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Director S. Sukhdev traveled the length of India to gather footage for his impressionistic portrait of the country in the year 1967. The film...

The film recounts the key events of Dr. Ambedkar’s life and it also features live footage of his later years.

This biographical film is a tribute to a pioneering actress Smita Patil through her works a tribute to the parallel cinema. Her realistic dignified...

A film is about the great Urdu poet, Mohammad Iqbal. He is reminisced by his son Justice Javed Iqbal, who says, "The centenary of AllamaIqbal, my...

The film explores the significant contributions of Sufi poet, philosopher, musician, and courtier Amir Khusro to the Indian sub-continent's art and...

An overview of the principles and directives of India's post-independence constitution.

This cartoon film presents in a nutshell, with the help of animated maps and diagrams, some geographical and economic facts about India. It shows how...

Made a year before the Emergency, Flashback was commissioned by Films Division to commemorate its 25th anniversary. Sastry, with his ever-surprising...

The valor of our jawans in capturing the Haji Pir Pass is depicted in this short film. Glimpses of living conditions of the liberated people of the...

An impressionistic and dissonant portrayal of short film making by a short film maker. The views expressed in the film are sometimes bitter, often...

The documentary briefly accounts for the achievements of Kathak dancer, Birju Maharaj. It also brings out some interesting glimpses of Birju...

Our achievements since Independence are great enough to sustain our faith in our country's future. Some of these are the river valley projects, the...

It is an experimental quickie on family planning. Using pixelation and electronic music, the film depicts the idea that two children are enough for a...

This film shows briefly how the Nagarjunasagar Dam built on the river Krishna will help augment irrigation and also provide electricity to Guntur and...

Here in this film about the Indian classical music, the sitar maestro Pt. Ravi Shankar and the santoor maestro Pt. Shiv Kumar Sharma explaining their...

A nation's culture is a measure of its maturity. Culture, however is a living reality and our daily lives reflect in how we behave towards one...

This film takes us to the heart of a small village and is built round a family facing the problem of social customs which are a barrier to education...

“Unlike a cartoon film, which is a rapidly moving series of photographed drawings, in pixilation, a moving object is shot frame by frame, and...

A 1980 Documentary on Durga Puja by National Film Development Corporation (NFDC).

The film portrays the personality and family life of Ustad Amir Khan, the famous vocalist and his music.