On first viewing, Amma, a 36 minutes long bio-documentary by Neelan, is a labor of love for his mother, who is now …
Naam Poribortito
The high incidence of casteist rape, incestuous rape, marital rape and communal rape in India against the backdrop of a …
The Indian Documentary: Post Independence Era Till 2000
On the historic midnight of Independence of August 14/15 1947, India finally became independent. But there was no official film …
Algorithms
Algorithms follows three players, all in their teens, Darpan, Sai and Anant over 2 World Championships and the mentor of blind …
Supermen of Malegaon
Malegaon, a small town tucked away near the heart of India geographically, is fraught with communal tension and under economic …
Tender Is The Sight
This film shows the sightless world of tiny Hassibullah and his sonic interpretations of space, day, time, seasons and the …
Kapila
Documentaries on Indian classical performing arts have been of two kinds. One, based on the history of the art form …
Images of Kumbh Mela
In 1960, the great filmmaker Bimal Roy had shot the Kumbh Mela in Allahabad and Haridwar as background for his …
The Indian Documentary: Pre Independence Era
The Indian documentary may be traced back to the ‘factual films’ or Topicals as they were called, of Harishchandra Sakharam …
Fire in the Blood
“If one death is a tragedy, and one million deaths a statistic, then this film is about statistics,” says narrator …