India Movies

A reflection on the life and death of India's second Prime Minister, Lal Bhahadur Shashtri.

Follow a king cobra during mating season in India and the snake wrangler who keeps him out of human territory.

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

Life in the bustling Punjabi city of Rawalpindi before partition.

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...

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

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...

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

Documentary detailing a farmer’s visit to the market in Rawalpindi.

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.

Military occasions around India and Pakistan, featuring the Khyber Pass, Srinagar, Rawalpindi and Peshawar.

Rare stencil-coloured images of early 20th century Delhi during a Muslim festival.

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

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

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

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

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...

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

Girl guides on parade at a rally in southern India attended by Olave Baden-Powell.

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...