent observer of the days old and new.

In a profession traditionally dominated by men, women are breaking gender stereotypes and facing unique challenges with resilience and determination. "Tuk Tuk Girls" is a celebration of these women's achievements.

As a family faces mounting debts and severe illness caused by contaminated groundwater, their tragedy exposes a decades-long crisis of institutional neglect lurking just beneath the surface.

The glow you saw in 'Kumbalangi Nights' has a deeper story beneath. Through the voices of local residents, fishermen, and scientists, this documentary explores how this enchanting glow is formed and the unseen ecological and social consequences that come with its fame.

A Films Division of India documentary recording an early development initiative during India’s post-independence modernization period. Referenced by Erik Barnouw as part of the Indian state documentary tradition of the early 1960s, the film documents a “pilot project” focused on infrastructure and development, presenting modernization as a planned, collective process through observational imagery.

AJD is a dialogue less PSA about burnout. AJD depicts the transition that takes place from day 1 to the end and also how it affects you personally.

“High in the mountains, a ghost walks among the snow.” In the remote and frozen landscapes of Ladakh, the snow leopard moves silently, almost unseen. It is one of the rarest and most mysterious big cats in the world. "Ghost of The Mountain" follows the journey of a wildlife photographer searching for this secretive predator. But he is not alone. Along the way, he meets the people who live in these harsh lands— herders, trackers, and conservationists— who work every day to protect the snow leopard and find ways to live alongside it. Through their stories, we explore the delicate balance between survival and coexistence, between ancient traditions and modern conservation.