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A glimpse into the pure, unhurried life of an Assam village.

Sumukhi Suresh forces Debbie Rao to speak in front of the camera about the making of Pushpavalli Season 1 and 2.

The coronavirus pandemic has made social distancing essential in waging a victorious battle against it. Consequently, the Indian national lockdown is intrinsic to fighting it, even though there still might be people indifferent to it. This short film draws attention to the same concern, and how not taking our quarantine with earnest intent might lead to disastrous results. It chooses the metaphor of an inconsequential insect to communicate the same.

"Notun Projonmer Baul which means The New Generation Baul is my journey into the Baul world, it was made in the year 2003. I was deeply 'effected', by the Baul Philosophy and their Music. Bauls are Mendicants or Bards in search of the, "Moner Manush", or the Man after my heart. They have deep suspicion of all man made boundaries and believe in the religion of mankind. Their world has no Maps or Countries, they believe in the religion of mankind, for them the worshipper and the shrine, reside inside the body and one has to dive deep below to soar beyond. Their songs are very esoteric and deeply spiritual." - Bonnie Chakraborty (Director)

Somi is pregnant with her second child. A girl, she hopes. Together with her husband she prepares for this new phase of their parenthood. It means that their son has to go to school, but as an ex-Naxalite that is tough to achieve in contemporary India, where people like them are third-rate citizens. They lack the certificates and an opaque bureaucratic process doesn't help. Directors Isabella Rinaldi, Cristina Hanes and Arya Rothe of the NoCut Film Collective concentrate on Somi's close family ties, painting a portrait of ex-Naxalites in India. Once, Somi and her husband were communist rebels fighting for the rights of Indian tribes. However, to safeguard their family's welfare, they surrendered to the government in exchange for marginal compensation and simple accommodation.

In rural India, a child with hydrocephalus gets a chance at life-changing surgery after her photos go viral. This documentary charts her journey.

‘Free Flying' documents the journey of ‘Fly Squad' community in Kochi, Kerala. Their milestones as well as the smiles and pains along their journey – a little peek into the revolution on a skateboard.

India's prosperous Green Revolution was led by Punjab, a state in northern India famous for its lush rice fields and wet, fertile soil. But as farmers are conned into buying more and more pesticides, herbicides and fertilisers that they don't need, which demand often ten times more water, the water table is sinking at an alarming rate. Punjab's water has been poisoned by the chemicals, and the farmers poison their bodies with opium, helping them to work longer and harder. Loans from a middleman are taken out, with extortionate interest rates that are impossible to pay back. As a result, hundreds of Punjabi families are left without a father, husband or son as more and more farmers cave in under the pressure and drink their own chemicals to end their lives.

The world is moving at a very fast pace. Everyone is running around, chasing something to achieve. But theatre artists are the ones who step away from all this rush and immerse themselves in their own small yet vast world. In each of their theatre journeys, leaving everything else behind, what do they truly gain? At every theatre festival, what mark do they carry back with them? What does the stage give them in return? *Ee Bhoominde Peru* (The Name of This Earth) is the story of a dream — the dream of a group of theatre artists who are often unseen and unnoticed by the mainstream world. This is not just the story of a single theatre troupe; it reflects the experiences of all theatre troupes across the world. It is about the little dreams and desires of theatre artists around us, which we often overlook. Vinesh Viswanath has captured these moments and shaped them into a documentary journey.

A film about the world's oldest functional particle accelerator and the people who keep it running today.

A conversation between a son and his mother about the crows she feeds everyday.

The Plantation strike led by the women tea plantation workers in Munnar, Kerala was a nine day strike, which further lead to the formation of Pempilai Orumai (women's unity) , a landmark movement in the labour union history of India. The strike has broke out on 2015, Sept 5 with around 5000 workers started their agitation in front of Kannan Devan Hills Plantations Ltd. Office, when management decided to scale down the bonus to 10 percent from 20 percent. The strike was a female labour movement first time in the history of India and was an attempt to demarcate the economical and gender disparities in plantation sector.

Through a collage of intimate stories, ‘Desire?’ opens up a dialogue about relationships which do not stand on the edifice of Sex and Sexuality, existing as a minority community within an already persecuted LGBTQIA minority community. The parallel narratives take you through each characters’ world as they navigate through life creating small ruptures within a culture of universal hypersexuality.

Three generations of the Phadke family live and work together in South Bombay. As they prepare for a family wedding, director Archana Atul Phadke, who is not in any hurry to marry, observes the shifting, often very funny household dynamics, as both her mother and grandmother wonder how they have tolerated their husbands for so long.

A look behind the battle. Watch the people of India combat a deadly virus in a race against time. Tune in to COVID-19: India’s War Against the Virus, premieres 16 July at 8 PM on Discovery Plus and 20 July at 8 PM on Discovery.

Offers us glimpses of lives that are lived on their own terms and in such living mark their resistance against stifling social norms that threaten to homogenise diversity. A celebration of love and togetherness with a difference; it is a celebration of the struggles to live those differences.

The story of a community that has battled natural adversities and built a model of self-sustenance.

In Search of Bidesia is a musical documentary on Bhojpuri folk music that connects the history of indentured labour migration from the states of Uttar Pradesh and Bihar to the last living musicians in these states, who are now struggling to ensure these songs of love and longing do not slip into oblivion.

A thought provoking short film on Indian farmers told through clay sculptures made from barren farms of the farmers who have committed suicide.

An experimental short displaying repetition of life itself

India Inked: History's Biggest Election' is a documentary produced in collaboration with the Election Commission of India, shedding light on the intricate workings of India's massive democratic exercise. It goes beyond the usual political coverage and showcases the behind-the-scenes preparations, voter outreach, monitoring, and the entire electoral process, including the historical evolution from paper ballots to electronic voting machines.

Sanzgiri's father was 18 when India ousted the last remaining Portuguese colonisers from Goa in 1961. Combining 16mm with drone footage, desktop screenshots, and Skype interviews with his father, Sanzgiri utilises various modes of seeing at a distance to question identity, the construction of memory and anti-colonial solidarity across continents.

This film is an ode to the spirit of the '\', a term coined by Charles Baudelaire, a passionate spectator of life, finding happiness in the ephemerality that unfolds before the eyes. A 'stroller' who saunters around observing society, being always present in the moment.

The documentary follows the story of the trying times of a selfless teacher, hockey coach and sports activist Rajendra Kumar Kujur as he goes through a lot of hardship to teach hockey to tribal girls in a remote area of Odisha.

In the Himalayan foothills, an 80-year-old woman and a 19-year-old girl are two of the seven remaining inhabitants of an abandoned village. The two women struggle with the choice to leave for an alienating city life or continue living in a lonely village.

About Balika dives into the life of a domestic worker who works hard and round-the-clock to provide for her family as they remain disdainful of her.

Lucknow is a famous historical city in India. It is the capital of the northern Indian state of Utter Pradesh. This city is known for its unique culture and diversity of people.

Maharashtra was hit by a three year long man-made drought that led to community-wide despair. And while climate change was a catalyst, it was not the only reason behind the mass suicides.

Nandita Kumar is a new-media artist who works at the intersection art, science, technology, and community to creates interactive installations. She explores the elemental process through which human beings construct meaning from their experiences, by creating sensory narratives through the usage of sound, video / animation, and performance, smartphone apps, customized motherboards, solar / microwave sensors. Her interest lies in propelling the human race towards a sustainable development, which not only focuses on environmental protection but also on social development. Her process envisions a desirable future state for human societies in which living conditions and resource-use continue to meet human needs without undermining the "integrity, stability and beauty" of natural biotic systems.

Expounding a resistance movement in a viewpoint most associated with innocence.

Anuj Malhotra and Chandan Sen's “Mayadweep” chronicles the diverse set of circumstances that resulted in the institution of the iconic Bikaner Gang Canal in Rajasthan. This film establishes a legacy of aristocratic apathy, the suffering it yields and the social upheaval that results. At the same time the film tries to mimic the spiritual, visual and aural landscape of site of it’s central events. FEATURING EXCLUSIVELY ON CINEMAPRENEUR

The film traces the figure of virgin and places her in an amorous encounter with pleasure and pain, body and mind, the historical and the lived. It presents wedding night as a liminal event and projects the liminality of the event onto a psychic landscape. Placed at the edge of time, the nuptial chamber in the film becomes the feminine place of contemplation. The film is a search for the shadowy, nocturnal and the oneiric.

Dedicated to the musical nomadic tribe Bhopas who are expert in playing an ancient and oldest musical instrument called ‘’Ravanhatha”. Believer of “PabuJiMaharaj”, Bhopas are often termed as social activists of ancient times by researchers.

Focuses on the history and culture of the Swiss-Italian community in the Hepburn and Daylesford areas of Australia. It showcases the region's landscapes and the people's connection to the land. Featuring stunning locations across Daylesford, Hepburn Springs and Yandoit, this documentary offers a moving reflection on history, heritage and connection to place.

Ghar Ka Pata is an autobiographical account of director Madhulika Jalali’s search for her identity as a Kashmiri Pandit woman. In the early 1990s, the six-year-old Madhulika and her household fled Rainawari—a quaint suburb of Srinagar—in response to Kashmir’s separatist insurgency. 24 years later, with no memory of her birthplace, she returns to visit with her family. In retracing her roots, Madhulika weaves a narrative that juxtaposes short, impromptu conversations, filmed on the streets of Rainawari, with a string of family anecdotes. These oral accounts of a bygone era reveal connections extending beyond religion and politics. On a personal level, Madhulika’s film underlines how the pain of exile can linger across generations.

Set in Crossings Republik—a sub-city, neither urban nor rural, on the fringes of New Delhi—Did You Do It? explores the dynamics between natural resources and human intervention. Director Aditi Bhande moved to this ‘integrated city project’ with her family last year. After days of commuting to Delhi through a landscape of farms, high-rises, villages, factories and the polluted Hindon river, she reached an epiphany of horror. Where did the water to grow the food she ate come from? Where did the garbage she threw out go, and where did it end up? How was her everyday reality connected to the wider one around her?

Fermented bamboo-shoot is a delicacy as well as an everyday staple for many communities across Northeast India. It is an integral part of the food culture and links the region to its Southeast Asian and East Asian neighbours. Seasons of Life follows three people as they labour to forage and ferment tender bamboos-shoot, cherished across several Himalayan households in South Asia.

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

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

Atali is not just a case study. Much has been written and documented on the incident which ripped apart the once wholesome fabric of Hindu-Muslim unity that lasted in this village over 75 years defying even the tumultuous events of 1947.

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