Documentary Film Catalogue- 2015

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Contents

i Name of the Films arranged Director wise ii Name of the Films arranged Subject wise

iii Name of the Films arranged as per Year of theirProduction

iv Listoffilmsavailableinvariousforeignlanguages

v Listoffilmswithnon-commercialscreeningrights in DVD format

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Contents

1. Introduction

2. DetailsofFilmsinAlphabeticalorder

3. Index

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Introduction

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Introduction

AspartofourquesttopromoteIndia’s‘softpower’,Ministryof External Affairs has over the years commissioned over 300documentariesonsubjectssuchasartandculture,lifestyle,defence,democracy,development,environment,gender,history,internationalrelations, plurality, portraits, science and technology, innovations,entrepreneurship, social development etc. On an average wecommission 10-12 documentaries in a year. ln keeping with thetechnological requirements of the times, the films are now beingmade in HD format.

Even as our diplomatic Missions have been using thesedocumentaries to promote the diversity and vibrancy of lndia fordecades,wenowhaveadedicated‘YouTube’channelwhereanyonecanviewthesefilmsattheirownconvenience.ltisamatterofpridethateveryweekdifferentdocumentariesareviewedonanaveragefor50,000minutes.Foreaseofcrossreference,everyfilmlisted intheCataloguehasalinkonwhichitcanbeviewedontheYouTubechannel.WenowalsohavetieupswithDoordarshanandRajyaSabhaTVtotelecasttheseregularly.

Ourfilmshaveparticipatedinnationalandinternationalfilmfestivalsandsomeofthemhavewonawardsandspecialmentions.Amongstournewfilmswhichyoumayfindofparticularinterestarethenationalawardwinnerforthebesteducationalfilmtor2013“TheQuantumlndians”;thetrail-blazingstoryoflndianhumanresourcesdevelopment assistance “No Problem” which has won awards atseveral internationalfestivals;thejustreleased“TheHinduNectar”alsoissuretoattractattention.

Our effort through this catalogue is to provide a ‘readyreckoner’ of all our documentaries,which have beenproducedtill

December2014.Wehopeyouwillfindthisofhelpinmakingyourchoices of the documentaries to view. lf a film is available withsubtitlesinlanguagesotherthanEnglish,thistooismentioned.Wehopethisrevisedcataloguewillassistyouinbeingabletoascertainandutilizethetreasuretroveofdocumentariesthatwehaveavailablewith us.

(SyedAkbaruddin)JointSecretary(ExternalPublicity)

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Development

1000 Feet of Hope

Director:StormthePictureCompany

TheJaipurFoot,aninspiringtaleoftransformation.

Duration:25minYearofProduction:2011

‘1000FeetofHope’looksattheeffortsoftheBhagwanMahaveerViklangSahityaSamiti (BMVSS) inensuringartificial limbfittings for thephysicallyhandicapped;more popularly known as the ‘Jaipur foot’. The film traces the overwhelmingvolumeof theorganisation’s charitablework and shares stories of thosewhoseliveshavebeentransformedafterthefitment.Evenasitraisesconcernsoverthepersistentdiscriminatoryattitudeofpeopleagainstthephysicallyhandicapped,itnotesthatthe‘Jaipurfoot’enablesonetobeengagedinallactivitiesthatpeoplewithhealthylimbsdo.Thefilmisaninspiringtaleofpeople’sresilienceintryingtimesandthecommendableeffortsoftheorganization.

Arabic http://goo.gl/2OzTPcEnglish http://goo.gl/HggyVzFrench http://goo.gl/e4JVvBPortuguese http://goo.gl/TlXDfPRussian http://goo.gl/IqNsnESpanish http://goo.gl/XZ0sqh

InternationalRelations

ABridgeOverTimeAfilmontheMekong-Gangaco-operation,Part1

Director: Archana Kapoor

AnexplorationofculturalandhistoricaltiesbetweenIndiaandcountriesalongtheMekongriver.


India,Myanmar,Thailand,Laos,CambodiaandVietnam-allthecountriesthatshareacommonlandmass-developedtheGanga-MekongCo-operationpacttoenvisionasharedfutureofpeacefulcoexistance.Part1of‘ABridgeOverTime’followstheriverMekongthatflowsthroughthesecountries,andpresentshistoriccitiesandregionswherereligionsandculturehavespreadfromIndia.TheGangeticplainsofIndiaalsosupportedthegrowthofthetworeligions,HinduismandBuddhism.ThefilmtriestounderstandhowcultureandreligionspreadfromIndiatoSouthEastAsiagiventheenormousdifficulties in traveldueto the terrainandthe fact themonarchsfromthesecountriesdidnottrytosubjugateorcoloniseeachother.Thefilmtravelsthroughtherivervalleystofindananswertothisquestion.

English http://goo.gl/BLDtX3Spanish http://goo.gl/3JDyPI

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ABridgeOverTimeAfilmontheMekong-Gangaco-operation,Part2


AnexplorationofculturalandhistoricaltiesbetweenIndiaandcountriesalongtheMekongriver.


TheinfluenceofIndiancultural,religiousandotherpracticeshasbeeninevitableonitsneighbouringcountries.Part2of‘ABridgeOverTime’continuesitsjourneyalong the river Mekong flowing through Cambodia and explores the spread ofBuddhismandHinduismtoSouthEastAsiafromIndia.ThefilmvisitstemplesandmonasteriesandanalysesthestrongculturalbondsthatCambodia,VietnamandThailandsharewithIndia.TracingthepastthroughtherenownedtempleAngkorWat, thefilmanalysesboth resonanceanddifferencebetween theculturesandpresentsthefascinatinghistoryof theregionwhichgaverisetomanykingdomsthatwereoverrunbythenexttillthepresenttimes.

English http://goo.gl/dQyJfWSpanish http://goo.gl/3JDyPI


ABridgeSoNear

Director: Usha Albuquerque

ExplorestherelationshipbetweenIndiaandBhutan.


Over the centuries, closed in by a part of the Himalayan range, Bhutan hasremainedgeographically isolated. Infrastructural conditionshavebeenharsh fortheBhutanesedueto lackofroads,medical facilitiesoranymodernnecessities.Despitethecountry’scolourfulanduniqueheritage,ithasremainedhiddenawayfrompublicviewandmanyviewBhutantobeacountryasbeingtransfixedinapast.‘ABridgeSoNear’explorestherelationshipthathasbeenfosteredbetweenIndiaandBhutanwhichhashelpedBhutanpaveapathforitselftowardsprogressanddevelopment.India’sinvolvementinBhutan’sinfrastructuralcapacitiesthroughproperroaddesign,modernhighwaysthatcanaidtransit,providingaidandeffortstowardselectricity,irrigation,schoolsandhospitalshavestartedtoerectBhutan’smoderndayeconomy.

English http://goo.gl/hz32Kp

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History

AFragmentofHistory

Director:UmaChakravarti

AreconstructedbiographyofSubhalakshmi’sstruggleagainstdeepprejudiceandpersonalchallengestoparticipateinIndia’sfreedomstruggle,onlytobeforgotten.


AreconstructeddocumentaryonthelifeofSubhalakshmiwhosechanceencounterwith education led to her becoming a part of India’s freedom movement. Shestruggledagainstdeepprejudiceandpersonalchallengestoparticipate in India’sfreedomstruggle,onlytobeforgottenbyhistoryandneverforgivenbyfamily.Basedonabookwrittenbyhergranddaughter,thefilmreconstructsSubhalakshmi’slifeusingherpersonaldiariesandclaimsthespaceformemoryinrecountinghistory.Subhalakshmihadno formaleducation,butachance incident-hergrandfather’sfailingeyesightledhertoreadthenewspaperforhimandpavedawayforhertoreadandwrite inbothTamilandEnglish.Thisearlyexposure topolitics led toalifelong engagement with the freedom struggle and the coming together of individual aspirationsandcollectivestrugglesataparticularmomentinIndia’shistory.

English http://goo.gl/m7Whn5

Art & Culture

ABrushwithLife

Director: Sujata Kulshreshtha

SatishGujral-anartistofunparalleledtalentandmanofimmensefortitude.


‘ABrushwith Life’ looks at the life andworksof SatishGujral - amanofmanycalling.Battlingphysicalinjuriesandahearingandspeechimpediment,Gujralhascarvedoutasingularspaceforhimself intheartisticrealm,andevenotherwise.Themultiplicityofthemes,texturesandmediuminhisprolificworkshighlighthisingenuityasanartist.Gujral’sartisticoeuvrebearstestimonytoalifeofsocialandculturalpreoccupations.FromhisstrongevocativepaintingsofthePartitioneratothecolorfulhuesofhissportsseries,eachofhisworksfindsathematiccorrelativein the history of the Indian nation-state. The filmexplores the literary, cultural,politicalandpersonalinfluencesonhislifeandworks.Itisacelebrationofanartistofunparalleledtalentandmanofimmensefortitude.

Arabic http://goo.gl/5J4wyfEnglish http://goo.gl/GwFAhtFrench http://goo.gl/btzJ61Portuguese http://goo.gl/q9iiJBRussian http://goo.gl/WejPXiSpanish http://goo.gl/lRbW4E

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AJourneytoanAncientlandRoadtoMyanmar

Director:GautamBora

AjourneytotheancientlandofMyanmar.


‘AJourneytoanAncientLand-RoadtoMyanmar’isabouttheenduringfriendshipbetween India andMyanmar. The film exploresMyanmar through a journey tothisancientland.MyanmarisoneofthelargestneighboursofIndiaandtheonlycountryfromASEANthatIndiasharesbordersoflandandsea.ThecrewtravelsontheIndia-MyanmarFriendshiproad,whichisa160-kmTamu-Kalewa-KalemyoroadclosetoMyanmar’swesternborderwithIndia.TheroadlinksMoreh(inManipur)to Kalewa and Kalemyo,which has been a significant step in the history of thefriendshipbetweenthetwocountries.Throughoutthejourney,oneistouchedbythegraceandenchantingbeauty,asonelistenstoitspeopleanditsmusic.

English http://goo.gl/Gh3PRt

Culture&Lifestyle

A La Cart!!!Food in the Streets of India

Director: Pria Ahluwalia

AjourneythroughfourIndiancitiestosearchforthemostauthenticstreetfoodexperience.

TheIndianculinaryexperiencehasbeendiversifiedandmodifiedtoalargeextentowingtothewavesofmigration,climateandthetastesofthelocalpopulation.Asaresult,Indianfoodingeneral,andstreetfoodinparticular,drawsinspirationfrommultiplesourcesbutalwaysreflectslocaltastes.Hugelypopular,veryaffordable,andwonderfullydelicious,Indianstreetfoodhascometorepresentaremarkableinnovationandadaptationtothechangingtimes.FromMumbaitoDelhitoLucknowandKolkata-thefilmtravelsthroughthesheersize,varietyandnuanceswithintheIndianfoodpaletteseenthroughtheeyesoffourcelebrities,whotakethevieweronanintimateculinaryexplorationofthestreetfoodtheyloveintheircities.

Arabic http://goo.gl/NSK1bOEnglish http://goo.gl/g9TST2French http://goo.gl/BAh9XPPortuguese http://goo.gl/536ymRRussian http://goo.gl/YlSqITSpanish http://goo.gl/gzIrbR


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Gender

ANationCelebrates

Director: Kabir Khan

Anexplorationoffreedomthroughintimateinteractionwithordinarypeoplefrom rural India.


Whatdoestruefreedomcompriseofandhowcanitbeachieved?ThesenarrativethreadswoventhroughandacrosstheheartofIndiashowcasestoriesofordinarypeople trying to realize the potential of true and complete freedom througheducation, literacyandthinkingof innovativewaysofselfgovernance. ‘ANationCelebrates’broadensthescopeoffreedombybringingtogetherissuesofliteracyand self governance as the true essence behind any freedom movement. ThejourneytakesustotheheartofruralIndiawherewomenlikeSavitri,InduLekha,Devkinandanhavewiththeireffortsundertakenadifferentjourneyrealisingtheirtruepotentialbydoingthingsdifferently.

Arabic http://goo.gl/jg42PC Portuguesehttp://goo.gl/9lvKZPEnglish http://goo.gl/IvxGnh Pushto http://goo.gl/YGd2TkGerman http://goo.gl/3DPGqw Russianhttp://goo.gl/UUV1rcJapanese http://goo.gl/NwIwdf Spanish http://goo.gl/52lLyQPersian http://goo.gl/nwxAv7

ALand,StrangelyFamiliar

Director:AparnaSanyal

DifferentcontoursofIndo-Nepalrelationship


Thisfilmisanexpressionofthefilmmaker’sexperiencesasshetravelsextensivelythroughthecountryofNepalandfindsstoriesof its relationshipwith India thatgobeyondtheboundariesofhistory,politicsandgeography.Basedonthevibrantrelationshipbetweenthetwocountries,theFilmisaculturaltoolthatstrivestoevokeawarenessagainstpreconceivednotionsand support thedevelopmentofinter-culturalempathyandcross-borderexchange.

Arabic http://goo.gl/qVubQNSpanish http://goo.gl/pXn65JFrench http://goo.gl/5sNX8NEnglish http://goo.gl/nW8DLl


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A People’s ProjectAfilmonIBSA


ThegrowingrelationshipbetweenIndia,BrazilandSouthAfrica.


‘APeople’sProject’discussestherelationshipbetweenthreecountries:India,BrazilandSouthAfrica(IBSA).Alongwithsharingsimilarities-rangingfromeconomicandpolitical,toculturalandsocial-thethreecountriesalsohavesimilaraspirations.Thefilmpresents someof the linkages alreadybeing forgedbetween the threenations: how soap operas based on Indian themes have become very popularin Brazil; and how the IPL cricket brought South Africa closer to India. The filminterviews dignitaries from the three countries, all ofwhom are very optimisticabout the growing ties among the three nations, and their combined ability toprovide leadership to the world.

English http://goo.gl/5lHVIR

Development

APerfectBlendTeafromtheEasternHimalayas

Director:AlokeBanerjee,JaydipMukherjee

AvisualessayonthecelebratedteafromDarjeelingandAssam.

‘PerfectBlend’presentstheuniqueaspectsofteafromDarjeelingandAssam.Usingcontinuouscommentaryonvisualsoftheteagardens,processingandconsumptionoftea,thefilmpresentstwocasestudies,ofDarjeelingandAssamtea.InDarjeelingtheteaisgrownonhillyslopesandthecultivationwasbegunbyanEnglishman.87gardensproduce11millionkgsofteaannuallyandit’sgoldencolourandaromais known all over theworld. In contrast Assam tea is grown at sea level in theBrahmaputravalley,whichisthesinglelargestbasinintheworldtoproducetea.It’sbecomingwellknownglobally for it’sstrong,brisker,maltflavourandbrightcolour.

English http://goo.gl/XVOaMS


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Environment

ARiveranditsValley

Director:JahnuBarua

ThemyriadculturesandlivelihoodsystemsthathaveevolvedinthevalleyscarvedoutbytheriverBrahmaputra.


Thefilmtraces thedifferentculturesand lifestyleson thebanksof900km longjourneyoftheriverBrahmaputrainIndia.TheriverstartsitsjourneyintheTibetanPlateau as Tsang-Po, enters India flowing through the north-eastern states ofArunachalPradeshandAssamandexiststoBangladeshflowingoutintotheBayofBengalasPadma.InIndiatheriversupportsthelivingculturesandlivelihoodsof30millionpeopleofdifferentethnicity.Thefilmpresentsaseriesofculturalpracticesthataredominatedby the river.Thefilmalsoexplores severalmyths related totheriver.Thefilmusesthemeanderingrivertoexplorethecultural,politicalandeconomiclifeofthepeoplewholiveontheriverbanks.

English http://goo.gl/eDP9Lg

APerfectMatch

ByArchanaKapoor

Thefilm“APerfectMatch”showcasesthedeep-rootedalliancebetweentheIndiaandtheRepublicofKoreawithreferencetoeconomy,geo-politics,educationandculture. From the important role of a non-aligned India during the KoreanWar(1950-53)totheproactivebilateralculturalandeconomicengagementbetweenthetwonationsandthefacetsthatelevatestherelationshipintostrategicpartnership.Thefilmnotonlycapturesthedeepeningofthetiesfromaneconomicperspectivebutalsoencapsulatesthelongstandinghistoricalandculturaltiesinaninterestingand engaging manner.

TiesbetweenIndiaandtheRepublicofKorea


English http://goo.gl/w8arJt


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Environment

ARiver’sStoryTheQuestfortheBrahmaputra

Director:JahnuBarua

ThestoryofthelargestriverinIndia,theBrahmaputra,andthelivesthatflourishedandperishedalongitsshores.


‘TheQuest for theBrahmaputra’ is a journey along the courseofBrahmaputra,the largest river in India.Originating fromTibet as river Tsang-Po, Brahmaputratravels throughthehillsandplateausofTibet,entering theplainsofAssamandfinallymergeswiththeBayofBengalthroughBangladesh.Changingitsnamesixtimes throughout its journey, the Brahmaputra is equivalent to Navarasa, thenineemotions;sometimescalmandsilent,asifinameditativemood,sometimesdestructivelikeamonster.Thefilmportraysthecultureandlivelihoodsthathaveflourishedalongtheriver.Overhalfamillionpeoplearedependentontheriver,whichalsohasreligiousimportanceintheirlives‘TheQuestfortheBrahmaputra’isaquestthatendswiththesilentanswerfromafisherman,whenaskedabouttheirdependenceeventhoughtheriverissodestructive.

Arabic http://goo.gl/zY6oKm Japanese http://goo.gl/9LuubOEnglish http://goo.gl/wzv6sM Russian http://goo.gl/Z0HYGRFrench http://goo.gl/CGa6hI Spanish http://goo.gl/IJXd2eGermanhttp://goo.gl/7fFE4b

History

AShortHistoryofIndianSpices

Director:ShantanuDey

Indianspices-forwhichbattleshavebeenfought,voyageshavesetsailandhistorywritten.


Spiceshavebeenanessentialpartofhumancivilisation.IntheIndiancivilisationtoo, trading of spices has been integrally connected to its history. Spices weretraded through India right from the time of Romans. Between the 7th to 15thcenturies,ArabmerchantssuppliedspicestoEurope,andforaverylongtimetheykepttheirsourceofspicesinIndiaacloselyguardedsecret.Manyseavoyagessetsail fromEurope in searchof India for its spices.Overtime, spices began to beexploitedcommerciallybyforeigntraders.Ayurvedabelievedthatspices,withtheirmedicinalqualities,couldinfusehealthintothediet.Forcenturies,thesocialsystemofmedicinewascloselylinkedtotheculinarycultureofancientIndia.Todaytheworldofspiceskeepsreinventingitselfandfuellingtheeconomiesoftheworld.

English http://goo.gl/DBCYlB

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Democracy

ATaleofTwoCities-MumbaiandBombayDirector:SarojSatyanarayan

Ataleofthemultiplecitieswithinacity-themultitudeofpeopleandtheirstories,andthemanyprivatehistoriesthatmakeupthecityofMumbai.


ThelayersofhistoryandmultiplicityofpeopleresidinginMumbaiisastounding.Butwhattheyhaveincommonwitheachotherisarestlessnessandasinglemindedpursuittomakeitbig.‘ATaleofTwoCities-MumbaiandBombay’isadiscoverythroughlanguages,kinshipstructures,culturesofthediversityandconsciousnessofaMumbaidweller.Thecityhasthedensestrailwaynetwork,withmorethan6millionpeoplecommutingeveryday.MumbaiportisthebusiestandlargestinIndiawithover40%ofthemaritimetradepassingfromthisdockalone.Mumbaiofferssomethingneweverytimeonelooksoutofthewindow.

English http://goo.gl/1jtb9w

History

AWorldofBeautyandGraceIslamic Architecture of India

Director:BenoyK.Behl

ThevariationsinIndo-Islamicarchitecturevis-a-visvariationsinrulers,regionsandtimes.


IslamicarchitectureinIndiaisavastrepertoireofdistinctstylesandmaterials.Thevariationsinstyleasonetravelstodifferentpartsofthecountryarerepresentativeofaconfluenceofcultures.Muchscholarshiphasbeendevoted tostudying theconvergence of Islamic architecture with existing Indian architecture. However,what often tends to get elided in this kind of an investigation of medievalarchitecture isthatthegrandMughalnarrativewasprecededbyarich250yearoldarchitecturalheritageofOttomans,TurksandArabs.AnotheraspectthatgetsneglectedisthemanywaysinwhichthedifferentstrandsofIslam-Mughal,Sufi,ShiaandOttomanamongothers-are inconversationwitheachother.Thefilm,alongwithhistorians,travelstodifferentlocationsinthecountrytorevealsomeoftheseinterestingfacetstomedievalartandarchitecture.Arabic http://goo.gl/aZeObAEnglish http://goo.gl/KhqStoFrench http://goo.gl/oRqc8yPortuguese http://goo.gl/9LCOAaRussian http://goo.gl/IgNKveSpanish http://goo.gl/oLYD2Q

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Plurality

Aao Hajj Karen

Director:MazahirRahim

AfictionalapproachtospreadawarenessabouttheHajjandthecorrectwaystobehavebefore,duringandaftertheHajj.


TheannualpilgrimagetoMeccaisanaspirationforMuslimsallovertheworld,soitisfortheIndianMuslims.‘AaoHajjKarein’providesawarenessabouttheHajj,theannualpilgrimagetoMecca.ThedetailsoftheHajjaregiventhroughaninteractionthat aMaulavi haswith the students of hisMadrasa. The film gives proceduraldetails abouthow toapply forHajj, thedocuments thatarenecessary,etc. ThefilmalsoprovidesinformationaboutthenecessaryitemstocarryandwhatshouldpilgrimsdoonreachingMecca,MadinaandJiddah.ThefilmshowsactualvisualsoftheHajjandthenarrationtellsthestoryandthehistoryofMeccaandHajj.

English http://goo.gl/nreknn

Culture&Lifestyle

AbidingGraceGlimpsesoftheNorthEast

Director:GautamBora

Exploringtheculture,landscapeandhistoryoftheNorthEasternstatesofIndia.


‘AbidingGrace’isaninformativefilmontheculture,landscapeandhistoryoftheNorthEastofIndia.IttakesusthroughthesevenstatesintheNorthEast,namelyMeghalaya,Assam,Nagaland,Manipur,Tripura,MizoramandArunachalPradesh.NorthEastIndiahasapredominantlyhumidsub-tropicalclimatewithhot,humidsummers,severemonsoonsandmildwinters.AlongwiththewestcoastofIndia,thisregionhassomeoftheIndiansubcontinent’slastremainingrainforests.Thecultural traditions are not confined to themes of divine love but also include astronginfluenceofmythologythatpeoplecaneasilyidentifywith.Thefilmtravelstoeachstateandvisuallynarratesthetraditions,dancesandpracticesalongwiththedistinctlandscapesofeachofthesevenstates.

Arabic http://goo.gl/EAXd5VEnglish http://goo.gl/d53WGUFrench http://goo.gl/pKjv1cPortuguese http://goo.gl/pVHI4VRussian http://goo.gl/JFFe6xSpanish http://goo.gl/E1Y0DS

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Portraits

Adoor:AJourneyinFrames

Director:RajivMehrotra

ChronologicallypresentsglimpsesfromthefilmsthatAdoorGopalakrishnadirected.


‘Adoor:AJourneyinFrames’isacinematicportraitoftherenownedfilmmakerAdoorGopalakrishnan.Considered tobeoneof themastersof IndianCinema,Adoor’screativeimpulseisshapedbyhistimes,thecontemporarypoliticsandthepristinebeautyofhishomestateKerala.ThedocumentarychroniclesthedevelopmentoftheartistbyusingclipsfromfilmsthatAdoordirected.Infact,filmclipsformthemainnarrativeofthedocumentaryandtheirextensiveuseallowstheviewertogetaglimpseoftheartisticouvre,styleandgenreoffilmsthatAdoordirected.Thefilmalsochroniclesthevariousawardsthefilmmakerwonandinterweavesthemwithexcerpts from interviewswith thedirector, andvisualsofhis livingandworkingenvironment.

English http://goo.gl/24xFN3

Spanish http://goo.gl/GMeznY

Develoment

Adorning the World

Director: Arun Chadha

StoryoftheIndianJewelleryIndustryanditsgrowth.


Indian jewellery designs and styles, both classic and contemporary, have aprominentplaceintheinternationalmarketandarewornbypeopletheworldover,fromcelebritiestoroyalty.Indiaisoneofthelargestconsumersofgoldintheworldandoneofthebiggestinternationalsourcingdestinationsforhigh-qualitydesignerjewellery. Jewels can be traced back to pre-Indus times and have throughoutplayedakeyroleinthesocio-culturalandreligiouslifeofdiversecommunities.TheFilmexploressomeoftheseaspects,whilecelebratingtheentrepreneurialspiritofIndianartists.

English http://goo.gl/9exvLN

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Adventure Sports in India

Director: Col. Kapoor

ThedifferentadventuresportsinIndia


Thediverselyendowed landscapeof India is thehotbed for theadventuresportenthusiastswhothrongtovariouspartsofthecountryandengageinavarietyofsports-fromskiingtomountaintrekking,fromrockclimbingtoparagliding,riverrafting to Safari, and much more. The film captures this burgeoning landscapeofadventuresportsthat isattractingbothdomesticandinternationaltouriststoexperiencetheexploratoryquestofanadrenalinedrivenadventure.

English http://goo.gl/GbKU0bFrench http://goo.gl/SYla1TGerman http://goo.gl/bPIkibSpanish http://goo.gl/hdSC5J

Gender Gender

Adya-Unbounded

Director: Aradhana Kohli and Sabia Khan

TheupbringingofIndianwomenandtheexpectationslaiduponthembysocietyand themselves.


‘Adya–Unbounded’isafilmabouttheadvancementofwomenintheIndiansociety.ThefilmhasinterviewswithsuccessfulIndianwomenlikeKiranBediandShabanaAzmi,whotalkaboutthestrength,courageanddepthoftheIndianwoman.Thefilmtalksaboutthedifferentrolesofmother,sister,aunt,etc.,thatawomanhastoplay,abouttheexpectationslaiduponthembysocietyandtheexpectationstheylayuponthemselves.Indianwomenhavebeenleadingthecountryintherecentpastandhaveprovedthemselvesinallwalksoflife.However,thefilmalsopointsout,thatthebalancebetweenthemaleandfemaleisalsoimportant,becauseeachisimperativefortheothertoexist,togrow,tobecomecomplementaryhalvesofa whole.

English http://goo.gl/508h1j

French http://goo.gl/WTbeqd

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Development

Agriculture FirstAchievementsinAgriculturalSciencesandTechnologyinIndia

Director:Mohi-Ud-DinMirza

Thehistoryofaccomplishmentthroughtheuseoftechnologyinmeetingfoodsecurity.


‘AgricultureFirst’retracesthedevelopingofagriculturebreedingandfishinginIndiaduringthelast60yearsfromthefirstgreenrevolutiontothenewachievementsingeneticresearch.Througharchivevideoand interviewsthisfilmexplainshowfoodproductionhas increaseddramatically in response to thegrowingneedsofaburgeoningpopulationand indoingso itshinesapositive lightonprogressasa fundamental element for thewell-being of rural population. Food productionisagrowingsectorintoday’sIndiathankstoprogressandresearch.“AgricultureFirst”isthehistoryofthegoalsthatIndiahasaccomplishedinfindingnewwaystoproduce and to distribute aliments.

English http://goo.gl/7fwJYE

Development

AnIndianSymphony

Director: Yasmin Kidwai

ThestoryofIndia’seconomicprogressanditseffectsonthenation.


‘AnIndianSymphony’isaboutIndia’seconomicprogress.Inthebeginningofthe20thcentury,Indiaemergedasaneconomicpowerthroughthepolicychanges.Therepercussionswerepositive.Therewasaboostinthetelecommunicationsindustry,automobile industry and in the field of Information Technology. The number ofnewentrepreneursincreased.Thechangeineconomychangedthelifestyleofthepeopleaswell.ThefilmshowshowtheIndianconsumerhasaplethoraofoptions,givinghimthepowertogethisdemandsmet.Differentbusinessesarefeatured,includingtheDabbawalas,whohavecontributedtothegrowthofIndia.

Arabic http://goo.gl/N9NY6eEnglish http://goo.gl/uDLfMyFrench http://goo.gl/yMbcDpPortuguese http://goo.gl/oofuAQSpanish http://goo.gl/iETQNF

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Plurality

AnIndivisibleUnityPart 1

Director:TarunMathur

Athree-partseriesonthevaluablecontributionofIndianMuslimsinbuildingthefoundationofasecularIndia.


SincethearrivalofIslaminIndiawithinahundredyearsofitsinception,HindusandMuslimscoexistedforcenturies.Butbothsuffereddevastatinghardshipsduringthepartitionofthecountry,thattookdecadestoheal.Withthishistoricalbackground,thefilmpaintsawidecanvasoftheinvaluablecontributionMuslimshavemadeinnationbuildingpostindependence.LeaderslikeMaulanaAzad,RafiAhmedKidwaiandZakirHussainstrivedtogiveasecular,democraticdimensiontothepolity.AligarhMuslimUniversityandJamiaMillia Islamiaareprovidingworldclasseducation insociety. Traditional Islamic institutions like Darul Uloom are integrating moderneducationaltechniqueswhilemaintainingtheclassicalmethodology.IndiahasseeninvaluablecontributionofeminentMuslimpersonalities inscience,armedforces,administrativeservices,business,filmindustry,literature,fineandperformingarts.Arabic http://goo.gl/PAQYRKEnglish http://goo.gl/BaIbCdFrench http://goo.gl/pqgmlxGerman http://goo.gl/LYL5cYPersian http://goo.gl/XETWIXRussian http://goo.gl/kpyDse

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Part2focusesoneducationandunemployment,twoofthemostcriticalproblemsfacedbythebulkoftheMuslimcommunityinIndia.EminentMuslimpersonalitiesexplainhowmostofthequalifiedMuslimsleftforPakistanduringpartition,leavingtheunderprivilegedtofendforthemselves.Thiscausedavacuuminalargesectionwhohadnotraditionofeducationorcompetition.ThefilmshowshowtraditionalMuslim institutions likeDarulUloomandothers introducedmoderneducationaltoolswithtraditionalmethodsoflearning,makingstudentspartofthemainstream.Institutions such as Mass Communication Research Centre of the Jamia MilliaUniversity provide world class education in media. The film simultaneouslyshowcasestheimmensetalentofthecommunitythroughtheirexquisiteartisanalproducts that are appreciated worldwide.Arabic http://goo.gl/1JsvHkEnglish http://goo.gl/pDvKYDFrench http://goo.gl/ZR7XubGerman http://goo.gl/IG3sSDPersian http://goo.gl/eCh9VIRussian http://goo.gl/RxNXos

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Part3focusesonculturalintegration.SufismandBhakticultinthemedievalperiodledtothefusionofacommonculturalheritagebetweenHindusandMuslims,aculturethatisuniquelyIndian.Inallwalksoflife,thiscultureisreverberated.KhwajaMoinuddinChistiandNizamuddinAwliaarereveredbyallcommunities in India.PoetryofAmirKhusrauandQawwaligofarbeyondnarrowconfinesofreligion.Thefilmcitesmanyotherinstancesofcoexistenceandcultural integrationinhistory,whether inplacesofworship, festivalsorwaysof life.Thefilmfinallyshowsthemorecontemporaryareasofcultural integration.Bollywood isperhapsthemostlivingexampleofthisculturewhereMuslimactorsaretheheartthrobsofthenation.Throughsimilarexamplesinsports,businessandmusic,thefilmunderscoresthecontributionMuslimshavemadetobuildatolerantandliberalIndia.

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Art & Culture

AnekaRasa

Director: Angana Jhaveri

AseriesofsimilaritiesbetweendifferentartformsinIndiaandIndonesia.


WhiletheculturaltiesbetweenIndiaandIndonesiadatebacktothefirstcenturyAD,‘AnekaRasa’presentsahostofmoderndaysimilarities.ThefilmpresentsuniquelocaldevelopmentofIndiancultureinIndonesiaandthestunningsimilaritybetweenIndonesiandancestylesandIndianones.IslamapparentlywenttoIndonesiafromIndiainthe16thcenturyAD.Today,IslamisthemajorityreligioninIndonesiaandRamayana,averypopularlegend,isperformedbyMuslimperformers.InIndiatoo,differentlocalvariationsofRamayanaandMahabharataexist.Therearesimilaritiesinlanguage,meaning,textiles,musicalinstruments,artformsandtheplaceofartinhumanlife.MovingseamlesslybetweenIndiaandIndonesia,thefilmpresentsaseriesofsimilaritiesbetweendifferentartformsInIndiaandIndonesia.

English http://goo.gl/Ajagbh

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Science&Technology

Animare-ADigitalStory

Director: Aaradhana Kohli Kapur

ThegrowthoftheanimationindustryinIndiaanditsplaceinthemediascapeofthecountry.


Movement defines life for us and to be able to createmovement is to be abletorecreatetheessenceof life.Animationhasthispowertobreathelife intotheinanimate andmake it amagical experience, especially when it involves tellingastory. India isrelativelya lateentrant intheworldofanimation.However,theanimationindustryinIndiatodayissaidtobeworthUS$500millionandgrowingatan impressive22percent.Thefilmchronicles India’sdramaticentry into thepulsatingarenaofanimation.Bringingouttheskills,creativityandtechnicalacumenofkeyplayers, thefilmexplores theupcoming trends in thisnicheareaand theIndian companies that are scaling up to compete with the best in the business.

English http://goo.gl/LRVdEj

Plurality

Are You Listening?

Director:JoydeepGhosh,SantanuMitra

ThephilosophyandpoetryoftheBaulsofWestBengalandtheirmessageoflove,peace and tolerance.


Inthebackdropoftoday’sworldof intolerance,wherethefearofunknownandunfamiliarisrulingsupreme,agroupofpeopleinWestBengalcalledBaulandFakir,whoaretheoutcomeoftheBhaktiandtheMarfatiSufimovements,arecelebratingthedifferencesanddiversityofcivilisationthroughtheirsongsand lifestyle. ‘Areyoulistening?’goesupclosetothepoetswhosingofloveandtoleranceandfindsthattheylivebytheprinciplesthattheypreach.ThewanderingminstrelsofBengalaretheonamissiontospreadthemessageofpeaceandloveinaworldmarkedbyintoleranceanddifference.

English http://goo.gl/Hm9TkE

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History

BacktoGondwanaland

Director:RajivChawla

TravellingbacktoGondwanalandtorediscovertheculturalrootsofanation.


Indiahasavastculturalhistorythathasbeenshapedbytravel,wavesofmigrationandtherefore,interactionsofitspeoplewithothermilieus.Forcenturies,saints,scholars and traders have traversed land and sea to discover newer horizons.‘BacktoGondwanaland’tracksateamofexplorerswhosetoutforthe25,200kmGondwanaland todiscover India’s evolutionaryheritageand renew thetimelessbonds with its geological cousins of West Asia and Africa.

English http://goo.gl/vqO2Qw

Art & Culture

BambooFluteBirahBhariyoGharAanganKone,Part1

Director: Kumar Shahani

‘BambooFlute’worksthroughthecreativemodeofmusicwiththecinematographicelaborationsuggestedbytheactualplayingoftheflute.


‘BambooFlute’worksthroughthecreativemodeofmusicalaswellcinematographicelaboration suggested by the actual playing of the flute. Through parallel andotherconfigurations,differentmelodiclinesmaypositionthemselvesintimeandspace to suggest that the creativeact is also the comparisongeneratedby themetaphysicsoftheflute.Theformofthefilmevolvesfromthemusicalityandthespecificsofitsvisualcorrespondenceinarchitecture,dance,poetryandintersectingaxesofcolorandnarrative.Adeeplymeditativefilm,andonethatchallengedtheestablishednormofdocumentaries,bydevelopingaformwherethevisualfollowsandisshapedbyaudio/music,thefilmisacelebratedandacknowledgedstepinthesearchfornewaestheticsofcinema.

English http://goo.gl/Gz248Y

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Art & Culture

BambooFluteBirahBhariyoGharAanganKone,Part2


ThefilmBamboofluteworksthroughthecreativemodeofmusicwiththecinematographicelaborationsuggestedbyactualplayingoftheflute.


‘BambooFlute’ isamusical journey intothehistory,mythandevocationsofthemelodic rhythmsof theflute,anancientmusical instrument,havingahistoryofmore than 4000 years. The flute is almost always associated with Krishna, theflutebearerandthefilmgesturestothis inmanyways. ImagesofancientstonemonumentsdissolveintoimagesofPt.HariprasadChaurasia,flutemaestro,playingclassicalHindustaniragasontheflute.Thesoundofthefluteonthesoundtrackisvisuallydepictedwithimagesofthesea,ofwavesmovinggentlyacrosstheshoreandoffishermencastingtheirnets.Thegracefuldancerdancestothemelodiesoftheflute,gesturingthearrivalofmonsoon.Thefilmusespoetry,storiesandmythtoexplore the intersectionsof rhythmsof theflutewitharchitecture, literature,history,danceandart,amongstothers.

English http://goo.gl/k7WOSc

Culture&Lifestyle

Bandhan

Director: Anurradha Prasad

AnIndianWedding:Celebratingthejoyfulmeetingoftwosouls.


‘Bandhan’isaboutatypicalNorthIndianweddinginallitsgrandeur.Throughanenactmentofamarriage,thefilmshowshowanIndianarrangedmarriagehappens-fromfindingthegroomtothewedding.Ananya,daughterofMr.andMrs.Kocchar,isgettingmarried.Theengagementisasmallfunction,butthemarriageisgrand.StartingfromtheHaldiceremonytilltheShaadi,celebrationfillstheatmosphere.Althoughsadabouttheirdaughterleavinghomeforever,theKoccharsarehappyforthenewlifethatAnanyaisabouttobegin.Thenewlywedsarealsoexcited.Thefilmbeautifullycapturesallthevibrantceremonieswhichformthecrucialpartofan Indian wedding.

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Defence

BeatingtheRetreatAMusicalDream

Director:VivekVerma

Acoloniallegacytheceremony‘BeatingtheRetreat’formallyclosestheRepublicDaycelebrationseachyear.


A colonial legacy inherited from theBritish, this ceremony ‘Beating theRetreat’formally closes theRepublicDay celebrationson the29thof Januaryeachyear.Originally amilitary ceremonydatingback to16th centuryEngland,Beating theRetreatwasfirstusedinordertorecallnearbypatrollingunitstotheircastle.HeldattheVijayChowk,inthebackgroundoftheRashtrapatiBhavan,thisceremonyhasthecapacitytoevokeagreatnationalistprideamongstlistenersandaudiences.ThefilmexploresthemusicofBeatingtheRetreat.Exploringitshistoricalemergence,locatingquotes fromVedictimesonmartialmusic, thefilmpresents themyriadbandsandtheirrigouroustrainingtopreparethemtoperformattheBeatingtheRetreat.

English http://goo.gl/1PSDcj

Portrait

Benegal’sNewCinema

Director:IramGhufran

AfilmonthelifeandfilmsofShyamBenegal


AdocumentaryonthefilmsofShyamBenegal,thatexploresthetime,ethosandconcernsoftheNewCinemaMovementinIndiathroughhisoeuvre.ApioneerintheNewCinemaMovement,withintheHindifilmindustry,Benegal’scareerspansfourdecadesof consistentwork. Thefilm isa foray into themindof thisgreatfilmmakerandanattempttounderstandhismotivationsandimpulsesformakingcinema.

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ThegrowthoftheIndianfoodindustry


Indian cuisine has, in the last few years, conquered palettes across the world.Indiancurryhasfamouslyprecipitatedanewwaveofflavoursinworldcuisine.ThisupsurgehasledtoarenewedinterestinstudyingtheculturalheritageandcharacterofIndianfood.Intheprocess,newwaysofdiscoveringvariousindigenouspracticesand regional flavours has further accelerated interest in the Indian cuisine. ThefilmlooksatthisgrowthintheIndianfoodindustrythathasledtoanaccretionofdedicated food channels, cookbooks, restaurants and ready-madeproducts thathavecreatedafecundglobalmarketforthesame.

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English http://goo.gl/6D1xzI Russian http://goo.gl/dXuUxp

French http://goo.gl/EvGtVi Spanish http://goo.gl/j6s2D9

Culture&Lifestyle

BeyondChickenTikkaMasala

Director:ArunKumarT.R.

Development

BeyondMidnight

Director:ArunKumarT.R.

ThejourneyofIndiaasadevelopingnation.


‘BeyondMidnight’ is about thedevelopment thathas takenplace in India sinceindependence.Fromtherisingmiddleclasstoconsumerism,Indiahasseenalotof change. In the fields of healthcare, education and business too, there havebeensignificantdevelopment.Thechangesinaspirationandperceptionshaveleadtowomen’sempowermentandhashelpedshape thenation for the future.TheeconomicdiplomacyhashelpedinattractingforeigntouristswithIndiabecomingaprominenttouristdestination.ThefilmshowshowIndiahasbecomeaniconforthedevelopingcountriesbyredefiningprioritieswiththechangingtimes.

English http://goo.gl/ZrwIrz

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Art & Culture

BeyondTradition

Director:RajeshS.Jala

ThegenesisandgrowthofcontemporarydancepracticesinIndia.


‘BeyondTradition’isajourneyintotheworldofcontemporarydancepracticesofIndiaandthestruggleofanewdanceformtobreakthroughthetraditionalmoulds.ThefilmexploresthegenesisandgrowthofcontemporarydancepracticesinIndia,therootsofitsnarrativestructureandthestruggletoetchanidentityforitselfintheIndiandancerepertoire.Thefilmdocumentsthepathbreakingworksofeminentdancers like Daksha Seth, Anita Ratnam, AditiMangaldas andMallika Sarabhai.Thoughthematicallydifferentfromeachother,theirworksfindacommongroundinpushingthe limitsofphysicality indanceand in trying tofindanewmodeofexpressionthatistiedtotherootsofculturalmemory.

English http://goo.gl/jCeVHh

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Bhavantarana


LifeofGuruKelucharanMohapatraandhislovefortheclassicaldanceform.


Guru Kelucharan Mohapatra is one of the greatest exponents of the classicaldance formofOdissi. Likemosthighlyevolved formsofart,Odissidancedrawsfromtheenergyofsculpture,painting, literatureanditsprecedentdanceforms.GuruKelucharanMohapatrawasbornin1926inRaghurajpur,avillageinOrissa.Hehasdedicatedhis life to refining thedance formbychisellingoutanelegantstructuralnicheforit-inallthatissacredinart.Throughaseriesofperformances,poetryandexcerptsfromGuruKelucharanMohapatra’slife,thefilmtravelsbacktoatimeinIndiawheredancewaslookeduponasaformofprayer.Duringthisbeautifulperiod,dancewasnotlookedconsideredfeminine,whenmenwerealsokeenpatronsandteachersofdance.However,astimeshavechanged,womenhavegraduallytakenoverthisartform.

English http://goo.gl/sWJR2O

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Art & Culture

BhinnaShadjaNote Extraordinaire

Director:AmolPalekar,SandhyaGokhale

AnexplorationoftheingeniousmusicaltreatiseevolvedbyGanasaraswatiPadmavibhushanKishoriAmonkar.


‘Bhinna Shadja’, a film on the unparalleled contributions of GanasaraswatiPadmavibhushanKishoriAmonkar(fondlyknownasTai)toIndianclassicalmusic,isalsoanexplorationoflargerdebatesonthenatureofartitself.Oftencriticisedfor experimenting with classical traditions of the Japiur-Atrauli Gharana, Tainonetheless strove in her passionate resolve to emphasise evocation ofmoodsover an orthodox rendition of ragas. This vilification by conservatives howeverdidnotdeterheraudiencesandothercontemporaryartistsfromappreciatinghertranscendentalaesthetics.Thefilmexploressomeof thesequestionsasnot justpertaining to her own life but as artistic dilemmas that resonate inmanyothercontexts.Tai’sapprehensionthatwithagehermusicmightbegintoeludeherisalsooneofthemostfundamentalpredicamentsthatartistsface.

English http://goo.gl/pqDiwA

Development

BhutanFortressoftheGods

Director:MovingPictureCompany

ThesuccessfulblendingofcultureandspiritualitywiththetransitiontomodernismbytheKingofBhutan.


‘Bhutan-Fortressof theGods’ tells thestoryofmodernisationofBhutanunderthe leadershipofKing JigmeSingeWangchuk.Creditedwith followingapathofmodernisationthatbalanceslocalculturalneedswitheconomicdevelopmenttheKingcoinedthedefiner‘grossnationalhappiness.’Bhutanisauniqueexampleofaconstitutionalmonarchythatharmoniouslyblendstogetheritsculturalheritage,spiritual moorings and practices, political ideology and its economic ambitions.The film visually evokes modern Bhutan, tucked away in the Himalayas andsurroundedbyhugenationslikeIndiaandChina,inallitsvariousforms.Thefilmsalsoreferstoitsrich,culturalandreligioushistory.Bhutanisauniquestory,asthefilmdemonstrates,ofanationbuildingitsowndemocracyincompliancewithitsparticularcharacterandhistory.

English http://goo.gl/rsxE4t

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Art & Culture

BismillahandBenaras

Director: Juhi Sinha

ThesymbioticrelationshipbetweentheshehnaimaestroBismillahKhanandthecityofBenaras.


The holy city of Benaras, situated on the banks of the river Ganges has beenresponsible for shaping the nature of art and inspiring artists for generations.‘Bismillah and Banaras’ traces the symbiotic relationship between the ShehnaimaestroBismillahKhanandthecityofBenaras.Asayoungboy,Bismillahwouldplay the Shehnai everyday at theKashiVishwanath temple - a tradition that hecontinuedovertheyears.Inhistravelsacrosstheworld,BismillahremarksthathiseyesarecapableofseeingandimaginingonlyBenaras.BismillahKhanwasawardedtheBharatRatnaawardforhiscontributiontotheworldofIndianclassicalmusicandforraisingthestatusoftheShehnaitothelevelofaconcertinstrument.ThisfilmisatributetothesheergeniusofamusicianandalsohisloveforthecityofBenaras.

English http://goo.gl/VcPtPy

BlendingBorders:AfricaIndiaForumSummit-II

ByAnuRadha

The2ndAfricaIndiaForumSummitheldinMay,2011inAddisAbaba

Duration:29MinutesYearofProduction:2012

The2ndAfricaIndiaForumSummitwasheldinMay2011inAddisAbaba,capitalofEthiopia,theseatoftheAfricanUnion.Itpavedthewayofanewandstrengthenedrelationship based on the principles of mutual cooperation which would bebeneficialforboth.‘BlendingBorders’highlightsthekeyinitiativesoutlinedinthesummitalongwiththepeople-to-peopleconnectthathappenedatasocio-culturallevel.

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BollywoodMeinHindi

Director:ManojRaghuvanshi

ThesymbioticrelationshipbetweenBollywoodandHindi.


FilmedontheoccasionoftheWorldHindiconference,thisfilmdemonstratesthesymbioticrelationshipbetweenBollywoodandHindi.ThefilmhighlightsBollywood’scontributioninthegrowingpopularityofHindi,notonlyinthenon-HindispeakingregionsofIndia,butalsointernationally.EminentBollywoodpersonalitiessuchasYashChopra,SubhashGhai,ShyamBenegal,JavedAkhtar,andactorssuchasRishiKapoor,ShatrughanSinha,AmitabhBachhan,HemaMalini,amongothers,sharetheirpersonalexperiencesontheextentHindifilmshavebecomepopularallovertheworld,beitthroughtheirstories,dialoguesormusic.NotonlyareBollywoodstarsrecognizedtodayineverycorneroftheglobe,risingboxofficereturnsfromtheglobalfilmmarketalsoprovesthatmanymorepeopleallovertheworldarewatchingHindifilmsandidentifyingHindiasaprimarylanguageofIndia.

English http://goo.gl/JSiVD2


BondingwithAfrica

Director: Anita Saluja

IndiaandAfrica’sfriendship,culturalties,sharedhistoryaswellassharedeconomic interests.


‘BondingwithAfrica’highlights IndiaandAfrica’sfriendship,culturalties,sharedhistoryaswell as sharedeconomic interests.Having stood together shoulder toshoulder with Africa in its struggle against colonisation and apartheid, India isemerging as a dynamic partner inAfrica’s ambitious agenda for socio-economicdevelopment. The partnership is sustained by growing trade and investments,technologydrivenprojects,skillsdevelopmentprogramsandinnovativemethodsof providing concessional finance. ‘Bondingwith Africa’ captures the dynamismembeddedintherapidlyevolvingrelationshipbetweenIndiaandAfrica.

English http://goo.gl/ei8e10

French http://goo.gl/LRLvuR

Portuguese http://goo.gl/fyOqzj

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Gender

BreakingBarriersThenewIndianwomen

Director: Pallav Das

Howdeterminationandsupportcanallowwomentobreakgenderstereotypesand become independent.


TheroleofwomeninIndiaischangingrapidly.‘BreakingBarriers’showsdifferentexamplesofwomenwhochosetoworkanddeveloptheirprofessionalskills,andintheprocesschangedtheirroleinsociety.InBangalore,ArtiworksasamechanicandRajownsanindustrialtoolfactory.InRajasthan,wherewaterisinshortsupply,the government along with NGOs have trained women to build and maintainhandpumps.Thefilmshowshowworkingwomencanleadanindependentlifeandbreakgenderstereotypes.

English http://goo.gl/KJjvwv


BridgesOfFriendship

Director:NandanKudhyadi

TheInternationalFleetReviewheldinIndiaon15February2001.


Onthemorningof15thFebruary2001,Mumbaiharbourwasteemingwithover100shipsfrom19countriesastheyassembledfortheInternationalFleetReviewhostedbytheIndianNavy.‘BridgesOfFriendship’documentsthespectaculareventthatbroughtelitefleetsfromaroundtheworldtoIndia.ContingentsfromtheNavyfrom19 countries participatedwith their Chiefs. Attending Chiefs ofNaval stafffromforeignnationswereceremoniallyreceivedbytheChiefoftheIndianNavy,AdmiralSushilKumar.TheChiefsparticipatedintheeventandsharedperception,exchangedgiftsandpledgedco-operation.TheobjectiveoftheInternationalFleetReviewwas toenhanceco-operation, spiritof friendshipandsolidaritybetweenthedifferentnationsviatheirNavalfleets.

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Development

BridgingtheGapBetweenIndiaandBharatMahatmaGandhiNationalRuralEmploymentGuaranteeAct

Director:PuneetaRoy

TheinceptionoftheMahatmaGandhiNationalRuralEmploymentGuaranteeAct(MGNREGA)andit’simplementationinfourstatesinIndia.


TheMahatmaGandhiNational Rural EmploymentGuaranteeAct (MGNREGA) isconsidered tobea revolutionarypolicy in Indiawith respect to labourandruralpoverty.StructuredasapersonalexplorationofthepredicamentthatmarksIndiangrowthanddevelopment-aneverwideningchasmbetweentherichandthepoor-thefilmlooksattheimplementationoftheMGNREGAinfourstatesofIndia.Oneofthemoststrikingrevelationsofthisexpeditionisthatdespitethemanyloopholesinit’simplementation,theMGNREGAhasinfactentitledlabourtobettercitizenshipbygivingthemtheoptionofcollectivelybargainingfortheirrights.Besides,relatedprocesseslikesocialauditshavebeennothingshortofarevolution-ensuringnotjust transparencyandaccountability,butalsochallengingfeudalpowerrelationsandrestructuringsocietyinfavourofthemarginalised.

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English http://goo.gl/eVukXU Russian http://goo.gl/E6PwEa

French http://goo.gl/PCDJFM Spanish http://goo.gl/utTgGX

Culture&Lifestyle

BridgingWorldsTheStoryoftheIndianDiasporainMalaysiaandSingapore

Director:AnirbanDuttaGupta

IndianDiasporainMalaysiaandSingapore.


The Indo-Malaysian and Indo-Singaporean relations of today have amore than1500 year old history of trade and cultural links. The film looks at the Indiandiasporainboththesecountriesseparatelywhilealsolookingatthecommonalitiesthat rundeep intohistory.Malaysia exhibits a confluenceof PanAsian cultureswith Indians playing a significant role in commerce and culture. The prosperityof Indians and people of Indian origin reveals both the liberal and cosmopolitan premiseofSingapore’sevolutionasacountryaswellasthecontributionofIndiansinthisevolution.Thesocio-economicprofileofIndiansrangesfromlabourersandworkerstobusinessmenandtraders.Thefilmalsoexploresquestionsof identitythat this rich cultural landscape is fraught with.

English http://goo.gl/OVS4wK

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Culture&Lifestyle

BridgingWorldsFromGirmityatoGovernment:TheJourneyofIndiansinMauritius

Director: Naveen Pandita

ThehistoryofthemigrationofIndianstoMauritiusandthepresentdaycontributionsofIndianDiaspora.


The social fabric of Mauritius is premised on a very strong conscious sense ofmulticulturalism.TheIndianDiasporaisamajorityinMauritiusandmainlycomprisesthe descendants of the Girmitya’s or the indentured labourers who migrated,voluntarilyandinvoluntarily,toMauritiusduringthecolonialera.Inaself-consciousefforttoforgeaninclusiveAllMauritianidentity,theIndianDiasporachoosestocallthemselvesMauritiansandnotIndians.However,thishasn’tentailedaprocessofrejectionoftheirancestralidentityandculturebutratheracelebrationofitbyit’sintegrationwithCreoleanandChinesecultures.BywayofhistoricalreconstructionandaseriesofconversationswithpeopleinMauritius,descendantsofIndiansandotherwise, the film explores the socio-cultural, economic and political dynamicsthatunderlieMauritius’multiculturalism.

English http://goo.gl/4SxMVI

Culture&Lifestyle

BridgingWorldsKnowIndia,KnowYourself

Director:NikhilPherwani

Alookatthe‘KnowIndiaProgram’oftheMinistryofOverseasIndianAffairs


Indianshavetravelledtodistantlandsatvariousstagesinhistory;firstastravelers,thenasindenturedlabourers,andfinally,asskilledprofessionalssettledindifferentparts of the world. The Indian diaspora today is spread out all over the worldcontributing to the global knowledge economy. The diasporic community oftenseparatedfromtheirhomelandbyseveralgenerationsknowslittleornothingabouttheirroots.Inanefforttoconnectthecommunitywiththeirheritageandancestry,theMinistryofOverseasIndianAffairshasstartedthe‘KnowIndiaProgram’(KIP).Thefilmcoverstheprograminits5thyearasyoungoverseasIndiansspendthreeweekstravellingtodifferentplacesinthecountry,absorbingtheIndiancultureasmore than tourists.

English http://goo.gl/djziZj

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IndiandiasporainTrinidadandTobago


Situated in the azure Caribbean, Trinidad& Tobago is at the crossroads of twohemispheres.Andlikeallcrossroadsithasattractedlargenumbersofwayfarers...someofwhomhavemovedon,manyofwhomhavestayed.Amongst themostimportantofthemanygroupswho’vecalledthetwinislandnationhomeisalargecontingentofIndianswhowentthereasindenturedlabourers,buthavestayedontobuildaconfidentnation.

English http://goo.gl/hLgz4i

BridgingWorlds:Callaloo...TheMeltingPot:TheStoryofIndiansinTrinidad&TobagoDirector:SiddharthKak

TheStoryofIndiandiasporainCanada


This film – one of a 10-part film series on the IndianDiaspora – is the story ofCanada’sIndianDiasporathathascomefulltilt..fromnothavingvotingrightsattheturnofthe20thcentury,tobecominghighlyrespectedandextremelyvaluedmembersofCanadiansociety.ThisfilmlooksatthevarioussectorsinwhichIndianCanadians have excelled as well as explored their dual bonds with the two countries theylove....India,theirancestralhomeandCanada,theirdisposalhome.

English http://goo.gl/jMI2Zr

BridgingWorlds:HomeIsWhereTheHeartIs

Director:BhavnaKapoor

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BridgingWorlds:OneThousandandOneNightsIndianDreamsUnderArabianSkies

Director:PriyankaKuriakose

TheIndiandiasporaintheGulf


Straddling the East and theWest, the fabled lands of Arabia have long evokedimagesofbedouinsandbazaars.Butheresiftingsandshavegivenwaytooasesofcementandsteel.Butbeforethecities,precedingthecrowds,thefirstcaravanstocome,camefromIndia.Thisfilmisastoryofcollaborationbetweencultures.OfIndianingenuitythat’sbeenmarriedtoArabianpanachetobuildcities,dreamsand life itself.

English http://goo.gl/ERqxKO

BridgingWorlds:outofmany,onepeopleThestoryofIndiansinSuriname,JamaicaandGuyana


TheIndiandiasporainSuriname,JamaicaandGuyana


FromindenturedlabourerswhobravedanarduousvoyagetotoilinCaribbeansugarfields,theIndiansofSuriname,Jamaica&Guyanahavecomealongway.Atthetopoftheirfields,theyhavehelpedbuildthecountriestheylivein,whileholdingstrongtotheirtraditions.BolsteredbymorerecentarrivalsofentrepreneursandskilledprofessionalsfromIndia,thisisamongstthemostvibrantdiasporasintheworld.OnethathasinfusedtherhythmsofIndiaintotheCaribbean’scalypsobeats.

English http://goo.gl/rFLbpH

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BridgingWorlds:RoutestoRootsDirector:NajibMohimtully&RishaAnant

TheIndiandiasporaacrosstheworld


Travelling all over the world, the Indian Diaspora is a force to reckon with.SeparatedfromIndiabydistanceandinsomecases,time,neverthelessthereisastrongconnection,culturalandemotional,tothecountrytheyleftbehind.RoutestoRootsisafilmthatexploresthisconnectionandthejourneysmadebyDiasporaIndians as they come back to India, seeking connections to their villages, theirfamilies,theirroots.

English http://goo.gl/Iuf9j3s

Culture&Lifestyle

ThestoryofIndiansintheUnitedKingdom,theirachievementsandcontributiontothehostcountryandlinkswithIndia.


Of all the countries Indians havemadehome, theUnited Kingdomhas perhapsthelongest&definitelythemostcomplexrelationshipwiththeDiaspora.Startingas a legacyof colonisation, continuingwhen immigrationopened after thewar,immigration today is also about economic opportunities and big business withIndiancompaniesleadingthewayininvestinginBigBritain.Overcoming painful legacies, building on commonalities and shared histories,IndiansandBritonshavecomeclosertogetherasallies,creatingtrulyAMeetingsofMinds.AndthishasbeenpossiblelargelyduetotheeffortsoftheIndianDiasporawhose success has exceeded thewildest expectations. Prominent in every field–business,politics,theprofessions,artandculture,mediaandcommunication–their successhasnot justhelpedrelationsbetweenbothcountries,buthasalsocreatedwithin theUK,adeepappreciation for thecultureandcapacitiesof theLand that was once the jewel in the crown.

English http://goo.gl/2Eddg0

BridgingWorlds:AMeetingofMinds


Culture&Lifestyle

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Call of Hidden paradise

Director:ApurbaBasu

ThefilmexplorestheterrainsalongtheHimalayas.


The film explores themystical and uncharted terrains along the Himalayas, theland of the eastern astrology, of rich cultural history and incomparable artistry,as a gateway to the fecund economic-cultural configuration of the northeastregionofIndia.Throughthislandscape,runsthefertilevalleyalongthebanksofBrahmaputra,whichconstantlyexpandsitsprovinceindomesticandinternationaltrade, artistry and development, to foreground and encourage the exchange ofboth,ideasandgoodsacrosstheborders.

English http://goo.gl/lyZjos

Spanish http://goo.gl/GgKLA8

Culture&Lifestyle

BridgingWorlds:A Place in the Sun Director:PriyankaKuriakose

TheStoryofIndiansintheUnitedStatesofAmerica,theirachievementsandcontributiontothehostcountryandlinkswithIndia.


Thelandoffreedomandliberty,America,thenewworld,offersIndiansthechancetomaketheirdreamscometrue!Although immigrationhastakenplace insmallnumberssincethe19thcentury,onlyinthefiftiesandsixtiesdidimmigrationopenup,allowingawholenewsetofimmigrantswithtechskillstoheadtotheUS.There they rewrote the rules for immigrants, storming theworlds ofmedicine,academia,financeandresearch.Theirchildrenpushedtheboundariesevenfurtherastheyrosetothetopofprofessionslikelaw,politics,art,musicandmedia.Andwithconstant immigration from India, the IndoAmericanDiaspora isoneof themostexcitingandsuccessfulDiasporasinAmerica.

English http://goo.gl/gMv7CN

Culture&Lifestyle

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Democracy

CanYouHearMe?

Director:DheerajPiplani,RichaArora

Storiesofthreecommunityradioinitiativesfromacrossthecountry


Atrulydemocratic formof informationdissemination,communityradioprojectsacross Indiahavebeenphenomenal success stories innotonlyempowering thecommunitybygivingthemfastandaccurateinformation,butalsomakingthelocalpopulationapartofthemediaproduction.‘CanYouHearMe?’narratesstoriesofthree community radio initiatives fromacross the country - SangamRadio fromruralAndhraPradesh,UjjasRadioinGujaratandtheNammaDhwaniradioprojectinBudikote.Eachoftheseinitiativeshasbeencrucial inservingtheneedsofthecommunityand reportingonhyper localevents throughexposesusingmethodsof investigative journalism.Community radio reflectsa trulydemocratic formofinformationdisseminationinwhichlistenershavecometoacquirerightsoverthemedia produced.

English http://goo.gl/Hr9pd4


Central Asia HarmonyinTime-Uzbekistan

Director:ShailendarGoel

Aseriesofstoriesoncountriesandpeoplealongthesilkroute.


‘CentralAsia-HarmonyinTime’isthestoryofsilkroute,andstoriesofcitiesandpeoplealongthatroute.ThisepisodeisonUzbekistanandisacollageoftheancientland. Thefilmdepicts thepeople rediscovering their culture in thismodernageandaboutthestrongfriendshipbetweenUzbekistanandIndia.ThefilmtracestherelationshipbetweenthetwocountriesfromthebirthofMughalemperorBaburtothespreadofBuddhismtothisfarawaylandbyAsoka.WithschoolsteachinginHindi,eventheHindifilmshaveinfluencedthepeopleofUzbekistan.

English http://goo.gl/x9X7Nz

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Central Asia TheBridgeAcrossForever-Tajikistan

Director:ShailendraGoel



SilkRoute,thecommercialhighwayoftheworldhasbeenfundamentalinbridgingthegapbetweendifferent civilisationsandcultures.BothCentralAsiaand Indiahave been witness to several warriors and conquerers and have also shared commonrootsofexistence inmanyways. Thefilm ‘TheBridgeAcrossForever’recalls different aspects of these relations in terms of history, culture, tradeand commerce. The shared history and culture of these two regions is evident.Secularism,theverybasicfabricoftheIndianandtheTajiksocietyistheguidingforceofthesetwoancientfriends.OneofthebridgesbetweenTajikistanandIndiahas been the path that the Sufi saints likeAmir Khusrau travelled through. ThefutureofthisrelationshipbetweenTajikistanandIndiaisnolongeronthehorizonbutnowaboldreality.

English http://goo.gl/j49ikO


Central Asia TheLandofManas-Kyrgyztan

Director:ShailendraGoel



Kyrgyzstan is located in Central Asia. Landlocked and mountainous, KyrgyzstanisborderedbyKazakhstantothenorth,Uzbekistantothewest,Tajikistantothesouth-westandPeople’sRepublicofChinatotheeast.“Kyrgyz”isbelievedtohavebeenderived fromtheTurkicword for“forty”,with reference to the fortyclansofManas,a legendaryherowhounitedfortyregionalclansagainsttheUyghers.Atthetime,intheearly9thcenturyAD,theUyghersdominatedmuchofCentralAsia,includingKyrgyzstan,Mongolia,andpartsofRussiaandChina.Kyrgyzisalsothoughttomean“unconquerable”or“undefeatable”.‘TheLandofManas’isafilmaboutKyrgyzstanandit’srelationshipwithIndia.

Englishhttp://goo.gl/GAizTi

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Science&Technology

ChandrayaanIIndiaontheMoon

Director:RohitLal

ThejourneyofChandrayaan-I-fromtheplantothemoon.


ThesuccessfullaunchoftheChandrayaan-Imissiontothemoonandthelandingof theMoon Impact Probeon the lunar surfaceonNovember 14, 2008was animportantmilestone for Indian science. The significance of this landmark eventwas further accentuated when the data from the Probe established the presence of water molecules on the moon. This film documents the epic voyage ofChandrayaan-I, tracing its planning, its objectives and the cost effectivemannerinwhichitdelivereditspayloadstotheirdestinations.ThefilmalsobringsouttheremarkablecollaborationbetweentheglobalscientificcommunityandtheirIndiancounterparts inensuring that the sagaofChandrayaan-Iwill be rememberedasanotherlongstepformankind.

English http://goo.gl/jK7mh9

Chinese Investment in India


ThefilmshowsthepositiveinvestmentclimatefortheChineseinIndia


ThefilmhighlightsIndiaastheidealdestinationforChinesecompanieswithitsfastgrowingeconomyandlargemiddleclass.Withsuccessstoriesineachsectorthefilmshowcasesthepositive investmentclimateandunlimitedopportunities thatthecountryhastooffer.

English http://goo.gl/7LcgGM


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Art & Culture

Cinema with a Purpose

Director:AnuRadha,NalinKale

Thevibrantpresenceofregionalcinemaanditsroleinreflectingsocialcomplexities.


IncommonperceptionIndiancinemaissynonymouswiththeHindifilmindustry,knownallovertheworldasBollywood.Thereis,however,avibrantfilmcultureinseveralregionallanguagesofIndiathataccountsfor70percentofallfilmsinIndia.Theynotonlyprovideentertainmentbutalsocoverawidespectrumoflocalandglobal issues.Conversingwitheminentpractitionersof regional cinema, suchasAmolPalekar,BuddhadevDasgupta,AdoorGopalakrishnan,SumitraBhave,GoutamGhose-amongmanyothers-aswellasfilmacademicsandcritics,thefilmpresentshow regional cinema has relentlessly highlighted social complexities, presentedthoughtprovokingstories,andgivenvoicetothevoiceless.Intheprocess,ithasalsodevelopedadistinctivestyleandahugefanfollowing.

English http://goo.gl/6Wi88r

Portraits

CitizenoftheWorld-KhanAbdulGhaffarKhan

Director: Aparna Katara Sharma

AportraitofKhanAbdulGhaffarKhan,alsoknownastheFrontier’sGandhi.


Pashtun leaderKhanAbdulGhaffarKhanwasclosely identifiedwithGandhiasafriendandfollowerandisknowninIndiaastheFrontierGandhi.Heshunnedallformsofviolenceinthefightforfreedom.ThefilmunfoldsbynarratingstoriesfromGhaffarKhan’slife.HedefiedtheBritishandtheRussians,hisonlymissionwasafreeanddemocratichomelandforthePathans,aplacewithoutviolence,aplacewhere Pathans would live with their head held high. He opened schools to provide basiceducationtothechildren.MahatmaGandhidescribedhimas“Amanofgod”andacrosstheworldheisknownasthe‘Acitizenoftheworld’.

English http://goo.gl/bGRphN

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Culture&lifestyle

CityscapesDelhi


ThetransitionofDelhifromitsmedievalpasttomodernity.


‘Cityscapes’isasixpartseriesonsixcitiesofIndiarepresentingthediversenatureandhistoriesofcitiesinIndia.‘Delhi’signpostseventsofhistoricalsignificancethatinfluencedthedevelopmentofDelhiandattemptstotraceitstransitionfromthemedievalkingdomstotheseatofpowerof theBritishEmpireto itspresentdaystatusasthecapitalofIndia.DelhiwasimportantinthehistoryofIndiaasaseriesofrulersusedthecitytobuildtheircapitalson.Thefilm looksatsomeoftheseandexploresthelastthreeindetail:theMughalempirethatendedwithBahadurShah Zafar, theBritish Empire, and thepresent day republic of India. Lifestyles,architecture and culture of the three very distinct times are explored by usingre-enactments, reconstructed visuals, archival footage, interviews and real-lifefootage.

English http://goo.gl/ael2Mz

Portuguese http://goo.gl/nAeSdf

Pushto http://goo.gl/8lYmnA

Culture&Lifestyle

CityscapesLucknow


Lucknow’srichculturalethos,whichenduresdespiteitstransitionfromacityofNawabstoamoderncity.


Cityscapes’isasixpartseriesonsixcitiesofIndiarepresentingthediversenatureandhistoriesofcitiesinIndia.‘Lucknow’isajourneyintotheheartofacitythatowesitsrichculturetotheNawabswhowerepatronsofthearts.AttemptsbytheBritishtochangethisidentityfaileddespitetheexileofWajidAliShah.Themusicaltraditionsandthedanceformscontinuetomaketheirpresencefeltontheculturalfabricof India.ThefilmprovidesauniqueexperienceofLucknow-atasteofthedelectabledumpukhtandtundakebab,dialoguewithNawabJaffarMirAbdullah,descendantofthelineageofAsaf-ud-DaulaandWajidAliShah,theintricateChikanwork,classicalmusicanddance,andmuchmore.Thecitystillsharesastrongbondwith the past.

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Culture&Lifestyle

CityscapesMysore


Mysoreremembersitspastofpompandpageantrybuthasitsfeetfirmlysetontheroadtomodernity.


Cityscapes’isasixpartseriesonsixcitiesofIndiarepresentingthediversenatureand histories of cities in India. ‘Mysore’ showcases the transition of the city ofMysorefromtheprincelystateoftheWodeyarstoitspresentmodernform.ThoughthecityisnolongerruledbytheMaharajas,theroyalpastisrevivedincollectivememorywiththecelebrationofDussehra inall itspompandceremonies.Whilethe palaces, European architecture and princely celebrations speak of the richtraditionsofthecity,commerce,thegardensandthesportingclubstakeMysoretowardsmodernity.HometotheMysoresilksariandMysorepak, thecity isanunusualmixoftraditionandmodernity.

English http://goo.gl/lNVJneFrench http://goo.gl/qgwJ90Russian http://goo.gl/Yz2PI6Spanish http://goo.gl/uw1Ay1

Culture&Lifestyle

CityscapesChandigarh


ChandigarhasrepresentationofmodernIndia,bornasaresultofthepartition.


Cityscapes’isasixpartseriesonsixcitiesofIndiarepresentingthediversenatureandhistoriesofcities in India. ‘Chandigarh’ showcases thecityofChandigarhasaplanned,moderncity, significantasasymbolofadeveloping,progressiveandfreeIndia.ThefilmhighlightsChandigarh’spragmaticmixofthefunctionalandtheaesthetic,romanticismblendedwithpracticality.Bornasadirectresultofaviolentand black period of Indian history- the partition, Chandigarh has acquired theuniquedistinctionofbeingacapitaltotwostates.Thewidetreelinedroads,uniquearchitecture,greenery,theRockGardenanditscitizens,allmergeandemergetocharacteriseacityofthefuture,withnobaggageofthepast.

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Culture&Lifestyle

CityscapesShillong


ThechangingfaceofShillongasitattemptsarevivalofKhasiculture.


Cityscapes’isasixpartseriesonsixcitiesofIndiarepresentingthediversenatureandhistoriesofcities in India. ‘Shillong’showstheinfluencesoftheBritishin itsarchitecture, lifestyle and language, and the attempts of its indigenous people,theKhasis,toreviveKhasitraditions.ShillongistheplacewheretheBritishmovedto after they found Cherapunji toowet. They called it ‘Scotland of the East’. Amulticultural city, Shillong is home to people from both India and Europe. Thefilmsattempts toexplore the cultureofKhasis through interviews, snapshotsofindigenous people, reconstruction of legends, traditional dances, architecture,bazaarsanddocumentaryfootage.

English http://goo.gl/qwEqIe

Culture&Lifestyle

CityscapesCalcutta


ThebirthofCalcuttaanditsimportanceasacommercialandculturalhub.


‘Cityscapes’isasixpartseriesonsixcitiesofIndiarepresentingthediversenatureandhistoriesofcitiesinIndia.‘Calcutta’tellsthehistoryofthecityfromitsbirthin1690withtheadventofamerchantoftheBritishEastIndiaCompany.BuiltonthebanksoftheriverHooghly,thecitydevelopedasatradinghubofBritishIndiain the east to become themost important city of the British Empire outside ofLondon.Britishtraders’questforpoliticalpowercameinconflictwiththeNawabsofBengal.Theinfluenceofthisconflictwassignificantonthecultureofthecity.In1912thecityceasedtobethecapitaloftheBritishRaj,butCalcuttacontinuedtobeacentreofculturalcreativity.Thefilmtracesthisglorioushistorythroughthearchivalfootage,reconstructedvisuals,andmemoriesofrenownedartistesofthecity.

English http://goo.gl/A1YBqY

Portuguese http://goo.gl/afdk2u

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Art & Culture

Colours from India

Director: Dimple Kharbanda

TheculturalrelationshipbetweenRussiaandIndiaseenthroughtheworkofthreeRussianpainterswhotravelledandworkedinIndia.


‘ColoursFromIndia’isaboutthethreeRussianpainterswhocametoloveIndiaastheirown,whichreflectedinmyriadnatureintheirworks.RussianssawIndiafirstthroughthepaintingsofSaltykov.Hepaintedeverythinghesaw:commonpeople,Nawabs,processionsinKanchipuram,duringhistwovisitsin1841and1845.VasiliVereshchkegin, inspired by Saltykov’s paintings travelled to India. Hewasmorefascinatedbythearchitecture.NikolaiRoerich,unlikeSaltykovandVereshchkegin,livedinIndiaforalongerperiod,andthuswitnessedBritishimperialisminIndia.HispaintingsreflectedIndia’sdesireforfreedom.Throughtheworksofthesethreeartists,‘ColoursfromIndia’depictsthebondoffriendshipbetweenthetwonationsthatwasnotinitiatedbywarordiplomacy,butbythesensitivestrokesofartists.

English http://goo.gl/Jxq3df

Russian http://goo.gl/JPNEd1

Art & Culture

Colours of Dreams


ReflectinguponRabindranathTagore’slivelyimagination,naturaldexterityandself-expressionthroughlinesandcolours.


Hunger for aestheticperfectionandbeautywas inborn inRabindranath Tagore.Anewmovementinliterature,artandculturehadbegunbehindthewallsoftheTagorehouseatJorasanko.Tagorewasurgedbythespiritofrediscoveryofmaninhiscreativeart, inhisunique literarycreationofpoetry,drama,shortstories,essays, novels, pictures and paintings. This documentary reflects upon his livelyimagination,naturaldexterityandhisself-expressionthroughlinesandcolors.

English http://goo.gl/hoQtbL

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Science&Technology

ConnectingHeartsIndia’sPanAfricaE-Network

Director:AnuRadha

ThePanAfricaE-Networkprojectanditssignificantimpact.


ThefilmpresentsaprojectcalledPanAfricanE-Network,brainchildoftheformerPresidentofIndiaDr.A.P.J.AbdulKalam,initiatedin2007.ThefilmshowshowtheestablishmentoftheE-Networkhaspositivelyimpacteddevelopment,especiallyinareasofeducationandhealthinanumberofcountriesinAfricaandstrengthenedbilateralrelationsbetweenIndiaandtheAfricannations.Dr.Kalamtalksabouttheimmensescopeoftheprojectthatwillprovidetele-educationandtele-medicineservicesto53Africancountriesforyearstocome.Theinitiativewasawardedthe2010HermesPrizeforInnovation.

Arabic http://goo.gl/p6pTM8English http://goo.gl/IlJf8DFrench http://goo.gl/34tLRH

Portraits

Cornershops to Lords

Director: Kabir Khan

ProfilesoffourverysuccessfulIndianimmigrantstotheUK.


‘CornershopstoLords’isthestoryofIndianimmigrantstoUKthroughportraitsoffourverysuccessfulpeople.DaljitSinghRana,ownerofhotelchainsandMemberof the British Empire, Nat Puri, owner of extensive manufacturing units, LordNavnitDholakia,chairmanoftheBritishLiberalParty,andRajinderSingh,musicianand leaderof thebandCornershop,sharecommonorigins fromIndia.Eachhavestruggledagainstdifficultpersonalcircumstances,racialdiscriminationandnegativestereotypesaboutIndiansinUKandprevailed.ThefirstwaveofimmigrantsfromIndiawent toUK for economic reasons. They joined the labour force or opened‘cornershops.’Usingthefourprotagonists,thefilmshowsthatIndiansintheUKtodayarethemostsuccessfulcommunity,whoachievedsuccessthoughdetermination,hardworkanddoggedrefusaltogiveupinthefaceofendlesschallenges.

English http://goo.gl/EOfEL9

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Culture&Lifestyle

CradlebytheStream


AjourneyintotherichculturalandmythologicaltraditionsofVaranasi.


‘CradlebytheStream’travelsintotherichculturalandmythologicaltraditionsofVaranasi-oneoftheoldestcentresoflearningandknowledgeknowntoman.OnthebanksofRiverGangesliesthecityofBanarasorVaranasi,oneoftheoldestcentresoflearningandknowledgeknowntoman.AcitywhosefamewasestablishedbytheHinduessenceofmokshahasovertheyearstransformeditselfasavitalculturalsiteintheIndiancanvas.FromtheBanarasisaristotherichmusicaltraditionthatresides in the city, there aremultiple reasonswhy Banaras continues to attractpeople from India and abroad.

English http://goo.gl/8XvSui

Art & Culture

Design Classics of India

Director:MadureetaNegi

ClassicaldesignformsofIndiaandtheircontinuumtocontemporarytimes.


‘DesignClassicsofIndia’explorestraditionalandclassicaldesignformsofIndiaandtheircontinuumtocontemporarytimesthroughtheiruseandadaptationacrosstheages.Inourpresentdaylifewearesurroundedbyobjects,symbolsandideasthat have become so functional that they are often taken for granted. Createdforapurpose,theseobjectshaveenduredthepassageoftimeandhavebecomedesignclassics.Gameslikechess,poloorludohaveexistedsincetheIndusValleycivilisationandhavebeenmentionedintheepicslikeMahabharata.Thefilmtracesthe evolution and adaptation of some these classical design forms and symbolswithinthecontemporarylife.

English http://goo.gl/JFCwLa

Spanish http://goo.gl/zh8naU

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Art & Culture

Devi Durga

Director: Anjan Das

TheeverchangingimageofthegoddessDurgathatalwaystakesoncontemporaryhues.


‘Devi Durga’ traces the genesis of the Durga Puja, the cherished festival of theBengalis,thatissaidtohavestartedin1757bytheeliteofBengalandinconjunctionwiththeBritish.Thefilmexplorestheamalgamationofculturesandracialfeaturesin the facial features of the goddess. Such an amalgamation and reflection ofcontemporarytimescanalsobeseeninthestructureoftheidol.Overtime,manyof thesechanged to takeoncontemporaryhues, charactersandnarratives.Thefilmjourneysthroughtimetopresenthowtheimaginationandtheimageofthegoddesshaskeptupwithandchangedwiththechangingtimes.Todaythegoddessis global; seen, receivedandworshippedacross theglobeandacross India.Andpresent times also bring a myriad artistic exploration of her form and perhapsfunction.

English http://goo.gl/RMXxRr

Plurality

Dharma:ThePathofRighteousnessPart I

Director:YusufMehta

India’scapacitytoaccommodateallmajorreligionsoftheworld.


India is home to all themajor religions of the world. Its spiritual tradition andancientphilosophyarebecoming increasingly relevant in amodernmaterialisticage.Thesetraditionshaveevolvedoverthousandsofyearsandtheyhavecometo accommodate all manners of belief from nature worship to monotheism,polytheismandevenatheism.‘DharmaPartI’lendsitselftodramatisation,pictorialrepresentationandabstractgraphics,asitrecreatestheAgeoftheVedasandtheUpanishads,theteachingsofBuddha,thesublimepoetryoftheSufisaints,theepicwisdomoftheBhagvadGitaortheMahabharataandtheteachingsandinsightsofgreat sages.

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Plurality

Dharma:ThePathofRighteousnessPart II

Director:YusufMehta

India’scapacitytoaccommodateallmajorreligionsoftheworld.


Part II of ‘Dharma’ shows how the coming of Islamwith ideas of brotherhood,theonenessof godand the surrenderofman toGods, havemadea significantimpactonIndianthinkersandreformers.ThecontinuousexchangeofideasgavebirthtoverypopularmovementsofSufismandBhakti.EventhoughtthedeeplymysticalSufitraditiondoesnotbelieveinGod,ithasagreatdealincommonwiththeBhaktitraditionwhichisalmostacompleteidentificationwithgod.AtalaterdateChristianityandSikhismalsofoundlargefollowinginIndia.‘Dharma,PartII’celebratesIndia’spluralityanditsphilosophicalspiritwherebyallfaithsandbeliefs,regardlessoftheirsource,arepractisedwithdeepdevotionandrespectedalloverIndia.

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Science&Technology

Dismantling the Digital Divide

Director:RajanKhosla

India’s success in bridging the digital divide.


Technologyhasalwaysbeenaprimefactorinbringingaboutchangeinthelivesofpeople.Itcanbeusedforeconomicprosperity,empowermentandsocialchange.ButinacountrylikeIndia,withwidediscrepanciesineducationandaccesstoknowledge,thedistributionoftechnologybecomesacauseforconcernasinequalitiesresultinawideningdigitaldivide.ThisiswhereInformationandCommunicationTechnologiesorICTcomeintothepicture.Itbringstechnologytotheurbanandruralpoor,givingevery citizen, irrespectiveof their social backgrounds, access to technology thathelpsthemintheirdailylives.SomeinnovativeICTslikesmallcomputers,medicaldiagnostickits,educationkits,weatherreportsforfishermenorE-Choupal,haveacleareffectonlivelihood,healthcareandeducationinvillagesandalsoaddressissuesrelatingtomigrationanddependenceonagriculture.

English http://goo.gl/xw9PWh

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Art & Culture

Divine Shadows

Director:GirijaPattanaik

TheWayangortheshadowpuppettheatreofIndonesiathattellstoriesfromHindu epics.


Shadowpuppettheatreisoneofthemostfascinatingandspellbindingformsoftheatreandstory telling -a formthat transfersknowledgeofepic texts like theRamayana and the Vedas and the wisdom implicit in them. ‘Divine Shadows’exploresWayangortheshadowpuppettheatreofSouth-EastAsiathattellstoriesfromHinduepics.TheHinduRamayanaistheprimarysourceoftextfortheplays.IndiancultureandliteraturesuchastheVedas,RamayanaandtheMahabharatawereintroducedinIndonesiathroughWayang,orthePuppettheatre,anditwasthroughtheseperformancesthataudiencesacquiredknowledgeofadministration,militaryandotherdisciplines.Even in thenewmillennium, thesepuppet storiescontinuetocaptivateaudiences.

English http://goo.gl/PW3Sl7

Democracy

DoesGandhiMatter?

Director:ManojRaghuvanshi

TherelevanceofGandhiinmoderntimes.


‘DoesGandhiMatter?’questionstherelevanceofGandhiinmoderntimes.DoesMahatma Gandhi mean anything to us or have we as a nation forgotten theGandhianvaluesystem?Towhatextenthaveweleantfromhisprinciplesoftruthandnon-violenceandtowhatdegreedowefollowhisprinciplesinourlivestoday?ThefilmtakesustovariousindividualsfromallwalksoflifeexploringthisquestionandtryingtofindouthowGandhi’sideasandprinciplesarerelevantinthiscentury.ThefilmfindsthatalthoughofficiallyGandhiisrememberedonlyduringfewspecialevents,citizensacrossthecountryhavestarteddrawinginspirationandsolutionstoamajorityofproblemsintheworldtoday,likestayinghealthy,meditation,peace,non-violence,environment,socialandpoliticalissues.

English http://goo.gl/Et3ASX

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DowntheAges-IndiaandChina

Director:ShivendraSingh,MonishaJaisingh

AfilmaboutthehistoricalrelationshipbetweenIndiaandChina.


“DowntheAges:IndiaandChina”throwslightonthelonghistoricalandculturalrelationbetweenIndiaandChina.ThefilmbeginsbyestablishingthelonghistoryofbondsbetweenIndiaandChina.Buddhismwasthefirstcommongroundbetweenthetwonationsinthe4thcenturyBC,afterwhich,therehasbeenarichexchangeofculture,ideasandcommoditiesbetweenthetwocountries.Thisdocumentaryviews IndiaandChinaas twoentitieswithasharedpastand future.Withmanycommonissues,thetwocountrieshavegreatopportunityofplayingaleadingroleonaglobalscale,withhelpofnewpoliciesandagreements.

English http://goo.gl/dNYjPX

Democracy

DreamingYoung,DreamingGlobal

Director:MeeraDewan

WhatisinspiringyoungIndiainthepresentcontextofglobalisation?


‘DreamingYoung,DreamingGlobal’claimsthattheneweraof liberalisationandglobalisationhasprovidedanequalplayingfieldtotheyouthacrossculturesandgender.ItpresentsportraitsofafewyoungIndiansfromdifferentpartsofIndia.Wemeetayoungjournalist inShillongwhosetupabandinspiredbyBobDylanandSting,twowomenfromtheNorth-Eastwhoareobsessedwithphysicaltrainingandplayfootball,ayoungstudentinGujaratwhoearnstocontributetowardsthecostofhereducation,ayoungmanagerofafastfoodstore,agroupofstudentspreparingforstudyingabroad,andagroupofstudentsinCherapunjitryingtorunanenterpriseasguidesfortouriststoancientarchaeologicaldiscoveries.ThefilmfindsthattheyoungIndiansareconfident,oftenrooted intheirculture,hardworking,enterprisinganddreamingandworkingtowardsafutureforthemselves.

English http://goo.gl/ljKHRz

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Art & Culture

Dwitaya

Director: Suraj Purohit

TheartisticgenesisoftwoeminentIndianpainters,ManuandMadhaviParekh.


ManuandMadhaviParekharetwowellknownpainterswhoarealsomarriedtoeachother.Thefilmseekstoanswerthequestion-caninfluenceandindependenceexistsidebyside-throughtheexplorationoftheworkandstylesofthetwopainters.Producedintheearlynineties,whenthetwopainterswereinmid-career,thefilmtracestheirgenesisasartistsandthevariousinfluencesontheirwork.Itgoesontoshowhoweachhasdevelopedanuniquestyle:Manu’stutoredandMadhavi’sinstinctive,andtheinfluencetheyhaveoneachother.Depictingawideplethoraofworkfromthetwoartiststhefilmisalsoaportraitofarelationshipbetweenartistsas spouses.

English http://goo.gl/S2ybHP

History

Echoes from the PastOldMonumentsofDelhi

Director:DeepakGupta

FromtheMughaleratoLutyensDelhi,thefilmdelvesintothepastofDelhithroughtheoldmonumentsthatsurviveinthecitytoday.


ThearchitectureofDelhihaswitnessedan incrediblediversity-startingwiththeintricate designs from the Mughal era to the modernist style seen in Lutyen’sDelhi. ‘Echoes from the Past’ delves into the past of Delhi as manifested in the old monuments that survive in the city today. Monumental structures like theQutub,TughlaqabadFort,PuranaQuila,Humayun’sTomb,SafdarjungTombandtheRedFort resonatewith tales fromabygoneera-oftennarrated in theepicsliketheMahabharata,whenthecitywascalledIndraprastha.TodayDelhibustleswith activity as the capital city of India and amidst the numerous areas, thesemonumentskeepalivethehistoryofIndia.

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Einlassen


AfilmabouttheIndo-Germanrelationshipoverthedecades.


India andGermany share a bond that is cultural. Although the first interactionswere through trade, they becamepartners inmany initiatives that have helpedboth the countries in their social and cultural development. ‘Einlassen’ is about this relationship and shows the different areas where the countries cametogether. Itwaspersonalities likeMaxMueller,whoseadmiration for India leadto the prospering of such a cordial relationship. Now, there are India-Germancollaborationsinthefieldsofeducation,scienceandtechnology,whichhasprovedsuccessful. Interactions between Indians and Germans have resulted in culturalexchangeaswell.InstitutionslikeIITMadras,Arbutus,MaxMuellerBhavan,haveplayedsignificantrolesinthisfront.

English http://goo.gl/psFMC6


EmergingTies:India&CentralAsia

Director:RashmiMathurLuthra

Thevastpossibilitiesofpositiveengagementandco-operationbetweenIndiaandCentralAsiannations.


India andCentralAsia, two regionsboundbybothhistory and geography, haveenjoyedclosesocial,cultural,religious,politicalandeconomiccontactforcenturies.FollowingtheindependenceofKazakhstan,Kyrgyztan,Tajikistan,TurkmenistanandUzbekistan, India’s relationshipwith thecountries constituting theCentralAsianRegioniswitnessinganewdynamism.Thisfilmbringsoutthevastopportunitiesthat have emerged for fruitful,multifaceted ties between India and the CentralAsianstates.Italsohighlightstheimperativesfordeepercooperationandpositiveengagement between the regions and the contribution that this can make tospreadingpeaceandprosperityintheneighbourhood.

English http://goo.gl/LFelHu

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Enduring Friendship India-NepalEconomicCo-operation

Director:A.M.Films&Advertising

ThedeeprootedrelationshipthatIndiaandNepalshareinthefieldsofeconomicand industrial development.


‘EnduringFriendship’isaboutthedeeprootedandspecialrelationshipthatIndiaandNepalhavesharedhistoricallybasedonsharedtraditionsandacommonculturalhistory;afriendshipthathasbeenanexampletootherneighbouringnations.Theopenborderbetweenthetwonationshasledtoafreeflowofgoods, ideasandpeople.Inthemorerecenttimes,theIndia-Nepaldevelopmentalco-oporationhasled to the realisationofmanyprojects thathavebenefittedbothnations.Theseincludeinfrastructuralprojectslikeroadways,highwaysandtelecomprojects.Eveninsectorssuchashealth,education,scienceandtechnology,thetwonationshavesignificantareasofco-operation.Thefilmisanodetothehistoricalfriendshipandeconomicrelationshipbetweenthetwonations,thelegacyofwhichisdestinedtocelebrateamagnificenttomorrow.

English http://goo.gl/CFuISm


EnrichingtheRainbow


ThehistoricsagaofIndiansinSouthAfrica.


‘EnrichingtheRainbow’tellsthestoryofthe150yearoldhistoryofIndiansinSouthAfrica.Startingfromthebeginning,thetaleofindenturedIndianlabour,thefilmsgoesontopresentthestoryofGandhiwhobeganhispoliticallifeinSouthAfrica.ThenthefilmpresentstheroleofIndians,andIndia,inSouthAfrica’sstruggletoendapartheid.TheendoftheapartheidregimeandrestorationoftieswithSouthAfricaafter1994hasopenedupnewopportunitiesforIndiancompanies.Theroleof Indians in theeconomic growthanddevelopmentofmodern,post apartheidSouthAfricahasbeensignificant.Thesharedhistorybetweenthetwocountriesisgivinggreatermeaningandshapetothetraditionaltiesbetweentwonationsandimpactingtheglobalarchitecture.

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ExpressioninHarmony

Director:AnuRadha

Thedifferentculturaleventsduringthe2ndAfricaIndiaForumSummit.


India and Africa have a shared history and vibrant cultures. The 2nd AfricaIndia Forum Summit celebrated the cultures of India and Africa through dance performances, film festivals and symposiums showcasing the traditions of both.‘ExpressioninHarmony’displaysthemanyculturaleventsthattookplacealongsidethesummit,creatingeverlastingbondsandtiesatapeople-to-peoplelevel.

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InternationalRelations Plurality

Fabric of LoveChristianityinIndia

Director:PushpMann

ThevaluesofcharityandlovethatmaketheChristiancommunityanimportantand integral part of the Indian social fabric.


‘Fabricoflove’celebratesthevaluesofcharityandlovethathavemadetheChristiancommunityanimportantandintegralpartoftheIndiansocialfabricandhistory.Thefilmexplores the IndianChristianculture,movingcontinuouslybetweenthedifferent sects of Catholic, Orthodox and Protestant communities and showinghowtheconceptof“love”istranslatedbyChristiansinactionsthatinvolvesocialactivism,medicalcareandtheliberalisationofeducation.Littlelessthan3percentofpeopleinIndiaareChristians.InregionssuchasKeralaorGoa,onecanseehowtheChristianculturehasblendedwithIndiantraditions,theresultsofwhichcanbeseeninart,musicandarchitecture.However,theChristianpresenceintheseareasisalsounderscoredbythepresenceofschools,hospitalsandtheroleofChristianmissionaries in social development.

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Art & Culture

FacetsofOurMusic,OurInstrumentsDirector:VivekVerma

AfilmaboutIndianmusicandmusicalinstruments.


“Fromsound,allthecreationbegan”,itissaidintheVedas.‘FactesofOurMusic,OurInstruments’isaboutthesoundofIndia:Indianmusicandmusicalinstruments.ThefilmshowsthehistoryofIndianmusicandinstruments,thebasicsoftheseandtheexponentsofeachinstrument.Alongwiththeclassicalmusic,differenttypesofinstrumentsusedinIndianmusicareintroduced,includingthefolkinstruments.ThefilmalsoincorporatesperformancesbywellknownartistslikePt.HariprasadChausaria(Flute),L.K.Pandit(vocal),etc. PerformancebyaBaulsingerofWestBengal demonstrates the richnessof Indian folkmusic throughhis songs. TheseperformancesandthenarrationtogetherbringsoutthelifeofIndianmusic.

English http://goo.gl/8gybH9

Environment

FaithRevisited

Director:IshaniK.Dutta

TherichIndianheritageoflivinginreverentialharmonywithnature.


ThehistoryofIndiancivilisationisalivingtestimonyofpeople’sinterdependencyonnature.Oraltraditions,scriptures,literatureandlegendscelebratethisharmoniousco-existence.Thefilmexploreshowadeeprealisationbythosewholivedinforestsovercenturies,thathumansurvivalwasdependentontheenvironment,evolvedintosacredreligiouspracticesthatsoughttoconserveit.Ritualsofanimalandplantworshiphaveadeeplyembeddedscientificrationale.Conservationists todayareacknowledgingtheswaythattheseritualsholdoverpeople’slivesandusingthemcreativelyinenvironmentalinterventions.Ahistoricalawarenessofthesesystemsofthoughtcanusherininnovativewaysofenvironmentconservation.

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Art & Culture

FiguresofThought

Director:ArunKhopkar

Ashortfilmontheworkthreecontemporarypainters:BhupenKhakkar,VivanSundaramandNaliniMalani.


Afilmaboutthreeofourleadingvisualartists,BhupenKhakar,NaliniMalaniandVivanSundaram.Ittakes,asitspointofdeparture,aglassmuralonwhichallthreewereworking, then zeros into eachof them. It links them to their physical andmentalworldsthroughcinematicdeviceslikeassociativesounds,variablelightandmontage.Compositionally,thevisualsaimtolinkwiththestylesofeachartist,aswellasthelargernarrativetraditionsofIndia.


Footsteps into FutureIndiaandRussiainthe21stCentury

Director: Dr. Indrajit

AchronicleoftherelationbetweenRussiaandIndiaanditspossiblefuturedevelopment.


‘Footsteps into the Future’ chronicles the bonds between India and Russia andpoints toaspectsthatcanfurtherstrengthenthis relationship.Thefilmprovidesawealthof informationabout thehistoryof therelationbetween IndiaandtheUSSR inbygone years, thedistancing afterUSSRdissolvedand thenew relationthatbeganbetweenIndiaandRussiain2000,whenthetwocountriessignedtheco-operation treaty. Thefilm locatesmanyfields in India developedwith Soviethelp,includingtechnology,trade,weaponry,internationalrelationsandthespaceprogramme.Thefilmthengoesontopointtothemyriadareaswhereco-operationcanbefurtherdevelopedlikedefence,energysector,oilexploration,IT,banking&finance,pharmaceuticals,aswellasnewerareaslikediamondcuttingandpolishing,and fashion designing.

English http://goo.gl/64DVcv

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History

FootstepsofNikitin


Acontemporaryfilmicjourneytracingtherouteofthe15thcenturyRussianAfanasyNikitin’straveltoIndia.


AfanasyNikitin,a15thcenturytrader,madeahistoricandfascinatingjourneyfromTvernearMoscowtoIndiabywayoftheCaspianregionandIran,andstayedinIndiafor3yearsbeforegoingbacktoRussia.HevisitedIndiaevenbeforeVascoDaGamacameandwroteanaccountofhistravelsinhis‘VoyageovertheThreeSeas’.‘FootstepsofNikitin’isthejourneyofateamcomprisingofaneclecticmixofhistorians,economistsandtradeanalysts,explorers,journalists,photographersandthefilmcrew,whotravelledthroughtherouteNikitinfollowedfromTvertoIndia(NorthKarnataka).TraversingNikitin’sroute,theexpeditiontriestofindoutwhatattractedNikitintoIndiaandhowhisjourneyinfluencedothercountriesinthe region.

English http://goo.gl/FPLzm7

Russian http://goo.gl/Jz9Q4Q

Plurality

Fragrance of Love

Director:MuzaffarAli

AjourneywithaquestionabouttherelationshipbetweenIslamandIndia.


Since thetimeof theMughals, theMuslim community in India has contributedin various fields for the development of the country, starting from architecturetoartand literature.Thecontributiontowardsmusiccannotbeunnoticed;AmirKhusrau’smysticpoetry gave rise to Sufism,whichmergedwith IndianClassicalMusictocreatethemostpopularsongs.Thisandmorearediscussedin‘Fragranceof Love’. Thefilm intercutsbetween interviewswitheminentpersonalities fromtheMuslimcommunityandanarrationthatisfilledwithpoetryandversesfromtheQuran.ThefilmembarksonajourneywithaquestionabouttherelationshipbetweenIslamandIndia.Thefilm‘FragranceofLove’isanattempttoanswerthatquestion.

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Democracy

FreeMedia,FreeCountry

Director:RuchitaPuri

Theroleandaccountabilityofafreepressinademocraticnation.


Thefoundationofanydemocraticstateisbasedonthefreedomandindependenceofpressfrombureaucraticcontrolandprivateinterestsofindividualsorcorporations.Thereasonbehindtheformationandinstitutionalisationofmediahasbeentoserveasawatchdogfordemocracyandtherightsofthecitizensofacountry.NewspapersplayedanimportantroleinthefreedomstruggleofIndia,helpingfreedomfighterstodisseminatenationalist ideals. Later radioand televisionhavebeenprovidingtheir audiences with the necessary information about community developmentaswellasactingassourcesofmassinformation.ThephenomenalgrowthoftheIndianmediaindustryinthelastdecadecontinuestogeneratedebatesandtalkingpointsaboutnationalandinternationalissues.

English http://goo.gl/kBGKDb


Friends for Evermore


IndividualsfromAfrica,LatinAmericaandAsiacometoIndiafortrainingandbecome life long friends.


‘Friends for Evermore’ attempts to capture India’s commitment towards theestablishment of a just and equitableworld order by enabling and empoweringpeople from various countries of Asia, Africa, LatinAmerica and IslandNations.TrainingisofferedundertheITECprogramme,helpingindividualstodeveloptheircapacities,skillsandconfidence.ThefilmfollowsagroupofpeoplewhovisitIndiafortrainingfrommanydifferentcountries.Whiletheylearnprofessionalskillsandbecome empowered, they also come under the spell of the Indian culture andhospitality.ThesepeoplebecomelifelongfriendsofIndia.

English http://goo.gl/M3AyUD

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From the Foothills of Kilimanjaro

Director:AmitabhMunshi

TheIndiandiasporainTanzania,KenyaandUganda,locatingtheminthehistoricalprocessofmigration,conflictandassimilation.


‘FromTheFoothillsofKilimanjaro’depictstheIndiandiasporainTanzania,KenyaandUgandathroughgenerations;theircontributiontotheeconomy;thestruggletheyhad to face in theprocess of settling down; their religious,marital aswellassocialtiesandtheir interactionwith the localcommunities. Indiansdominatethe business andmanufacturing in these countries but they have not given uptheirculturalroots.Thefilmconfrontsheadontheaccusationofexploitationandsegregationfromtheethnicpopulationthathasdogged Indiansoverthe last40years.ThefilmtakesonethroughthelivesoffewprominentIndianfamilies,theirinvolvementwith thebusiness, religionandother social activitiesof the regionsinhabited by them, besides locating them in thehistorical process ofmigration,conflictandassimilation.

English http://goo.gl/EHGb8Z

Development

FulfillingtheVision

Director: ANI

AjourneyintotheheartofmodernIndia’sindustrialnetworks,burgeoningeconomyandthedreamofequitabledistributionofwealth.


‘FulfillingtheVision’showcasesIndiaasakeyplayerinafastglobalisingworld.Itisacountrythathasachievedasolideconomicgrowththroughitsliberaleconomy,set up a vibrant stage for the arts and culture and a wide variety of industrialnetworks. India’s relationshipwith foreign countries likeUSA,Russia, China andall the neighbouring countries has helped India in its development. India is also anactivemember intheNon-AlignedMovementandASEAN.However,thegoalof anequitabledistributionofwealth for all citizensandall communitiesof thenation is yet to be achieved. However, the development in various fields liketelecommunication, software and services industry, infrastructure, education ishelping India in achieving this goal.

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GandhiLives

Director: Aruna Har Prasad

TherelevanceofGandhi’sideasinmodernIndia


MohandasKaramchandGandhiisaglobaliconforpeaceandaharbingerofIndia’snationalistmovement,whoisassociatedwiththevaluesoftruthandnon-violence.ThewisdomofhisprinciplesareinaperpetualstateofreinventionfortheyounggenerationandcontinuetolendsupporttovarioussectionsofthesocietythroughtrustsandfoundationslikeNationalAgroFoundation,GandhigramTrust,etc.ThefilmforegroundstherelevanceofGandhi’sideasthatcontinuetohaverelevanceforgrowthinvarioussectorsandservicesofthemodernIndianeconomy--fromagriculturetomedicine,andfromdevelopmenttolaw.

History History

GlimpsesofaKashmiriVillage

Director: David Devadas

Post-independenceprosperityofKashmirachievedundertheleadershipofSheikhAbdullahandsomeofitscontemporarycontradictions.


‘GlimpsesofaKashmiriVillage’questionsstereotypesaboutKashmirisasbackwardand all Kashmiris as militants. It presents a new Kashmir, conceptualised post-independenceunder the leadershipof thecharismaticSheikhAbdullah.Kashmirintroduced land reforms in 1947 under the radicalmanifesto of ‘Naya Kashmir’ornewKashmir.Landwasgiventothetiller,women’seducationemphasisedandinfrastructure for electricity and irrigation built. This has led to unprecedentedprosperityinruralKashmir.Thefilmpresentsaseriesofprogressivedevelopmentsinareasofhealthcare,educationandinfrastructure.Thefilmgoesontoexplainsomeoftheconflictsbetweenthegenerations-theeldersgratefulfortheprosperitybutyoungstersdisenchanted.Educationhasdevelopedtheiraspirationsandtheydreamofabetterlifeinmetropolitancitiesorabroad.

English http://goo.gl/gsKss9

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Art & Culture

GlimpsesofIndianPaintingsPart 1 & 2

Director:K.BikramSingh

TheevolutionofIndianpaintingsoverthelastfourteenthousandyears.


ThefilmtracestheevolutionofIndianpaintingsbacktotheancientrockart likethe Bhimbetka caves in Madhya Pradesh, to the medieval Indian Buddhist artpromotedbyEmperorAshoka.ThefilmcomparesthedifferentartformsrangingfromIndiantribalarttothetechnicallymoretrainedworksliketheAjantapaintingsandJodhpurminiatures,anddelvesintotheinfluenceofsocialandpoliticaltrendsintheseworksofart.ThefilmalsoprovidesglimpsesintothediversifiedtechniquesofIndianartforms-sketches,calendarpaintingsandtheBengalwashtechniques-anddepictsworksbycontemporaryartistsandthenewtechniquesdevelopedbytheseartists.FromtherockpaintingstotheworksofcontemporaryIndianpainters,Indianpaintingsandartasajourneyhascoveredaboutfourteenthousandyearsandevolvedintooneoftherichestarttraditionsoftheworld.

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Development

GlobalInformationHighwayIndiaMovesintothefastlane

Director: Jawed Naqvi

IndianprogressinMediaandTechnology.


‘GlobalInformationHighway’highlightsthedevelopmentofIndiantechnologyandmediainthelast60yearstoexplainhowthiscountryhasbecomeaglobalplayerinmedia,wherecommunicationhasplayedanimportantrole.Inthelastcoupleofdecades,globalITindustrieshavemovedintoIndiatoreapthebenefitsoftrainedmanpower and technology development. India’s export of IT is very high andsoftwareisbecomingthedefinerforIndia’sglobalpresence.Thefilmcallsfortheneedtomatchthedevelopmentinsoftwarewiththegrowthinhardware.Still,India’scommunicationsystemtodayisatparwithglobaldevelopmentandhashelpedtheIndianstockexchangetogrowdramatically.TracingIndia’sachievementsinITandspaceresearch,thefilmshowsthatprogressincommunicationcanprovidebetteraccesstoinformation,aswellasaddressproblemsofilliteracyandinequality.

English http://goo.gl/f9M6Hk

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Portraits

God’sChosenOne

Director:JyotsnaSood

ThestoryofSisterAlphonsa,thefirstIndianwomantobecanonisedasasaint.


The ancient land of India portrays a landscape of vibrant cultural heritage andspiritualmysticism.Itsuniqueculturalandreligiousinfluenceshaveattractedworldwideattention.‘God’sChosenOne’presentsthejourneyofanordinarynunfromBharananganam,asmalltowninKeralaandherpathtoextraordinaryachievements.October12,2008isahistoricdayforIndiaanditsChristianCommunityasthedaywhenSisterAlphonsa,thefirstIndianCatholicWomancametobecanonisedasaSaintbytheVatican.ThistaleaboutSaintAlphonsa’slifeemanatestheuniversalmessageofhope,faith,peace, loveforfellowhumanbeingsandherpassionforguiding and inspiring millions.

English http://goo.gl/KahrqI

GrassrootstoGlobal

Director:NeelaVenkatraman

TheindigenousinnovationsandinnovatorsinIndia

Duration:26Yearofproduction:2013

Afilm that celebrates thepowerof indigenous innovations and innovators, andtakesusonajourneyofideasthatarerootedwithinthecontextofIndia.

English http://goo.gl/rvwIiG

Development

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Environment

GreenSignalsTheEnvironmentinIndia

Director:ParthaSarkar,RamanMann

ThesuccessofIndianpoliciesinachievingthedualgoalofprotectingandpreservingbiodiversity,aswellaspovertyalleviation.


IndiaisoneofthetwelveMega-diversecountriesinwhich70%ofthelivingspeciesof the earth is concentrated. India’s challenge has been to develop judicious policies thatwillon theonehandprotect,preserveandnurture itsbiodiversity,whilealsoworkforpovertyalleviationandemployment.‘GreenSignals’travelstomanycornersofIndiatolocateeffortsatconservation,regenerationandpollutioncontrolthroughpolicyenactmentthattakeslocalpeopleintoconfidence.Thefilmclaimsthatthepoliciesenactedbythegovernmenthashadsignificantimpactonreducingdegenerationoftheenvironment,inreducingpollutionincitiesaswellasinprovidingalternativeemployment.

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Handmade in India

Director:MalatiRao

Inawordthathasbecomeincreasinglymechanisedandhomogenised,theuniqueandtheindividualdeserveaspecialplace.While20millionartisansarepartofthecraftsindustry,itisthehandsofeachindividualcraftspersonthatcreatetheobjectofutilityorbeauty.Itisthenuanceofbeinganartisanthatthefilmrepresents.

Through the contemporary exploration of professional entrepreneurship,technological advances and intervention from designers, the experiences oftraditionalcraftspersonfromacrossthecountryandtheirconnectiontothelandwhichgavethemtheiridentity,areexplored.

TheexperiencesoftraditionalcraftspersoninIndia.


English http://goo.gl/Nt4xfY

Development

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HarmonyFest

Director: Sanjeev Sivan

ThedifferentfestivalsofIndia


India has always been known as a land of vibrant colours and festivities, deep-rootedinitsculturaltraditions,someofwhichdatedbackalmosttothebeginningof recorded history. HARMONY FEST, as the name suggests, is about festiveharmonythatbidsIndia.Thedocumentaryisacelebrationofanoverbearingspiritofuniformityofexpressionsthat’scommontomostfestivalswithIndianorigins.Thefilmselects,purposefully,festiveoccasionswithregionalimportance,andwhilepitchingtogethertheirassociatedtraditions,paintsanationalpictureofuniformity.ThesefestivalsrepresenttheinnatelydemocraticandcosmopolitannatureoftheIndiansystemsof thought.HARMONYFEST is thestoryof the inherentmaturitythat’sIndiain-thoughtandpurpose.

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Plurality Development

Healing the World

Director:ManishChoudhary,SubhadarshiTripathy

ThegrowingimportanceofIndiaasafavoureddestinationformedicaltourism.


India,alandofgreatwondersandoneoftheoldestcivilisationsoftheworld,has,overthepastfewyears,emergedasaninternationaldestinationforhealthcare.Withavarietyof treatments tochoose from,be itancientAyurvedaormodernmedicine,Indiaoffersinternationalpatientsstate-of-the-artmedicalinfrastructure,highly educated and experienced doctors and excellent services. ‘Healing theWorld’ isadocumentaryonmedical tourismtakingviewers todifferentpartsofIndiaandinteractingwithvariousforeignpatientsundergoingtreatment,capturingtheirexperienceonthemedicalservicesandtheirjoyofseeingIndia.

English http://goo.gl/km8Mdm

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Hello India

Director:NutanManmohanGrowthofMobilecommunicationandtechnologyinIndia


Ourfilm “Hello India “ celebrates a new eraof telephony that is enablingmillionstocreate,receive,shareandutilizeinformationandknowledgefortheireconomic,social,culturalandpoliticalempowerment.Thisfilmlooksathowmobilecommunicationandtechnologyhavecometogethertocreateaninformationrichsocietywhereeveryone, irrespectiveofcaste, religion, race,region,genderaregettingempowered.ThisfilmexplorestherichnessanddiversityofmobilecreativitycouldfuelanInformationSocietyinIndia–validatingtheconvictionthataccesstoinformationandcommunicationreducesdisparityandincreasesinclusivegrowth .

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Science&Technology Gender

HerOwnSky

Director:SabihaFarhat,YasminKidwai

Thelivesofwomenwhosteppedoutofthebeatentracksandcarvedtheirowndestinyandroutesforotherwomentofollow.


‘Her Own Sky’ explores the life of Indianwomen of different regions and theirchosenfieldsofoccupation.All thesewomenhave steppedoutof theirhomes,brokensocialbarriersandpursuedcareersnotopentowomen.PanchavarnamisthefirstwomanPanchayatPresidentinfivedecadesinherregion;BadliBaiavillagebanker; Ramvati an entrepreneur; Poonam, a trainee police woman; andmanyotherwomenfromvariouspartsofthecountrysharethestrengthandresiliencetotakethosepathswhichnowomenhavetracedbefore.Thesewomenpavethewayformanyotherstofollowandshowthatgenderisnolongerahurdletoalifeofdignityandindependence.

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Hindu Nectar: Spiritual Wanderings in India

Director:AkankshaJoshi

SpiritualexperienceofajourneyacrossIndia.


Adaughter’sjourneydistillingthenectarofthestoriesandsongssheheardasachild.Weavingancient texts in the fabricofmodern life.Rediscovering the landof her childhood, absorbed from her mother, where religion was synonymouswith the celebration of life, in all its colours. Journeying from theHimalayas tothePeninsular India, through rivers,mountains, forests, caves. Shemeetsmanypractitioners.Eachconversationrevealsunfathomabledepthstoseeminglysimpleritualssheinherited.Thenatureof life.Whyweareborn?Whywedie?Whatischange?AndwhatamidstLife’sconstantfluxistheOne....constant,unchanging,unmoving?This cinematic journey creates an experimental rendering of one of the Earth’soldestspiritualtraditions.Come.Wander.Experience.s

English http://goo.gl/0je3d8

PluralityDevelopment

HistoryDeconstructedAfilmonIndia’sLookEastpolicy


AnexaminationofthedevelopmentaleffortsintheNorth-East.


The film examines the policy initiatives in the North East to increase its social,economicandculturalinteractionwiththerestofthecountry.NorthEasternIndia,duetoitsgeographicalisolationhasnotbeendevelopedatparwiththerestofthecountry.Now,theGovernmentofIndiawithits‘LookEastPolicy’hastakenasteptorectifythissituation.Therehavebeennewinfrastructureinitiativeswithinthisregionsuchasthesettingupofanetworkofhighways,railwaysandpipelines.WithalargenumberofeducatedandEnglishspeakingyouthemergingfromthesestatescombinedwithapolicyofintegratingwiththeneighbouringstates,the‘LookEastPolicy’aimstotransformNorth-EastIndiaasathrivingsocialandeconomicbelt.

English http://goo.gl/LjG1hy

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Portraits

Homing Pigeons

Director:AaradhanaKohli,SabiaKhan

EminentpersonalitiesofforeignoriginwhohavemadeIndiatheirhomeandcontributedsignificantlyinvariousfields.


‘HomingPigeons’portraitsanumberof foreigners fromdiversefieldswhohavemade India their home and attempts to counter the stereotypical and negativeimage of India that sections of thewesternmedia tend to project.While Indiahasalwaysattractedtravellers,explorers,entrepreneursandconquerors,thefilminteractswithafeweminentpersonalitiesfromfieldsasdiverseasartandculture,entrepreneurship, journalism,education,filmmakingand fashiondesigning,whohave made India their home. Their connection to India is deeply personal andIndia’smyriadculturesandspacesareabletosustaintheirvariedinterests.ApartfromprofessionalswhohaveoptedtoliveinIndia,therearealsomanywhocametoIndiathroughmarriagebutoptedtostaybackevenaftertheirspousespassedon,astheyfeelIndiaishome.

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History

HumSabEkHainWe are all in it together

Director:SrenikSeth,SujataSeth

ThebondsoflovebetweencricketandtheIndiannation.


In a land of a billion people, one game brings together the people of differentlanguages,creeds,religionsandcultures-cricket.ForonegametouniteabillionpeopleinasinglecountryshowsthedeeploveforcricketinIndia.Historiansfeelthatcricketisan‘Indiangameaccidentallyinventedinthewest’.ImportedbytheBritishcolonialistsintheearlyeighteenthcentury,thegamehaschangedseveraltimes,yeteachincarnationhastakentheIndianmindandheartbystorm.‘HumSabEkHain’(Weareallinittogether)tracesthehistoryofcricket-agamethathasbeensuccessfulinunitingusall,makingeveryIndianfeelapartofthesamesecularfabric.

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Humsaye-TwoNations,TwoNeighboursDirector: Aparna SrivastavaReddy

ThetraditionalbondsbetweenAfghanistanandIndia,inhistoryaswellasincontemporarytimes.


ThisisthestoryofAfghanistanandIndia,oftwoancientculturesthatarebondedtoeachotherthroughamyriadstrandsoffriendshipthathasstoodthetestoftime.Constantinterchangeandpeople-to-peoplecontacthasbeenthebedrockofthismutualsymbiosisandlastingrelationshipatalltimes.Thefilmlooksattheenduringpeople-to-peoplelinks,exploring,inparticular,thelivesofAfghanswhohavelinkedtheirdestinytoIndia-thosewhocametoIndiacenturiesago,andthosewhoarestillcomingtomakeIndiatheirhome.

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History

InSearchoftheRajah

Director:GoutamGhose

AnintrospectivecinematicjourneytoresurrectRajaRammohanRoy-thefigurebehindtheBengalRenaissance.


‘InSearchoftheRajah’triestoresurrectthroughaninvestigativeandintrospectivelens- the figure of Raja Rammohan Roy, a key figure in the Bengal renaissanceandamanwhotriedtoformulateamanifestoofpoliticalequalisationwithinthecolonialbackdrop.Hismanifestocomprisedofpropagatingtherightofwidowstoremarry,theirrighttopropertyandwomen’srighttoeducationasmeanstotheirempowerment. Successfully synthesising the ideals of rationality and universalbrotherhoodof theEnlightenmentProjectwith thecultural traditionsofBengal,RajaRammohanRoy’sideashelpedtogiveshapetomanyinitiatives,practicesandalsoareligionthatputfaithonsecular,rationalidealsandwasatheisttoitscore.TheIndianStatecontinuestostriveforthisegalitariansystemofsocialorderthatRajaRammohanRoypropagated.

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Portraits

In the Land of Chhinnopatro

Director:SaibalMitra

AjourneythroughthestateofBengaltotheneighbouringcountryBangladeshinaquesttodiscoverTagore’slifeawayfromhome.


NobelLaureateRabindranathTagoreisakeyfigureintheliteraryworld.ThisfilmbeginswiththejourneyofayoungTagore,whotravelledacrosstheriversPadmaandGauriandwroteaseriesofletterstohisnieceIndiraDevi.LockedinthemaresomewonderfulexperiencesofTagore’sappreciationofnatureandhis intimatecontactwiththedaytodaylife.This laterbecamethebook‘Chhinnopatro’.ThefilmjourneysthroughthestateofBengaltotheneighboringcountryBangladeshinaquesttodiscoverTagore’slifeawayfromhomeandexistenceatthatmoment.

English http://goo.gl/6UxVlD

Gender

IntheSeasonofBlueStorm

Director:NaghmaIman,MerajurRahmanBaruah

ThejourneyoffourIndianMuslimwomenintoselfhoodastheyprovideadifferentialnotionofawoman’splaceintheIslamicreligion.


Throughdiscourses in popular culture and attimesevenhard-lineddivisivenesswithin the Islamic religion, stereotypical notions about Muslim women haveperpetuatedacrosscenturies.ThefilmtracesthelivesoffourIndianMuslimwomen,inpursuitofaself-identity.Theirpathtoselfhoodhasbeenmarkedbyaccesstoeducation, thecourage todefy societalnormsanda supportive family structurethattreatswomenatanequalfootingwithmen.Fromapilot,aradiojockeytoanIASofficer,thesefourcharactershavechartedvariedroutesforthemselves.Thefilmrecordsthetestimoniesofthesewomenastheystruggletobreakawayfromthestereotypicalnotionsofwomentrappedwithinthenormsofareligionandtheburqa.

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India-Myanmar:AnEnduringBond

Director:AnitaSaluja,VijaySaluja

AreflectiononthebilateraltiesbetweenIndiaandMyanmar.


Myanmar, the land of breathtaking natural beauty, golden pagodas and sunnybeaches, is the only ASEAN countrywithwhich India shares land andmaritimeborders.Culturally,thetwocountriessharemanyacommonthread.Thefilmtracesthe historical ties between India andMyanmar, especially religious and culturalbonds.Tostrengthentheclosebondsofanage-oldfriendship,Indiahastakenupseveraldevelopmentalprojects inMyanmarandbilateral relationsarepoisedtoembarkonanewjourney,buildingacommonfutureontimetestedfoundations.Thefilmseekstoputinperspectivethepoliticalandemotionalbondsbetweenthetwocountriesthatdatebacktothepre-independenceera.

English http://goo.gl/Ubtth2


India & ASEAN: Partners in Progress

Director:UmeshBist

India’sreligious,historicalandindustrialrelationshipwiththe8ASEANcountries


As a partner in the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN), India hashad strong historical, cultural and religious ties with its partner nations. Sincethe formationof theASEAN, Indiahasalsoprovided supportandbuiltenduringpartnerships with the ASEAN countries in areas of culture, industries, trade,technology and education. The film explores this partnership through India’ssupportinconservationandrenovationworkintheAngkorWattemplecomplex,templearchitectureandWayangshadowpuppetryinIndonesia,BuddhisminLaos,constructionandtechnologicalsupportinMalaysia,educationalandtechnologicalsupportinPhillipinesandSingapore,industriesinThailandandsharingofnucleartechnologyinVietnam.

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India & ASEAN: Partners in ProgressThailand

Director:UmeshBist

ThetraderelationshipbetweenIndiaandThailand.


TraditionallyknownasSiam,ThailandisoneofthefewcountriesinSouthEastAsiathathasneverbeencolonised.ItisaconstitutionalMonarchy.IndiaandThailandhaveenjoyedtraderelationsformanyyearsnow.Thetwocountrieshavesomuchincommonhistoricallyandculturallythatitishardlysurprisingthattheyalsosharemodern,dynamicandprogressiveplatformsofthetwentyfirstcentury.ThefilmanalysesthedynamicprogressofIndianinvestorsinThailandliketheAdityaBirlagroup,Indoramagroup,Usha-Asian,amongmanyothers.Thisrelationhasmutuallybenefitedboththecountriesandthepeople.

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India & ASEAN: Partners in ProgressCambodia

Director:UmeshBist

ThefriendlytiesbetweenIndiaandCambodia.


TheunderlyingfocusofthisfilmisaboutAngkorWat,oneoftheoldestandmostspectaculartemplecomplexesintheworld.But,centuriesofneglecthaddestroyedthebeautyofthistemple.ThefilmshowstheroleoftheArcheologicalSurveyofIndiainrepairingandrestoringthetemplecomplexofAngkorWat.AteamcomprisingofengineersfromIIT,Chennai,andotherexpertsfromthefieldlabouredindifficultwork conditions to restoreAngkorWat’s glory.Consequently,we seeCambodiagrowtobecomeoneofthehottesttraveldestinationsoftheworld.

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India & ASEAN: Partners in ProgressSingapore

Director:UmeshBist

ThestoryofthecordialrelationshipbetweenIndiaandSingapore.


Singapore and India’s relationship is very old. The name itself is derived fromthe Sanskritword Singapura,meaning ‘lion city’. Both the countries have cometogether in many fields. The film also talks about the Indian community inSingapore.TheIndianlocalityinSingaporelookssimilartoanyplaceinIndia.ThebiggestcollaborationhasbeenbetweenSingTelandBharati,telecommunicationscompanies from Singapore and India respectively, on a project called i2i, a tie-uptolaysubmarineopticalfibrecables,whichprovidesthelargestbandwidthintheworld.Singaporehasalsohelped India inconstructinghigh-endcampuses inHyderabad,BangaloreandChennai.

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India & ASEAN: Partners in ProgressMalayasia

Director:UmeshBist

ThefriendlytiesbetweenIndiaandMalaysia.


ThefilmhighlightsthesharedcommitmentIndiaandASEANhavebuiltupovertheyears to reconstructeconomicdevelopment, regionalpeaceandstability. Todaythis dynamic relationship recognises the importance of co-operation betweenpeopleofASEANandIndia.FormanyyearsMalaysiaandIndiahavebeenpartnersinprogressand thefilmtraces thesuccessful journeyof IRCON inMalaysiaasamajorpartneralong the road toprogress.With the successful completionof21projectsinMalaysia,thefilmalsotracesthesuccessstorybothinIndiaandothercountries.

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India & ASEAN: Partners in ProgressVietnam

Director:UmeshBist

ThefriendlytiesbetweenIndiaandVietnam.


SincetheformalreunificationofNorthandSouthVietnamin1976,thenationofVietnamhasbeenstrugglingtomakeamarkintheglobalfront.ThisshortfilmtellsthestoryofVietnamanditsrelationshipwithIndia.ThefriendshipbetweenthetwonationssawitsbeginningduringPt.JawaharlalaNehru’stime.ThisextendedtothecomingdecadeswhenIndiaplayedacrucialroleinthescientificandtechnologicaldevelopmentofVietnam.TheVietnamIndiaNuclearResearchCentrewasoneofthebiggestventures in thisendeavour.Researcherswere trainedat theBhabhaAtomicResearchCentre,Mumbai,andavarietyofequipmentweregiftedbyIndia.ThefilmalsoshowstheculturalinfluencesthatIndiahasonVietnam.

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India & ASEAN: Partners in Progress Laos

Director:UmeshBist

ThefriendlytiesbetweenIndiaandLaos.


Laosisasmallcountrywithapopulationof6million.42%ofitspopulationisundertheageof40,makingitayoungcountry.ItisaBuddhistcentreandsharesmuchof its culturewith India. Ramayana, although an Indianmythology, is themostpopularmythologyinLaosandstoriesformtheRamayanaarethemostartisticallyrepresentedones.WoodenpanelsintheWatXienThongtempletellthestoryofRamandSita, and themostpopulardance theatre in LaosperformsRamayana.There are compulsory painting classes formonks in themonastrieswhere RamandSitaarestilltheirfavouritecharacterstheypaint.Thisfilmshowsthisculturalbonding that Laos shares with the India.

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India & ASEAN: Partners in ProgressPhillippines

Director:UmeshBist

ThefriendlytiesbetweenIndiaandPhilippines.


Philippines is a group of 7000 islands, and it is one of the largest democracies.SpanishandMalayinfluencesareevidentinitscultureanditistheonlyChristiancountryinSouthEastAsia.TheIndiancommunityhasalwayslivedincompleteco-operationwiththeFilipinos.Thevariousexamplesof Indo-Filipinocollaborationsare the Asian Institute of Management (AIM) and Indophil. India is a membercountryintheAIM.IndophilisatextilespinningplantestablishedbyAdityaBirla,whichisnowthelargestinSouthEastAsia.APTECH,anIndianinstitution,providescomputer education for the youth in Philippines. Filipinos trained in computershavemadetheirmarkintheITsector.

English http://goo.gl/OUK5Oy


India & ASEAN: Partners in ProgressIndonesia

Director:UmeshBist

ThefriendlytiesbetweenIndiaandIndonesia.


IndonesiaisoneofthefastgrowingcountriesinSouthEastAsia.Boththecountrieshave been partners in many projects, among the most significant being thehydrographicsurvey.MaritimetradethatmanyancientIndianempiressharedwithIndonesiahasinfluencedthelatterculturally.Hindutemplesisoneevidentexample.ArtinIndonesiaisalsogreatlyinfluencedbyIndianmythology.Ramayanaiswidelyperformed, and is one of the popular stories for Wayang, the shadow puppetshows.AlthoughthelargestMuslimcountryintheworld,thereligioustoleranceofIndonesiaistheprimereasonforthepreservationofartandarchitecturethathascomedownfromHindu,ChristianandBuddhistfaiths.

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Indian Heritage Sites in Aden

ThehistoryofthemigrantIndiancommunityinYemen


YemenandIndiaareboundbysimilarcolonialhistoriesandculturaltiesthatdatebacktocenturies.Capturingtheheritagelandmarksasthelivingmemorialsoftheonceflourishing Indianpopulation in Yemen, thefilm captures thedeep rootedcultural history of the migrant community of Indians, particularly from Gujaratand Andhra Pradesh, who re-created their memories of the homeland throughvariousartificesthatstandtallevenasthepopulationoftheIndianmigranttradersdwindles.

English http://goo.gl/3KiyJJ

Culture&LifestyleDevelopment

India 2.0TowardsaNetworkedNation

Director:AnuRadha,SumitOsmandShaw

FourITprojectsthatcreateaccessforruralareastodifferentservicesandfacilities.


Forcenturies, India’sruralareasremaineddisconnectedfromthemainstream.The21stcenturysawtheemergenceofuniqueprojectsforempowermentthroughaccess.Thisfilmisabouttheseprojects:thee-chaupal,e-ducation,e-healthandUIDAI.Aninitiative by ITC Ltd., e-chaupal has empowered farmers in the remote corners ofIndiabyprovidingnecessary informationthroughan integratednetwork,making ittheworld’s largest rural infrastructure. EDUSAT satellite by ISRO is now providingeducationinruralareasthroughvirtualclassrooms.VSATsatelliteisconnectingunder-servedareastomedicalfacilitiesthroughtelemedicine:video-conferencingandmobilehospitals.UIDAIorAadhaarisprovidingeachandeverycitizenofIndiawitha12digitbiometricnumberthatwillgivethemanID.ThefilmprovidesdetailsoftheseprojectsthathavehelpedconnectruralIndiatofacilitiesthatwereearlierinaccessible.

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Democracy

India 5555Part 1

Director:S.Krishnaswamy

Indiawiththewisdomoffivethousandyearsoldcivilisation,fivehundredyearsofpoliticalupheavals,celebratesfiftyyearsofbeingtheworldlargestdemocracy.


TheIndusValleycivilisationestablishedorganisedroads,publicbuildings,merchantestablishmentsandalsohadmaritimecommerce.TheVedasareoneoftheoldestreligious expressions of mankind. Poems and songs of the ancient books liketheMahabharata and Bhagvad Gita are recited and sung by many. The Indiansubcontinent also gave birth to Buddhism, Jainism and Sikhism that spread theprinciplesofpeaceandnon-violence.Structuralandarchitecturalmarvelsportraytheconstructionskillsofbrilliantengineers.ThereligiousandspiritualgurusandthemillionswhofollowthemsymboliseIndia’sunbrokenconnectivitytoherprimordialwisdom.However, Indiahasa trystwithdestinyto fulfil theneed fora justandequitablesociety.

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Democracy

India 5555Part 2


ThefilmdepictshowIndia,withsomanyculturesandreligionsexistingtogetherhasrepresentedunityovertheyears.


Five thousand years of Indian civilisationhas beenbuilt through the confluenceofmanyinfluences.ChristianityandIslamarrivedinIndiaandcoexistedalongsideotherreligions,promotingpeaceandharmony.AftertheMughalsarrivedinIndia,architectureunderAkbar’sguidancerepresentedanaestheticsynthesisbetweenHindu and Islamic features, reflecting themonarch’s personality andpaving thewayforcompositeculturesofwiderdimensions.ThecolonialruleandthefreedomstruggleofIndiarepresentedunityofallculturesandreligionsworkingtogetherforthe common good.

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Democracy

India 5555Part 3


TracingIndia’smodelofmixedeconomyfollowedsinceindependence.


WhenIndiagainedindependence,thereweretwopoliticalandeconomicmodelsavailable to follow: the socialistmodelof the SovietUnionand the freemarketeconomyofthewesternworld.IndiatookamomentousdecisiontoadoptamixedeconomywhereGovernmentandprivateenterprisewouldfunctionconcurrently.Many development initiatives and industries by both Government and privateentrepreneurs led to a steady increase in growth. There have been significantstridesmadebyIndiainscienceandappliedtechnology.AsourceofjoyinIndia’sunderlyingunityisafreedomofchoiceinartsandwayoflife.Withitsfreedomofpress,independentjudiciaryandfreedomofeverycitizentovote,Indiandemocracyhas strengthened.

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Democracy

India 5555Part 4


India’semergenceasamajorplayerintheglobalagriculture,industrialandservice sectors.


ThefilmdepictshowIndia,withafivethousandyearoldcivilisation,fivehundredyearsofpoliticalupheavals,fiftyyearsofbeingtheworldlargestdemocracyandfiveyearsofaneweconomicpolicy,hasatrystwithdestinytocreateajustandequitablesociety.ThefilmpresentsamajorshiftintheIndiansocio-politicalscenariofromindependenceandcontemporarytimeswhenthecountryhasemergedasamajorplayerinagriculture,industrialandservicesectors,withIndianshandlingkeypositionsinmanyofthebiggestcompaniesacrosstheglobe.‘India5555,part4’observesthischangingeconomyofIndiaasitmovesontothenextmillennium.

English http://goo.gl/ZWUkR4

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India and South East Asia3000YearsofMaritimeContacts

Director:NikhilPadgaonkar

India’shistoricalrelationswithSouthEastAsiathroughtheprismofmaritimecontact between the two regions.


ThisfilmtracesbackIndia’shistoricalrelationswithSouthEastAsiaasseenthroughtheprismofmaritimecontactbetweenthetworegions.Thefilmtravelsthrough10countriesandexploresthegrowthofporttownsinIndiathatplayedacriticalrole in theexchangeofnutmeg,pepperandcloves to thehighlyprizedGujaratitextiles.ThefilmalsoshowshowIndiantraditionshavebecomeanintegralpartofSouthEastAsia.This includesexchangeofmythologicalepics likeRamayanaandMahabharata,aswellasthe influenceonarchitectureasseen inBorobudurandAngkorWat.Thefilmpaystributetotherichandvariedexchangesbetweenthetworegionsandtheirevolutionthroughtheyears.

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IndiaaProfile


AvisualprofileofIndia.


AcountryprofileofIndiatouchinguponIndia’sgeography,climate,flora,fauna,national symbols, polity, recent history, people, religious diversity, economy,foreignpolicy,bollywood,cricketandaglimpseofvisionforfuture.

English http://goo.gl/hqTURx

Democracy

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Indo-USRelationship

Director:JoticaSehgal

AreflectiononthebilateraltiesbetweenIndiaandUSA


Twoofthebiggestdemocraciesandfastestgrowingeconomiesoftheworld,Indiaand theUS, have developed amutually enriching long-termbilateral relationshipover the last one decade that stands as a testament to their longstanding commitmenttowardsmodellingatenableeconomicmapofthe21stcentury.ThefilmhighlightsthesuccessstoryoftheIndian-AmericancommunityintheUS,mostprominently in the fields of Information, Technology and Medicine, which havegreatlysupplementedtheUSeconomyduringtherecentglobaleconomicmeltdownandpositivelytransformedtheprospectsoftheIndia-USdiplomaticrelations.Withaviablecommercialenvironmentandreciprocallybenefittingpoliciesandtreatiesinvarioussectorssuchasdefenceandtrade,thefilmtracesthisnewphaseofeconomicreformsbetweenthese twogianteconomicpowers that seek toshape theworldeconomy.

English http://goo.gl/pzaKy1

InternationalRelations InternationalRelations

India and the UN

Director: Anita Saluja

TheroleofIndiaintheUnitedNations.


‘IndiaandtheUN’highlights India’s involvement,roleandco-operationwiththeUnitedNations.India,beingoneofthefoundingmembersoftheUnitedNations,hasplayedanactiveroleintheUNsystemsandhasbeencommittedtostrengtheningandrevitalisingtheUNtoachieveitsobjectivesofpeaceanddevelopment.IndiahascontributeditssoldiersinvariouspeacekeepingmissionsthattheUNundertakes.AlargenumberofIndiansareengagedwiththeUNincapacitiesofinternationalcivilandpublicservants.India’sconsistentendeavourhasbeentoworkwiththeUNonfocusingworldattentiononpeaceanddisarmament.vv

English http://goo.gl/A6SQjM

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Development

IndiaBusinessOverview‘94


TracingtheeuphoriaarisingoutoftheglobalisationtheIndianeconomyin1991.


Producedin1994,‘IndiaBusinessOverview‘94’isabouttheeuphoriasurroundingglobalisation of the Indian economy in 1991, through reform and liberalisation.TheliberalisationoftheeconomywasenthusiasticallywelcomedbytheIndianandglobalindustryandtheIndianPrimeMinistermadeafirstappearanceattheWorldEconomicForuminDavos.Projectingagrowthrateof8%,thecaptainsofindustryareeuphoricaboutthephenomenalgrowthintheconsumersector,someofwhich,liketheautomobileindustry,wasbeginningtoshow300%growth.GlobalcapitalandindustryhavebeguntoarriveinIndiabyexpandingoperationsthroughjointventuresandalliancestocapturethemarket.Theseare,accordingtothefilm,fruitsofglobalisationthatbodewellforthefutureofIndia.

Culture&Lifestyle

IndiaByChoice


AcloselookintothelifeofexpatriateswhohavechosenIndiaastheirhome.


Overthecenturies,foreignershavebeencaptivatedbyIndia’sculture,mysticismand traditions. They have looked at India as an exotic tourist destination and aplacetolearntheancientarts.Butnowmanyofthemarealsointerestedinthecountry’sboomingeconomy,whichallowsthemtoearnandliveinIndiabytakinguppermanentresidence.FromworkinginmultinationalsandNGOs,settinguptheirownbusinessesandmarryingIndians,expatriatesarefindingmanymorereasonstovisitandsettledowninIndia.‘IndiabyChoice’exploresthelifeofsomeoftheseexpatriateswhochooseIndiaastheirhomeandhavebecomeapartofthecountry.Thefilm looks into their journeys andexperiences thathave strengthened theirrelationshipandfascinationforIndia.

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Development

India Empowered

Director:MuraliNagarajan

Chartingthecourseofthedramatictransformationinthecountry’spowersector.


‘IndiaEmpowered’isatributetotheprivatisationofelectricitygenerationinIndia.Identifying the private sector as productive, efficient and transparent, the filmpresentsaseriesofprivateplayersincontemporaryIndiawhohavetriedtoensurethatpowerdeficiencyismet.HailingtheElectricityAct2003asaseminallegislationthat allowsprivatepower generationaswell as accessof privateplayers to thestateownedtransmissionanddistributionnetwork,thefilmlooksatthevariousaspectsthatgointoensuringthatelectricityreacheshomes.Thefilmalsotoucheson thesituationof renewable resourcesandpresentsaseriesofprivateplayerswhoaredeterminedtouserenewableresourceslikethesolarandwindenergytoproduceelectricity.

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Science&Technology

India in Space

Director:KaranBali

AbouttheIndianSpaceResearchOrganisation(ISRO)anditscontributiontospaceresearch.


‘IndiainSpace’recordsthebirthandprogressofIndianSpaceResearchOrganisation(ISRO) and India’s contribution in the area of space research. The firing of atwo-stage rocket froma Kerala fishing village saw thebirth of the Indian SpaceProgrammeandIndia’sentryintothe‘spaceage’.ISROwasformedbythevisionofDr.VikramSarabhaiwithaclearobjectiveofpeacefulexplorationofspace.TheSatelliteInstructionalandTelevisionExperimentorSITEusingtheU.S.SatelliteATS-6sawthetelecastofaseriesofeducationalprogramsonhealth,familyplanning,agricultureinovertwothousandfivehundredvillages.Thenextfewdecadessawthe tremendous success of India in launching satellites through its own satellites systems, primarily for telecommunications designed and built by ISRO calledINSAT.

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Development

India InfrastructureAnOpportunity

Director:AnitaRoy

ThestoryofthedevelopinginfrastructureinIndia,itsgrowthandpotential.


‘India Infrastructure:AnOpportunity’ isabout India’sgrowing infrastructureanditsemergenceasthehubforknowledgeandtechnology.Thereasonbehindthisinfrastructure can be traced to India’s booming economy, its vast agriculturalexports,andindustrialstrength.Manysectorsliketelecom,IT,automobile,aviation,constructionandshippinghavebeengrowingleadingtoemploymentandindustrialopportunitiesasinfrastructureseemstobeanidealopportunityforinvestmentanddevelopment.Thequestionaboutunavailabilityofresourcesforthegovernmenttocarryoutsuchprojectsisbeingansweredthroughaliberalpolicyregime,bilateraland multilateral agreements with countries, and public-private partnerships orPPPs.

English http://goo.gl/nX8OBg

Science&Technology

India Innovates

Director:MayuricaBiswas

Innovativetechnologicalsolutionstocomplexcontemporaryproblems.


‘IndiaInnovates’venturesintotheIndiantechnology,trackingthepremierresearchinstitutesacrossthefourmajorcitiesofthecountry.Findinganswerstoquestionsandusingtechnologyasasolutiontoproblems,Institutesareplayinganimportantroleinshapingyoungscientists’thoughts.Featuredarefourmajorbreakthroughs:electricity generation through carbon nano tubes and semiconductors (IndianInstituteofScience,Bengaluru),soilbiotechnology,whichusessoiltotreatsewageand create pure water (Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai), world’s first$100PC(IndianInstituteofTechnology,Chennai)andmedicaltreatmentforbraintumourbyintroducingchemotherapydrugsdirectlyintothebrainwiththehelpofhydrogels(AllIndiaInstituteofMedicalSciences,NewDelhi).Thefilmshowshowinnovatingisthenewdevelopment,thesmartwayoffindingsolutions.

English http://goo.gl/nKdVFg

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Development

India Unlimited

Director:RameshJayaram

TravelsthroughmajorcitiesandvillagesofIndiawitnessingtheeconomicchangestakingplaceasaresultofglobalisation.


Thefilmexplores the impactofglobalisationof Indianeconomy through tracingdevelopmentsinafewmetros,citiesandvillagesofIndia.ThepoliticalcapitalofIndia,NewDelhi,hastheworldclassMetro;Bangalorehasemergedasthesoftwarecapital of the country; Chennai as the automobilemanufacturing hub; Karur inTamilnaduas the textileproducinghubmarketing itsproductsdirectly toglobalretail chains likeWalmart; the district of Deedi that uses latest technology andproducessoya;Punjabexperimentingwithfoodprocessing;Mumbai,thecapitaloftheentertainmentindustryandthestockexchange,aresomeoftheplacesvisited.IndiancapitalisnowreadytomoveglobalandIndiaofferstheworldamarketthatis at par with the rest.

English http://goo.gl/VrHrE6


India-SouthAfricaPart1:ABondForgedbyHistory

Director:SiddharthBhatia

AfilmonthejourneyofSouthAfricafromapartheidtoaconstitutionaldemocracy.


An inspiring film on the journey of South Africa from the days of Apartheid, tobecoming a Constitutional Democracy.WhenMohandas Karamchand Gandhi, ayounglawyer,arrivedinSouthAfricain1893,hewasastonishedtofindtheinhumanconditions that Indians and a bulk of the SouthAfricanswere existing in. In hiseffortstochangetheirlives,hefoundedtheNatalIndianCongressin1894.ThefilmalsobrieflynarratesthelifeofNelsonMandelaasalegendinSouthAfricaforhiseffortsinfightingagainstApartheidandfortherightsoftheSouthAfricanpeople.HewasthefirstSouthAfricanPresidenttobeelectedthroughafullyrepresentativedemocraticelection.

English http://goo.gl/9AMKlk

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India-SouthAfricaPart2:AHarmoniousRelationship


AfilmonthedevelopmentofarelationshipbetweenSouthAfricaandIndia.


For several decades during the dark days of Apartheid, India and South Africaremaineddistantfromeachother.PostApartheid,relationshipswererenewedandbothcountriesgraduallybecameinterdependentoneachother.Fromsharingandhelpingeachotherwithacquiringresources,bothcountriesarenowselfreliantinmanyfields.Thepartnershipbetween IndiaandSouthAfricagoesbeyondtradeandcommerce.Italsohasastrategicdimensiondrivenbyasharedworldviewandcommonperceptions.ThefilmusesaseriesofinterviewsandnarrativestoexploretheharmoniousrelationshipbetweenIndiaandSouthAfrica.

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Science&Technology

India:TheCyberFrontiersPart 1


TheITrevolutionanditsimpactonIndia.


Part1of‘IndiatheCyberFrontier’looksattheITrevolutionanditsimpactonIndia.Onthethresholdof the21stcentury, Indiaexperiencedanewkindof industrialrevolution-theITrevolution-aprocessoftechnologicalgrowthwhichtransformedtheveryperceptionofadevelopingeconomy.Processesofmanagementunderwentsignificant changes. The advancement in information technology created anexplosionthatunleashedtremendouspotential.Indiareachedouttotheworldandcreatedabrandequityforthecountry.Aftertwodecadesofdevelopment,therearecountriestryingtoemulatetheIndiansuccessstory.ThepotentialofITanditshighcapacity togeneratewealth, foreignexchangeandemploymenthascaughttheimaginationoftheworldandkeydecisionmakers.

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Science&Technology



IndiansintheSiliconValley.


Part2of‘IndiatheCyberFrontier’looksatIndiansintheSiliconValley.TheSiliconValleyinCaliforniahasmoremillionairespersq.milethananywhereintheworld.ItisremarkablehowfartheIndiansintheSiliconValleyhavecomeinsuchashorttime.Bythe1980s,IndianengineershadbecomeapermanentfixtureinaSiliconValley cubicle. They beganmoving intomanagement and eventually tried theirhandsatstartingsoftwareandhardwarecompaniesoftheirown.SabeerBhatia,RakeshMathur, Vinod Dham are a few of the eminent Indian entrepreneurs inSiliconvalley.TheseremarkableentrepreneursnotonlyrepresentthebestofIndianminds, but also visionarieswhoare leading theworld into thenew InformationAge.

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Science&Technology



TheimpactoftheITrevolutionuponruralIndia.


Part3of‘IndiatheCyberFrontier’looksattheimpactoftheITrevolutiononruralIndia.In2000,theStateGovernmentofMadhyaPradeshstartedanintranetserviceprojectcalled‘Gyandoot’.Thisintranetnetworkconnectsvillagestothedistrictheadquartersandoffers thevillagersa rangeof services. Information technologyhasslowlybeguntotransformthelivesoftheruralfolk.ChildrenofDharvillageattend‘headstartschools’-an initiativebytheGovernment,wherethevillagechildrenexperienceinteractivelearningusingcomputers.However,digitalempowermentstillhasalongwaytogotoimprovethequalityoflifeinvillages.

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‘India: The Spirit of Freedom’ is a short animatedfilm that celebrates the ever-expandingsuccess storyof Indiaby tracing the journeyof the riseof thenationfrom the shacklesof colonialism tobecomingoneof thepioneersof innovationanddevelopmentinthecurrentglobaleconomy.Armouredbyaconstitutionthatencapsulates the true essence of freedom in upholding the rights of its citizensandespousing valuesof sovereignty, justice, liberty andequality, Indiamarchesandtowardsadynamicfutureasaninimitableleaderinallsectionsofgrowthanddevelopment.

India:TheSpiritofFreedom

Director:AkshayTandon

AstoryofIndia’sjourneyfromcolonialismtoapioneerofinnovationanddevelopment.


English http://goo.gl/ly0TdR

Development

India’s Development Assistance ProjectsinSriLanka

Director:IshaniKDutta

AfilmondevelopmentassistanceextendedbytheGovernmentofIndiatowardsrelief, resettlement and rehabilitation of the Internally Displaced Persons andreconstructioneffortsintheNorthernandEasternProvincesinSriLanka.

ThedevelopmentassistanceextendedbyIndiatoSriLanka


InternationalRelation

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Development

India’sTrystWithDestiny


ThefilmpresentsafewdevelopmentssinceindependenceasIndia’strystswithdestiny.


‘India’sTrystWithDestiny’presentsamedleyof imageson thevastpluralityofIndia. It claims that India hasmade a series of trystswith destiny startingwithIndependence,when Pt.Nehrumade the iconic speech on Indiamaking a trystwithdestinyandhowthetimehadcometoredeemthatpledge.Thefilmhoweverpresents a series of facts and successes as trysts, moving from developmentsof the judiciary, freedomof themedia, and growth in agriculture and industrialdevelopmentthathasbeenspurtedonbyliberalisation.Thefilmthenpresentsthemassiveinvestmentsthatarestillneededfordevelopingtheinfrastructureandtheimportance of a free media.

English http://goo.gl/4mv8iV

Democracy

IndianDemocracySpreadsitsWings


AfilmaboutthedevelopmentofIndiandemocracy.


‘IndianDemocracySpreadsitsWings’isadocumentationofthejourneychartingtheemergenceofIndiaasademocracy.Thefilmhighlightsthedevelopmentofthecountrybyshowingtheadvancementofwomen,frombeingasectionofsocietywhowerenotallowedtovote,toleadingthecountryanddemandingapartinthedecisionmakingprocess.AffirmativeactionasstatepolicyhasensuredtheentryofminorityandmarginalisedcommunitiesintogovernanceandmanyhavecometoheadinstitutionsinthegovernmentandinotherofficialbodiesinthestatesandvillagesofIndia.ThisfilmincludesaseriesofinterviewsbypeoplelikeKofiAnnan,theSecretaryGeneralof theUnitedNationsandPremaCarriappa, theMayorofBangalore,amongothers,talkingaboutthesuccessstoryofIndiaasademocracy.

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Democracy

IndianElectionsAMammothDemocraticExercise

Director: Laxmana Dalmia

Aclose-upviewofthelndianelections.


India,thelargestdemocracyintheworld,helditsfirstgeneralelectionsin1951onthebasisofuniversaladultfranchise.Thefilmfollowsthe15thGeneralElectionsandpresentsthemammothbehind-the-scenepreparationtoensurethattheelectionsareheldinaccordancewithnormsandthateachandeverycitizenofthecountry,fromthemetropolisestothemostremoteareas,areabletocasttheirvotes.Fromballet boxes to Electronic VotingMachines (EVM), the Indian elections are themostvisibledemonstrationofdemocraticvaluesandinstitutions.‘IndianElections–AMammothDemocraticExercise’depictshowIndianelectionsaresuccessfullyconductedandhowthisensuresavibrantandpulsatingelectoraldemocracy.

English http://goo.gl/WyzAbi

Portraits

Indian Legends Part 1

Director:SunilMutreja

AseriesoftwominutefilmsoneminentIndians.


‘Indian Legends’ presents a series of short films on eminent Indians. Each two-minutecapsulesummarisesthefieldandachievementofapersonalityandlocateswhytheycanberightfullycalledlegendsofIndia.Part1presents:musiccomposerA.R.Rehman,actorAmitabhBachchan,lyricistandfilmmakerGulzar,sarodplayerandmaestro Amjad Ali Khan, danseuse SonalMansingh, scientist and father ofgreen revolutionM. S. Swaminathan, economist and the initiatorofAnandMilkUnionCooperativeLimited(Amul)B.Kurien,founderandheadofInfosysNarayananMurthy, economist and Nobel laureate Amartya Sen, painter Anjali ElaMenon,social activist and Gandhian Baba Amte, and R. Chidambaram, the chairman ofIndian Atomic power commission.

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Portraits

Indian Legends Part 2

Director:SunilMutreja

AseriesoftwominutefilmsoneminentIndians.


‘Indian Legends’ presents a series of short films on eminent Indians. Each two-minutecapsulesummarisesthefieldandachievementofapersonalityandlocateswhytheycanberightfullycalled legendsof India.Part2presents:photographerRaghuRai, painterAmrita SherGill, actor andfilmdirectorGuruDutt, actorRajKapoor, sitar maestro Ustad Vilayat Khan, celebrated as saint and crusader forthe physically challanged Bhagat Puran Singh, sportsperson and ace shooterRajyavardhanS.Rathore,conservationalistValmikThapar,industrialistJ.R.D.Tata,authorMulkRajAnand,scientistandfatherofIndia’sspaceprogrammeVikramA.Sarabhai,andsportspersonandcricketerKapilDev.

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Portraits

Indian Nobel Laureates


AreflectiononthelifeofIndianswhohavebeenawardedtheNobelprize.


‘IndianNobel Laureates’ isabout the Indianswhohavewon theNobelprize fortheir contributions in their respective fields. Personalities like Sir C. V. Raman,HargobindKhorana,S.ChandrasekharandAmartyaSenwonitfortheirintellectualgenius,Mother Teresawon theNobel Prize for peace andRabindranath Tagoreforhisliterarygenius.ThefilmgivesagistoftheirlifestoryandtheircontributionthatenabledthemtowintheNobelprize.Thefilmalsorepresentsthelaureatesaspeoplewhosesocial serviceswentmuchbeyondwhat isvisible.CoveringthefieldsofPhysics,Economics,MedicineandSocialservice,theyaretheprideofthecountry.

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Therehasbeenconsiderableworldwide interest inBuddhism inTibet.However,thefactthatTibetanBuddhism,itsdeitiesandmandalas,werealldevelopedintheIndianUniversityofNalanda, isnotknowntomany.Inthisfilm,HisHolinesstheDalaiLamaspeaksextensivelyaboutthephilosophicrootsofTibetanBuddhism.HealsospeaksabouthowTibetanculture,includingthescriptandgrammaroftheirlanguage,comesfromIndia.ThefilmalsohasextensiveinterviewswiththeleadingTibetanexperts.Script,CameraandDirectionbyworld-renownedBuddhistexpertBenoyKBehl.

IndianRootsofTibetanBuddhism

Director:BenoyKBehl

ThePhilosophicrootsofTibetanBuddhism.


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Plurality History

India Wins Freedom

Director:BhanumurthyAlur

Onthefreedomstruggleandthecostofrealisingfreedom.


‘Atthestrokeofthemidnighthourwhentheworldsleeps,Indiawillawaketolightandfreedom’-thiswastheproclamationmadebyPanditNehruontheeveofIndia’sindependence.ButfreedomforIndiacameatacostofPartitionandmiseryduetocommunalriotsandstrifebetweentheHinduandMuslimcommunities.Overnightmillionsbecamehomeless,millionsbecamerefugees.‘IndiawinsFreedom’isafilmonthestruggleforfreedombythepeopleofthecountryandareflectiononthepricethatthecountryhadtopayforfreedom.Thefilmcontainsrarefootageofhistoricalimportancethatre-ignitethesenseofpassionandcommitmentinherentin the struggle for Independence.

English http://goo.gl/3LjFkE

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Plurality

Integral IndiaGuruLama


ThebenevolentpresenceofGuruNanakinLadakh.


Partofaseriescalled‘IntegralIndia’thatexploresthedifferentfacetsofKashmir,‘GuruLama’presents therelationbetweenthe founderofSikhism,GuruNanak,andKashmir.GuruNanakwascalledGuruLamabythelocalsinNimuLehregionofLadakh.Itisbelievedthathevisitedtheareaandmeditatedthereforawhile,leadingtotheestablishmentofGurdwaraPatharSahib.Thefilmreflectsonthereligiousharmonyexistingintheregion,whereinalargenumberofthelocalpopulationvisittheGurdwaratooffertheirprayersandseekblessingsofGuruNanak.

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Plurality

Integral IndiaAPerfectHarmony


Anexampleofharmonyandsyncreticculturewheretemples,mosquesandshrinesexistsidebyside.


Partoftheseriescalled‘IntegralIndia’thatexploresthedifferentfacetsofKashmir,‘PerfectHarmony’unfoldsthecreationofthecityofJammubyRajaJamboLochan,theKingofJammu.Hecreatedacitywheremosquesandtemplesexistedsidebysideandmanyshrinescametobe.Shrineswereperceivedasprotectorsofthecity.Theexistenceoftworeligions,andtheirplacesofworship,soclosetoeachotherwasnotperceivedasthreateningtotheother.TheirpresenceandproximityreflecttheverybestofIndia’ssyncreticculture.Thecityhasapicturesquelandscapetoofferalongsidethereligiousharmony.


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Portraits

Integral IndiaApostle of Peace


AportraitofNandRishiorSheikhNuru-uddin.


Partoftheseriescalled‘IntegralIndia’thatexploresthedifferentfacetsofKashmir,‘ApostleofPeace’presentstheamazinglifeandstoryofthespiritualmancalledbydifferentnames:SheikNuru-uddin,NandRishiandmanymore.HisfollowerswereHindus,MuslimsandSikhsandheeffortlesslycombinedthebestofallreligionsandpreachedall.ButprimarilyhewasabelieverintheKasmiriwayoflife,languageandculture.PartoftheSufitradition,NandRishiisreveredtilldatebyallinKashmir.

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Plurality

Integral IndiaTwinVillages


Thestoryofashrinecutintotwobytheborderbetweentwonationsandfaiththat abides despite that.


Partoftheseriescalled‘IntegralIndia’thatexploresthedifferentfacetsofKashmir,‘Twin Villages’ unfolds the mystery of two shrines of Baba Dilip Singh and hisfollowerslocatedinSaithanandChmabliyalvillages.ThepartitionresultedinthedivisionandconstructionofawallbetweenthetwoshrinesofBabaDilipSinghbutthefaithofhisfollowerswasnotdivided.HisfollowersbelievethatwhenBabaDilipSinghwasbeheaded,hisbodywasassaultedandburied,hishead inChambliyalvillagewhilethebodyinSithanvillage.Eventodaythefollowersonbothsidesoftheborderhave immensefaithonBabaDilipSinghdespitetheconsequencesofpartition.


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Plurality

Integral IndiaDivineMusic


TheuniquenatureofIslaminKashmir.


Partoftheseriescalled‘IntegralIndia’thatexploresthedifferentfacetsofKashmir,‘DivineMusic’presentsthedevelopmentofIslaminKashmirthathasstrongrootsinSufism.OnlyinKashmirareIslamicprayersrecitedandsung.Ahistoricalwrittencontract permitting this form ofworship exists in Srinagar. This form of uniqueworship is another significant example of Kashmir’s syncretic and harmoniousculture.


Culture&lifestyle

Integral IndiaGamefortheBrave


ThegenesisanddetailsoftheLadakhipolo.


Partoftheseriescalled‘IntegralIndia’thatexploresthedifferentfacetsofKashmir,‘Game for theBrave’ presents the Ladakhi polo. It is a game that enjoyedwiderespectasitrequiresabilitiesofaveryhighcalibre.Manytimesfasterandfarmoredangerousthanthepoloplayedintheplains,Ladakhipoloisfitonlyforthebrave.Thefilmshows thegenesisof the sport, itsdetailsand itspresentday situationwhenitisfastceasingtobetheprimarysportoftheregion.


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Development

Integral IndiaPerfectStrokes


Thestoryofthecricketbatmakers.


Partoftheseriescalled‘IntegralIndia’thatexploresthedifferentfacetsofKashmir,‘Perfect Strokes’ ventures into the region of Halmullah, the hub of cricket batmanufacturing.Thefilmtracesthegenesisoftheproductionofthecricketbatthatmovedhereafter thepartitionof Indiaas the region ishome towillow trees inabundance.Thisregiontodayisthelargestmanufacturerofcricketbatsprovidingemploymenttomany.


Plurality

Integral IndiaPrayersinStone


ThetemplesinAlichi,Ladakhthatpresentawidevarietyofpaintings,muralsandprayerscarvedonstone.


Partoftheseriescalled‘IntegralIndia’thatexploresthedifferentfacetsofKashmir,‘Prayers inStones’presents thetemplecomplexatAlichi inLadakh.BuiltbytheBuddhistmonkLocahawaRinchenZangmo,thetemplesarefullofpaintings,wallmuralsand inscriptions like those inAjantaandElora caves.Thefilmshows thecountlessstoneswithpaintings,muralsandprayersengravedonthem,exploringthe legends surrounding this unique temple.


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Development

Integral IndiaLeh: A Cosmopolitan Haven


ThecosmopolitanhistoryofLeh.


Partoftheseriescalled‘IntegralIndia’thatexploresthedifferentfacetsofKashmir,‘Leh: A Cosmopolitan Haven’ traces the genesis of Leh as a land of true cosmopolitan culture. Lying on the main trade routes across the mighty Himalayas, Leh hashistoricallybeenaspacewherecultureshavecomeandmixed.ThisabilitytobringtogetheravarietyofculturesandhistoriescontinuetilldatewithavastmedleyofculturesandtheirinfluencescoexistingsidebysideinLeh.


Plurality

Integral IndiaTheLegendofSohniMahiwal


ThelegendaryandtragiclovestoryofSohni-Mahiwalanditspresentdayrelevance.


Partoftheseriescalled‘IntegralIndia’thatexploresthedifferentfacetsofKashmir,‘LegendofSohniMahiwal’presentsthelegendaryandtragic lovestoryofSohni,thedaughterofapotterTulla.ShedrownedintheriverChanabwhilegoingtokeepatrystwithherloverMahiwal.ThefilmexploreshowthecelebratedlovestoryisrootedinthesyncreticSuficultureofKashmir,howtheriverChanabisthebackdroptoalllegendarylovestoriesofNorth-WesternIndiaandhowevenpartitionhasnotmanagedtocleaveawaytheauraoftheselegendarystories.


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Development

Integral IndiaThePashminaStory


ThestoryofthefamousPashminashawlofKashmir.


Partoftheseriescalled‘IntegralIndia’thatexploresthedifferentfacetsofKashmir,‘ThePashminaStory’takesadeeperlookintotheartofPashminaShawlmaking.Pashimaproductshavehistoricallytravelledfarandwideandhavebeenseenasmarksofstatusandstyle.BecauseoftheirpopularitytheyhaveevencometobemachinecopiedinEurope.ThemakingofthePashminathoughislabourintensiveand spread across regions. The film traces this long journey of Pashmina andpresentsitspresentdaypopularity.


Culture&lifestyle

Integral IndiaTheGastronomicalJourney


Themulti-culturalrootsofKashmir’suniquecuisine:theWazban.


Partoftheseriescalled‘IntegralIndia’thatexploresthedifferentfacetsofKashmir,‘TheGastronomicalJourney’exploresthecuisineofKashmirthatisfamoustheworldover.TheuniqueKashmiricuisinecalled,Wazban,iswellknownforitsdelicacyandelaborateness.Thefilmgoesbehindthescenetoviewtheprocess,thepeopleandtheingredients.Itpresentsthecooks,theWazbanis,andtheirhighstatusinsocietythatappreciatestheircraftandrespectstheirtraditions.Butessentially,thefilmexplainsthatlikethecultureofKashmir,itsfamouscuisinetoohasrootsinotherculturesandtastes.Further,thespicesusedherealsocomefromacrossthenation,includingdeepsouthandfaroffplaceslikePersia.


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Plurality

Integral IndiaIn Search of Shiva


ThevisitsandimpactsofAdiShankaracharyaonKashmir.


Partoftheseriescalled‘IntegralIndia’thatexploresthedifferentfacetsofKashmir,‘InSearchofShiva’tellsthestoryofAdiShankaracharya’srelationwithKashmir.AdiShankaracharya,wholivedinthe8thcenturyAD,wasarenownedscholarandiconofHinduism.HailingfromKerala,itissaidthatbytheageof12hehadinternalisedthecoreteachingsofAdvaitaandlaterjourneyedacrossIndiatounderstandthecultureandknowledgeofthiscountry.ThefilmtracesthetimesthatAdiShankaracharyaspentinKashmir.HevisitedKashmirseveraltimesandlaterproceededonfoottothetempleofLordShiva.Peoplenamedthetempleafterhimashelivedinacavenearbyandmeditatedinthetranquilandpeacefulsurroundings.


Art & Culture

Integral IndiaSublime Art


ThegenesisandsituationofBasohlipaintingsfromtheKashmirschool.


Partoftheseriescalled‘IntegralIndia’thatexploresthedifferentfacetsofKashmir,‘SublimeArt’presentsBasoholipaintingsthatwerediscoveredbyanEnglishmanwhenhestumbledupontheruinsofthetownin1835AD.ApparentlythisdistinctstyleofpaintingwasencouragedbyofRajaSangramPalinAD1640,thekingwhowasalsoclosetotheMughalEmperorShahJehan.AlthoughsimilartotheMughalminiaturepaintings theBasohlipaintingsaredistinct for theiruseof colourandrepresentationofthepristinebeautyofKashmir.WhiletheBasohlipaintingsarefamousallover theworldandappear inendlessbooks, the townofBasohli liesforgottenanddesolate.


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Portraits

Integral IndiaALastHarmony


AportraitofRehmanJung,mastercraftsmanwhomakesmusicalinstrumentsandbelievesworkisworship.


Partoftheseriescalled‘IntegralIndia’thatexploresthedifferentfacetsofKashmir,‘A LastHarmony’ is aportrait of Rehman Jungwhomakesmusical instruments.ButtheprideofhisrepertoireistheSantoor,thefamousmusicalinstrumentfromKashmir.TheSantoorisplayedmainlybytheHinduPunditsandwhenthevalleyeruptedinturmoil,theKashmiriPunditsleft.Still,RehmanJungcontinuestoworkalone,carvingtheSantoor,andafewothermusicalinstruments,allbyhimself.Hetakesprideinhisworkandbelievesthathisworkisworship.


Gender

Integral IndiaDardpura... A Village of Pain


TheallpervasivesenseofhorrorandpaininthevillageofDardpura.


Situated close to Indo-Pak border, the village of Dardpura has been caught inmilitantcrossfire.Evenaswomeninthevillagegoabouttheirdailyactivities,theyarelividathavingbeenbetrayedbyall.Meninthevillageareconspicuousbytheirveryabsence.Aboutfourhundredfamilieshavebeenaffectedbytheonslaughtofmilitancyinthevillage.Menluredbypromisesofwealthandfamewere,voluntarilyandinvoluntarily,consumedbymilitianevertoreturnhome.ThefilmcapturestheperennialsenseofhorrorandabsoluteabhorrenceofthepoliticsofhatredandfearthatcharacterisestheeverydaylivesofthewomeninDardpura.


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Integral IndiaInvisible Lines


Theviolencethatmarksthedrawingandmaintainingofpoliticalborders.


Thefilm isanexplorationof theconceptofmanmadeborders, thepoliticsthatunderliesthemandtherepercussionsoftreadingthem.Mustafa,unawareoftheimplicationsofhisinnocentstrollacrosstheborder,findshimselfimprisonedattheageof21.Returningtohisowncountrysevenyearslater,herecountsthehorrorshewitnessedinthePakistaniprison,thebrutalityofhiscaptorsandtheplightofthosewhocontinuetolanguishinjailsfornofaultoftheirown.ThefilmpresentsMustafa’slifeasaquestioningofthevalidityofthesemanmadeboundaries.


Democracy

Integral IndiaOfRightsandWrongs


PeopleinKashmirdefyalloddsandfearofviolencetovoteandpreservedemocraticethos.


ElectionsinKashmir,likeelsewhereinIndia,isatimeoffrenzyandturmoil.WhatmakesthisturmoilsingularintermsofviolenceandhysteriaisthespecificpoliticalcontextofKashmir.Eversincethefirsttimeelectionswereheldinthevalley,therehavebeenattemptsbyvariouspoliticalandmilitantoutfitstosabotagepeople’sparticipation in the democratic process. However, in a bid to secure peace andusher in progress and development, people of Kashmir come out to vote andkeepthedemocratictraditionalive.ThefilmisahomageofsortstothisinvincibledemocraticspiritofthepeopleofKashmir.


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History

Integral IndiaHamlavar Khabardar


ThemetamorphosisofKashmirisintosoldiersandactivedefendersoftheirsecularlegacyduringtheKabailiraidsofOctober1947.


ThefilmtravelsbackintimetothatmomentinKashmir’shistorythatalteredit’sfateandmadeaninevitablesoldierofeveryman,womanandchildinthevalley-theKabailiraidsofOctober1947whichconcludedwiththesigningofKashmir’saccessiontoIndia.Theextremebrutalityofthemaraudersonlystrengthenedtheresolveof Kashmiris to standunified across religions anddefend their land anda rich secular legacy.Moved by this urgency to protect their identity, Kashmiriwomentooreadilytookuparms.TheaccessionandmovinginoftheIndianarmyreceivedunconditional support fromthepeople.Bywayofhistorical recountinganduseofrarearchivalfootage,thefilmlooksbackatthisperiodasbeingdefinitiveinthememoryofthosewhowitnesseditandeventhosewhocameafter.


Gender

Integral IndiaIronButterflies


AnodetotheindefatigablespiritofKashmiriwomen.


Thephrase“IronButterflies” seems tobestdescribeKashmiriwomen - softandgentleintheinsidebutfirmandresoluteontheoutside.Thefilmisacelebrationof the persevering Kashmiri womenwho toil endlessly in the face of hardshipswithout harbouring ill feelings towards anybody.Women in Kashmir livewith averystrongsenseofdignityandselfsufficiency,defyingcustomsthatdemandtheirsubservience,tosustaintheirfamiliesandcontributetothegrowthoftheeconomy.Such a resolute feminist consciousness has manifested itself in the form of various empowermentgroupsthatareworkingtomakegreaternumberofwomenself-sufficient.


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History

Integral IndiaFourdaysin1947


RememberingtheKabailiraidsofOctober1947.


October1947wasanunusually tragictimeforKashmir.TheKabaili raidson thetownofBaramullalastedfourdaysattheendofwhichthebustlingtownof14,000peoplewasreducedtorubble.Theindiscriminatebestialitythatsparednooneisetchedinthemindsofthosewhowitnesseditasalso,Kashmir’scollectivememoryasatroubledstate.Thefilmrevisitsthistimeinhistorybyconversingwiththosewhowitnessedthebrutalmassacreaswellastheuseofhistoricalreconstructionwith archival footage.


Development

Integral IndiaPeace for Development


ThesetbacktoKashmir’stourismindustryinthefaceoftheriseofmilitancy.


ThevalleyofKashmirhasattractedtouristsforcenturies.Andtourismhasalwaysbeen one of the prominent stake holders in Kashmir’s economy, providingemploymenttoalargesectionofthepopulation.However,withtheriseofmilitancyinthelate1980sthenumberoftouristsinthestatedwindledtoanalltimelow.Consequently,other related industries likehandicraftswerealsoaffectedby theloss ofmarkets.A shrinkingmarketbrought about a subsequent exploitationoftheartisanwhoinadvertentlyfoundhimselfdealingwiththemiddleman.Thefilmcaptures some of the predicaments of the people related to the tourism sector as wellasongoingeffortstorevivethesector.


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History

Integral IndiaAccession


Kashmir’s accession to India in 1947.


ThefervorofIndia’sstruggleforindependenceleftnooneuntouched.ThepeopleofKashmirparticipatedinthestruggleinallcapacitiespossible.HistoricallyKashmirhavingbeenadeeplysecularsociety,itwasacutelyperturbedbyJinnah’scallforpartition.Theaccession to India found favoramongall Kashmiris alike. Thefilmreveals,bywayofconversationswithveteransfromthetime,Kashmir’simmediaterejectionoftheideaofPartitionandit’sunwelcomeattitudetoJinnah’svisittothestate.Theyalsorecountthehorrorsoftheeconomicblockadethatfollowedtheaccession and the unwavering resolve of Kashmiris to passionately defend theirsecularlegacy.


Development

Integral IndiaHealingTouch


TheeffectofmilitancyonKashmir’sforestcover.


Thefilmlooksatthedirectandindirectwaysinwhichmilitancyhasaffectedforestsin Kashmir. Kashmir’s wilderness has been both a source of solace and livelihood forthepeople.However,theeffectsofmilitancyonthelifeofKashmir,beingallpervasive,havealsoadverselyaffectedtheforestreserves.Thethickforestcoverinitiallyprovidedanidealhideouttomilitantsbecauseofwhichpartsofithadtoberazeddown.Butdestructionalsocameinamyriadotherways.Theshrinkingofthetourismindustrydroveagreaternumberofpeopletorelyonforestsforlivelihood.Besides,therewerealsoinstanceswhereinsurgentactiondestroyedentiretownsthatweremadeofwoodandconsequently, thetimberthatwasusedtorebuildthesehousesseverelydepletedforests.Whilelookingatsomeoftheseissues,thefilmalsofocussesonongoinginterventionstorenewgreenexpansesinthestate.


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Interface:AfilmonIFS

Director:MediartFilmsPvtLtd

ThehistoryoftheIndiaForeignServicesanditsroleinportrayingapositiveimageof India to the world.


TheIndianForeignServices(IFS),apartoftheCivilServicesinIndia,hascarvedauniqueplaceforitselfintheworldandisrecognisedasarolemodel,especiallyinotherThirdWorldcountries.Setuppost Independence,themembersof foreignserviceshaveworkedveryhardtocreateapositiveandstrongimageof India intheworldforum.Intheearlyyears,theforeignservicesconcentratedonissuesofsecuritybuttoday,diplomacyhascometoencompassmanyvariousfacets,includingculture,economics,politics,NRIaffairs,media,etc.Morerecently,therehasbeenastressoneconomicdiplomacy,especiallypostglobalisationandliberalisationinIndia.

English http://goo.gl/ykaJUm

Plurality

IslaminIndia-AFusionofCultures

Director:PrashunBhaumik

TracestheoriginsofIslaminIndiaanditssignificanceinshapingIndianculture.


‘IslaminIndia’tracestheoriginsofIslaminIndia,itssignificanceinshapingIndianculture, and its peaceful coexistence and unificationwith other religions in theIndiansubcontinent.During theMughaltimes, Indiawasunifiedasawholeanddisplayedsplendidarchitecturalandculturalheritage.Italsosawthecollaborationof IslamicandHindustyles inperfectharmony.But itwastheSufis,andnottheMuslimrulers,whocarriedIslamanditsprinciplesofbeliefinoneGodandequalityofman.ManySufiSaintsthroughthefollowingfewcenturiespromotedpeaceandharmonyamongvariousreligionsandinfluencedmillionsoffollowers,helpingtoform the basis of India’s unique composite culture.

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Portraits

Ismat and Annie


ThelivesandworksoftwoavantgardefeministwritersinUrdu.


IsmatChugtaiandQurrat-ul-Ain-HaiderwerebornbarelyadecadeapartintownsclosetoeachotherinthestateofUttarPradesh.Bothwereinfluencedbyworksofrevolutionarywritersandtooktowritingatatimewhenwomenwriterswereexpectedtobeconformistandsubdued.Eachbrokefromtraditionsandwroteabouttheworldtheywerefamiliarwith.Boldandaheadoftheirtimes,theuniversalityoftheirstoriesmadethemimmenselypopularandgaveimmediacytotheircharacters,cuttingacrosscaste,religionandstereotypes.‘IsmatandAnnie’chroniclesthelivesandworksofIsmatChugtaiandQurrat-ul-AinHaider(alsoknownasAnnie),who,inspiteoftheturmoilandturbulenceintheirownpersonallivesandtheperiodtheylivedin,contributedimmeasurablytotheIndianliterarylandscape.

English http://goo.gl/lPFcAG

Science&Technology

ITRevolutioninIndia

Director:SamirKukreja

India-thenewITdestinationoftheworld.


Revolutions have changed human life from the very beginning of civilisation.More recently,computershavebrought in radical changes inpeople’s lives.TheITrevolutionhastouchedalmostallfieldsofsociety,fromtelecommunicationtotransportation, education to surgery, government to banking. ‘IT Revolution InIndia’projectsIndiaasthenewITdestinationoftheworldinthenextfewyearsbringing in huge revenue to the government.

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Democracy

It’sCricket,No?

Director: Sudhir Aggarwal

Farawayfrombrightstadiumlights,multimilliondollarfranchises,auniquebrandofIndiancricketismakinghistoryinitsownway.


‘It’sCricketNo?’isthejourneyoftheIndianblindcricketteamanditsplayers.Startedinthe‘80sbytheNationalInstitutefortheVisuallyHandicappedinDehradun,blindcricketinIndiahasgrownthroughtheyears.Forthefirsttime,ateamof14playersfromdifferentpartsofIndiawassenttoEnglandforatournamenttoplayagainsttheEnglishblindcricket team.Theywhitewashedtheseriesandreturnedhomevictorious.Withlackoffunding,however,theteamisfacingdifficultyincontinuingtheirpassion.Thefilmportrayshow,inacountrywherecricketisareligion,thisteamofvisuallychallengedplayersdeservethesupportofequipmentandfinancetoachievewhatisapassionoftheplayersandapridetothenation.

English http://goo.gl/OLss4Z

A trainload of enthusiastic adventures sets out on a journey across India in anattempt tounderstand India’sdiversity, itsproblemsand thepossible solutions.Astheyliveonthetrainfor15days,theyencounternojustchanginglandscapesbutalsothediversityamongthemselves.“JagritiExpress’’isatravelogueofIndia’syouth–watchthemlearntomanagewithlimitedspaceandresources,seethemexploreprojectslikeAravindEyeHospitalandGramVikasandlistenastheysoakupmyriadideasfrominnovators like JoeMadiathandRElango.Will this journeyofa lifetimemakeadifferencetotheIndiaofthefuture?

JagritiExpress

Director:SaminaMishra

AtrainjourneyacrossIndiabyenthusiasticadventurers


English http://goo.gl/jHR3rX

Development

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History

Jammu & KashmirQuestforLastingPeace

Director:Capt.RajivOjha

India,PakistanandJammuandKashmir.


Theemergenceof India andPakistanwasa result of thepartitionof the Indiansubcontinentin1947.LedbyPakistan’sfatherofthenation,MuhammadAliJinnah,theMuslimLeaguewithsupportoftheBritish,advocatedaseparateMuslimstate.However, Jammu and Kashmir has been a bone of contention between IndiaandPakistansince independence.Thefilmnarratesthese longstandingdisputesbetweenthetwonationsoverJammuandKashmir.

English http://goo.gl/55abON

Democracy

JanaGanaMana

Director:PriyaNair,AntaraKak

AreflectiononIndiandemocracywithitsmyriadmanifestationsandcontradictionsexploredthroughthediverseconceptsof‘family’.


‘JanaGanaMana’, thefirst threewordsof India’snationalanthemmeaning thepeople,thecommunityandthepoweroftheirideas,reflectsondemocracy,anditsmyriadmanifestationsandcontradictions,itsstronglinkstotraditionthatareoftencontradictorytocontemporaryreadingofdemocracy.ThefilmtravelsthroughIndiatolocatetraditionalandhistoricalpracticesofdemocracy-mostlytobefoundintheindigenouscommunitiesorerasedpagesofhistory-andthecontradictionsinthecontemporarymiddleclassIndianlifethatarestillstronglyboundbytraditionalpractices and values,many ofwhich are often discriminatory. Through someofthe contemporary initiatives on governance at the grassroot level, such as themilkcooperativeofAmulandthechildren’sparliamentinTilonia,Rajasthan,filmcelebratescollectiveaction.

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JourneyofAyurveda

Director:BappaRay

ProgressofAyurvedatheindigenoussystemofmedicineofIndiainthe21stcentury


Ayurvedacontinuestogrowrapidlyasoneofthemostimportantsystemsofmind-bodymedicineandofnaturalhealingasaspiritualapproachtolifebecomesevermore important in this ecological age. The film, Journey of Ayurveda, travels intimefromitsoriginsinIndiatoitsprogressintothe21stcentury,whereAyurvedicmedicine isgaining international interestandrespectasanalternativemeansofcaringforphysicalandmentalhealth.

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Development

Jai Ho

Director: Umesh Aggarwal

AfilmonthelifeandachievementsofA.R.Rahman


Allah-Rakha Rahman has the honour of single-handedly catapulting Indian FilmMusicontotheworldstage.Consideredoneoftheworld’smostinfluentialpeoplebyTimeMagazine,hisprolificbodyofwork,over120filmscoresworldwide-atlastcount- inacareerspanningtwodecades,makeshimoneoftheworld’sall-timetopsellingrecordingartists.TheFilmexplorestheevolutionofhisstyleofmusic-afusionofEasternsensibilitiesandWesterntechnology.Throughvariousturningpointsinhislifeandsignificantmilestones,theFilmcelebratesanIndianiconwhoisnolessthanaglobalphenomenon.SpanningacrossLosAngeles,London,ChennaiandBombay,theFilmbringstoitsviewers,ahithertounseenandunheardnarrativeofoneofthegreatestmusicianstheworldhaseverknown.

English

Portrait

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Art & Culture

Kalaripayyat

Director:P.AshokKumar

Afilmon‘Kalaripayyat’,theancientmartialartsfromKerala.


The film presents the history, legends and the practice of Kalaripayattu or‘Kalaripayyattu’, the ancient martial arts from Kerala that exists even today.Kalaripayattuhasemergedovercenturiesintoanastoundingmartialart,matchlessand magnificent. Legends say Kalaripayattu originated from Lord Shiva asParasurama,Shiva’sdisciple,impartedthisknowledgetohisstudentsinthegurukultradition. Historians trace the first wave of this art to the period of CheramanPerumal,thelegendarykingofKerala.TherearethreemajorstagesinthetrainingcalledMeithari,KolthariandAnkathari.Kalaripayattualso involvesayurvedaandmassageswithoilstohealandincreaseflexibilityofthebody.Thisancientart isstillpractisedwithgreatfervourandcontinuestomanifestinthelifeandcultureof Kerala.

English http://goo.gl/gKZwXs

Art & Culture

KashmirinIndianPoetry

Director: Suresh Kohli

TheresonanceofKashmirinIndianpoetry.


Thisfilmexploresthewritingsofvariouspoetsandtheir ideasofKashmir.ManypoetshaveemergedfromthislandwhohavewrittenabouttheirownfeelingsandemotionsassociatedwithKashmir.Manyotherswerevisitorswhowereenthralledby the land of Kashmir and wrote about the beautiful valley and its bountifulnature.Othersexploredhumanemotions that surround it.Kashmir still remainsasthelandthatinvokesalyricallanguageandasenseofnostalgiaonmanypoets.WithanarrationfilledwithpoetryandabriefhistoryofKashmir,thefilmfeaturesleading poets of Kashmir.

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Democracy

Kashmir VotesAssemblyElections2008


AfilmabouttheelectionstothestateassemblyinKashmirin2008.


‘Kashmir Votes’ is a film about the participation of the people of Jammu andKashmir intheelectionstotheStateAssemblyheld inNovember2008.Thefilmcoverscampaigningandvotingduringtheelections.Itpresentsacrosssectionofpeopleexplainingwhy,afteralmosttwodecadesofmilitantviolence,theydefiedacallbysecessioniststoboycotttheelectionsandvotedfordemocracy.Bothsides,thosewhowantedtoboycotttheelectionsaswellasthosewhowantedtovoteandtakepart intheelections, lookedforwardtopeace inKashmir.Someoftheargumentsduringtheelectionwerebasedonreligion.Manyissuescameupduringtheseelections:onsafetyontheroad,foodsupplies,electricity,water,etc.,buttheissuethatraisedthemostconcernwasunemployment.

English http://goo.gl/u25STT

Kashmir,knownforitsserenebeautyandoftendesignatedastheclosestsemblanceofheavenonearth,isalsotheseatofarichfusionofassortedculturesandtheirideasofart,religionandphilosophy.Thefilmexploresthispluralistcultural-historyoftheregion,theepicenterofanall-inclusiveandharmoniousdevelopmentandco-habitationofdiversereligiousphilosophiesthatmanifestintheart,architectureandeverydaylifeoftheregion,asasymbolicsynthesisofthecosmopolitanidentityof modern India.

Kashmir:ThelandofDivinelove


Thefilmshowstheart,architecture,religiousandculturalhistoryofKashmir


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Art & Culture

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Portraits

KaziNazrulIslamTheRebelPoet

Director: Anjan Das

AportraitofKaziNazrulIslam,therevolutionarypoetfromBengal.


KaziNazrulIslamwascalleda‘dhumketu’orcometbyRabindranathTagoreforhisrebelliousstyleofwriting.ThefilmtracesthelifeofKaziNazrulIslam,thesourcesofhisinspirationandhowhispoetrycametoreflecthisfieryandrebelliousspirit.NazrulwasdeeplyinspiredbytheBolshevikrevolution,thecommunistideologyandinlinewithhispoliticalthoughtprocesses,hewroteapoemtitled“AutobiographyofaVagabond”.HisspiritofrebellionforchangemadehimjointhearmyduringtheWorldWarI.However,duringthistime,helearntPersianandArabicandbroughttheghazalgenreofNorth Indianmusic toBengal.Nazrulbecameaprolificsongwriter with over 3000 songs to his credit.

Bengali http://goo.gl/5goUQwEnglish http://goo.gl/vGjrB5

Art & Culture

KolkataBlues

Director:JoydeepGhosh

Areflectiononhowcontemporarymusicalformsbegintomirrorourcontemporaryexistenceandsenseofbeing.


From devotional music, Bhatiali songs and the modern urban ballad, Bengal’smusichasbeeninfusedwitharevolutionaryspiritandtheneedforsocialchange.‘KolkataBlues’isareflectiononhowcontemporarymusicalformsbegintomirrorourcontemporaryexistenceandsenseofbeing.ThefilmisaglimpseintothewiderangeofmusicaltraditionsthatKolkatapossesses.Culturally,Kolkatahasbeenattheepicenterof theBengal renaissancemovementandmuchof themusic thathasemergedfromthecityreflectstherevolutionaryspiritofBengal,theBengaliattitudetowardsreformandactionforsocialchange.‘KolkataBlues’isanintimatereturntothecityinordertoplaceitsmusicinthelargerurban-politicalcanvasandtoshowthereactionarypowerofmusictosocialinjustices.

English http://goo.gl/8Z0eZx

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Art & Culture

KuchipudiRevisited

Director:YaminiKrishnamurthy

AlookintotheoriginandinterpretationofKuchipudiandit’schangingnuances.


Kuchipudi, the dance, takes it name from the village of Kuchipudi in AndhraPradeshwhereitoriginatedandwasdevelopedasamaledancetradition.Ithadacertainvigourassociatedwithitanddepictedtheunityofthemaleandfemaleinonebody,allowingthedancertointerpretandenactamaleorafemalerolewithintheperformance.SwapnaSundari,oneoftherenownedexponentsofKuchipudi,traces the origin, evolution and changing nuances of the dance form throughinterviewswith herGuruPasumarthy Seetharamaia, other acclaimedexponentsandwellknowndancecritics

English http://goo.gl/xNt61K

Plurality

Ladakh-ACradleofBuddhism


Ladakh,thelandofmanypassesisalsothebirthplaceofBuddhismwheresomeoftheoldtraditionsandritualsarestillfollowed.


Ladakh,thelandofmanypassesisalsothebirthplaceofBuddhismwheresomeoftheoldtraditionsandritualsarestillfollowed.Hiddenbehindthisharshlandscapeandwhatisoftenthoughttobeaforbiddingfacade,liesahistoriccivilisation.Pasttheoldfrontiers,liesthelandofwildernesswithitsunalteredcharacterandmind-bogglingorganicmagnificencethatbeckonadventuroustravellers.

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Plurality

LandofBuddha

Director:AbhaDayal

AfilmonthejourneysofGautamBuddhaandhisteaching.


The film is a tour of various stupas and Buddhist temples all over the Indiansubcontinent.IttellsthestoryofBuddhaandhisjourneytowardstheattainmentofsupremewisdom.Usingnarrationovervisualsofdifferentshrinesandstupas,it explores the importance of Buddhist literature in the development of humancivilisation.Through interviewsofmonksanddevotes, itevenshows the impactofBuddhismonpeopleeventoday.IttellsthehistoryofpropagationofBuddhismovertheyearsthroughthedifferentBuddhistarchitecturethatevolvedovertime.IttakesusonthejourneyGautamBuddhatookthousandsofyearsago.

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Culture&lifestyle

LandofMemories

Director: Arun Kumar

ExplorestheoralfolkcultureandmusicoftheBhojpuricommunityinMauritiusandtheirfeaturesthatarestronglylinkedwithmigrationissues.


‘Land of Memories’ explores the oral folk culture and music of the BhojpuricommunityinMauritiusandtheirfeaturesthatarestronglylinkedwithmigrationissues. The protagonists of the film are people that are maintaining Bhojpurimigrant memories against the risk of losing them. Brought in by the British asindentured labour to work on sugar plantations during the 19th century, theBhojpuricommunityinMauritiushasdevelopedastrongoralculturelinkedtothe“Palayan”,theHindiwordthatcapturesthemeaningofmigration.Nowadays,manyIndo-Mauritianpeopleareattemptingtotracetheiroriginsandpreservethefolkculturetheybelongto.Thefilmexploresthiseffort,aswellastheBhojpurimusicaltradition.Indoingso,themovieunderlinestheimportanceofseekingourancestralpastandwomen’sroleinpreservingthetradition.

English http://goo.gl/rL5tYT

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Science&Technology

Life EncodedBiotechnology:TheIndianEffort

Director: Vandana Kohli

TheIndianinitiativeinthefieldofbiotechnology.


Microorganismsareeverywhereandthesessingle-cellorganismsareacknowledgedastheoldestlifeformsontheplanet.Whilesomebacteriaareusefultomankind,othersaredangerous.Knowledgeofgeneticstructureacrossspecieshashelpedscientists understand basic life functions. Awhole newworld has opened up inthequesttounderstandthebuildingblocksoflifefromDNAtoproteins,andtheinformationbeinguncoveredisfascinating.Indiahascreatedanewfrontierinthefieldofgeneticengineering,researchanddevelopment,andbio-informatics.Indiahas a global competitive edge in biotechnology and in itsmanufacturing abilityduetothepresenceofastrongancillaryindustry.ThisfilmdocumentstheIndianinitiativeinthefieldofbiotechnology.

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Plurality

Lessons in Friendship


AhistoryoffiftyyearsofIndia’sdevelopmentalcooperationwithothercountriesunderIndianTechnicalandEconomicCooperation(ITEC)Programme


Onthe15thofSeptember1964,theIndianTechnicalandEconomicCooperationProgramme(ITEC)was instituted bytheGovernmentof Indiaforsharing India’sexpertise, resources and leanings to help build national capacities of fellowdevelopingcountries.Inthesefiftyyears,ITEChascreatedanicheforitselfandhasbuilt powerful bridges between India and other countries through the strengthening ofnationalcapacitiesacrosscontinentsandthusgeneratedimmensegoodwillforIndia.

English http://goo.gl/pxkcEr

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Culture&Lifestyle

Living StoriesStorytellingtraditionsofIndia

Director:NeelaVenkatraman

ThefilmonthedifferentkindsofstorytellingacrossIndia.


Thefilm takesuson journey todifferentpartsof India, toexplore thedifferentkindsofstorytellingartsinIndia-fromPadvani,astorytellingartinChhattisgarh,toKathakali,inKerala.Exploringalltheseartformsbyconversingwithartistswhoperform these, thefilmpresents the socio-culturalbackgroundofeachof theseforms of story telling. Using interviews of various contemporary story tellers ofIndia, it discusseshow this arthas survived in the contemporary society. It alsoshowshowlocal legendsandmythsinthecollectivepopularconsciousnesshaveinfluencedthereligiousmotifs.

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Art & Culture

Lokapriya


AjourneyintotheheartoftheHindifilmmusicindustry-itssounds,lyrics,beats,notes and the people who bring them all together.


Musichasthecapacitytobreathelifeintoacinematicimage.TheevolutionofHindifilmmusichasbeenshapedbytechnologicalchangesintherecordingindustryaswellasotherculturalforceslikethelocalRamlilatradition,thenarrativestructuresof Hindi films and the rising prominence of women characters within thosenarratives.Butdespitethesewiderangeofinfluences,whatremainscentraltoHindifilmmusicisthewaythesounds,lyricsandnotestouchachordwiththecommonman.FromthestreetsofBombay,tolocalbarbershopsandtheboomingremixesfloatinginurbanclubsthathavetheyouthgyratingtothebeats-veryfewspaceshavebeenleftuntouchedbyHindimusic.Thismusicaljourneyisaccompaniedbyequallyjoyouscameramovements,providinganuancedunderstandingofhowtheorchestra,percussionandwesterninfluencescreateaharmoniousconfluence.

English http://goo.gl/pKi0eL

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Art & Culture

Love Song of the World


ThephilosophyoftheBaulsofBengalhavefoundmanytakersinculturesacrosstheglobeastheysingthe‘lovesongoftheworld’.


The storyof thewanderingminstrels, also knownas theBaul singers, is a storyofcelestial lovethat isspreadthroughmusic.TheBaulconsidersthedifferencesofcaste,communityandcreedirrelevanttohumanexistencesincehisreligionisgrounded inhumanisticprinciples.BeingaBaul isabouterasingboundariesandopposingallformsofman-madedifferences.TheBaulbelievesthathisgodresideswithinhimandthat it ispossibletoaccesshimonlythroughstrictandseamlessdevotion. Intheearly60’s, theWestencounteredBaulpoetryandsubsequentlytheBaultravelledtotheWest.PurnaDasisthemostreveredIndianfolkmusicianabroadandhehaspavedthewayforthepopularityofthecult,performingalongwithBobDylan,MickJagger,RaviShankarandothers.

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Art & Culture

MaadhyamTheMedium

Director:AnkitaKumar

BollywoodasIndianmainstreamart.


Bollywood,oneofthelargestfilmindustriesintheworld,hasalargefanfollowingprimarilybecauseofitscompellingnarrativestructuresthatfocusonfamilyvalues,morals and the proper code of conduct; its larger than life heroes and its extravagant nature of production. The Hindi film industry has become a medium of massentertainment,notonlyforIndianaudiencesbutalsoforIndianssettledabroadandaudiencesofmanyothernationalities.WiththeincreaseinIndia’spresenceintheglobaleconomy,therehasbeenasimultaneousriseinthevisibilityofBollywoodaswell.MoreandmoreBollywoodfilmsarecompetingatinternationalfilmfestivalstoday-adevelopmentthatmanyseeasthearrivalofIndianmainstreamartontheglobalplatform.

English http://goo.gl/0XebKn

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Art & Culture

MadeinBollywood

Director:SanjeevBhargava

BollywoodstarsandstalwartsarticulatewhatBollywoodmeanstothem.


A number of film stars, directors, music directors and choreographers try toarticulatewhat they perceive is the uniqueness of commercial Hindi films, alsoknown as Bollywood. The views are often contradictory -many articulatewhattheybelieveisthereasonbehindthemassivedesireforcinemaasescapism,whilesomefeel itprovideseducation,especially tonon-resident Indians,about Indiancultureandwaysof life. Someaccept that the commercialfilmsareonly tellingstorieswhileothersfeeltheyarelargerthanlife.WhileafewinterprethistoryinBollywoodterms,otherscelebratewhattheyperceiveistheinfluenceofBollywoodon Hollywood. The film inter-cuts interviews with clips from films to present acollage of the often contradictory views that the stalwarts of the industry haveabouttheirart,craft,commerceandthemselves.

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Art & Culture

MagicintheMaking

Director:RitabanGhatak

Thework,approachandinspirationsofthemasterpainterandsculptorK.G.Subramaniyan.


“Allartprobablystartswithanideaorimpulse.Butitgainsshapethroughcertainaccidentsofgrowth,comingfromthemediumorworkmanship.Theycomeasasurprisetotheartisthimselfandpushhisideasforwardoruncovernewimages.Herethemediumbecomesanactiveaccomplice.Ienjoythisprocess-thismagicinthemaking...”TheseopeninglinesbyeminentpainterandsculptorK.G.Subramaniyanhimself,setsthestageforthewidecanvasoftheartistthatthefilmunfoldsinagradualbutcaptivatingmanner.K.G.Subramaniyan,amanofmultifacetedtalents,createdmesmerisingartusingamultitudeofmediumsandtechniques.Techniqueslikereversepainting,cementcasting,terracotaandglasspaintingfoundanewleaseoflifewithhismastery.Thefilmisadetaileddocumentationofhiswork,approachandinspirations,atreasure-troveofknowledgeinthevoiceofthemasterhimself.

English http://goo.gl/TDjwZN

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Art & Culture

MagicRealismandAfterIndianEnglishFiction:1981-2011


TheadventofIndianwritinginEnglishafterSalmanRushdie’sMidnight’sChildren.


Salman Rushdie’s 1981 novel, ‘Midnight’s Children’, was phenomenal not onlybecauseofit’sliteraryinventivenessandfreshstyleofstorytellingbutalsobecauseofthemanywaysinwhichitmarkedthebeginningofwhatisnowknownasIndianwriting inEnglish. Thefilm takesone through the trajectoryof Indianwriting inEnglish starting from ‘Midnight’s Children’ and ‘TheGodof Small Things’ to theyoungercropofauthorswhoaremaking theirpresence felt internationally.TheIndiannovelinEnglishhasbeensignificantgloballybecauseoftherichtraditionofstorytellingthatitdrawsfromandalsobecauseofthewayithasappropriatedtheEnglishlanguageandinflecteditwithit’sownhistoricalandculturalemphases.Thefilmexploresseveralofthesetrendsandconcernsthroughaseriesofinterviewswithauthors,publishersandpeopleinvolvedinliteraryfestivals.

English http://goo.gl/BDtZL1

Portraits

Mahatma-AGreatSoulof20thCentury

Director: VithalbhaiK.Jhavery

AportraitofMohandasKaramchandGandhiandhissocial,politicalandspiritualinfluenceonthecountryduringpreandpostindependencetimes.


The film begins with Gandhi’s childhood, his early influences, his education inEnglandandhis life inSouthAfricaasa lawyer.Whenheattemptedtoclaimhisrightsasa citizen,hewasabusedand soon saw thatall Indians suffered similartreatment.Hedevelopedamethodofactionbasedupontheprinciplesofcourage,nonviolenceandtruth,Satyagraha.UsingtheprinciplesofSatyagraha,heledthecampaignforIndianindependencefromBritain.GandhihadbeenanadvocateforaunitedIndiawhereHindusandMuslimslivedtogetherinpeaceandhelpedfreetheIndianpeoplefromBritishrulethroughnonviolentresistance,andishonouredbyIndiansasthefatheroftheIndianNationor‘Mahatma’,meaningGreatSoul.

English http://goo.gl/JhYhKq

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Defence

MartialTraditionsoftheIndianArmy

Director:RakhiThakur

InsightsintothemartialtraditionsoftheIndianArmy.


Second largest in the world, the Indian Army is known for its glorious history,valour,gallantry,disciplineandgrandeur. ‘Martial traditionsof the IndianArmy’asthenamesuggests,takestheviewerthroughthetraditionsoftheIndianArmy,museumsofdifferentregiment,memorialandawardceremoniesattheRashtrapatiBhavan. Thefilm showcasesunique footageof theexclusivedinnernight in theofficersmess, the lavish four-coursemeal indulgedby themen inuniform; rarefootageofarmymenpractisingtheirregimentalwarcries,whichareperformedtokeepthemotivationallevelandcreateabondwithinthefraternity.

English http://goo.gl/WYjpfq

Plurality

MastQalandar

Director:RajeevSrivastava

AspiritualjourneyexploringthelivesandteachingsofthreeSufisaintsacrossthecountry.


Sufism is practised across India andprovides sustenance, refuge and a senseofbelongingtoallthepeopleregardlessoftheircaste,creedorbackground.TheSufimysticsandsaintsarereveredacrossthecountryandcontinuetoattractfollowersbecauseoftheirsimplebutpowerfulmessageofequalityandlove.Theyarealsoknownfortheirpoetry,songsandrituals.‘MastQalandar’tracesthelivesofthreesuchSufisaintsinJammu&Kashmir,UttarakhandandAssam,andexplorestheirlives and teachings. These saintswho have spent their lives spreading love andpeaceforeveryone,attractmillionsoffollowersfromallreligions,makingthemanimportantpartofIndianspirituality.

English http://goo.gl/XuAYWH

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History

MedievalMarvels

Director:ManuRewal

IAnoverviewofthesynthesisoftraditionalHinduandCentralAsianMuslimelementsthatmarksmedievalarchitecture.


Medieval architecture represents a unique fusion of various cultural codes thatbelonged to such disparate kingdoms and systems of thought as the Rajputs,Bundelas and the Mughals. The film takes one through some iconic medievalarchitecturalsitestohighlightthisnovelsynthesiswhichisdistinctlyillustrativeoftheprogressiveidealsupheldbytherulersofthetime.Italsotracestheinflectionsof a sophisticated environmental consciousness on architecture. The film is aninsightfulexerciseinmedievalhistoryoftengoingbeyondit’sfocusonarchitectureandreflectingonthereligiousandpoliticalethosofthetime.

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Art & Culture

ModernSpacesIndianLight

Director:ManuRewal

Indianarchitecture’smodernexperimentstoenrichspaceswithaninterplayoflight and landscape.


Thefilmpremisesitselfontheideathatarchitectureisametaphorforcivilisationsand subsequently, uses five architectural examples from modern India toilluminatetheinflectionsofanenvironmentalsensibilityonemergingIndiandesignaesthetics. It looksatfivemonumentalworksofarchitectsRajeshRanganathan,PremChandavarker,SanjayMohe,BimalPatelandRajRewal -disparateastheymayseemtoexploretheirthematicconsonance.Whatemergesisamyriadwaysinwhichthesearchitectshaveincorporatedaninterplayoflightandlandscapetocreatespacesthatarereverberatewithnaturalenergy.InsightfulanalysisoftheseworksbyProf.A.G. K.Menon reveals the reinventingof amodernity that is inconstantdialoguewithtraditiontotransformplacesintospaces.

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MrinaliniSarabhai:TheArtistandHerArt

Director:YadavanChandran&MallikaSarabhai

Thefilmdelvesintotheartofthefirstchoreographertousedanceascontemporarysocial commentary. In the revival of South Indian classical dance in the lastcenturythetwonamesattheforefrontarethoseofRukminiDeviArundaleandMrinaliniSarabhai.Bothfromhighlyeducatedandevolvedfamilies,theynotonlyperformed,butwroteabouttheartforms,givingthemtherespectandvaluethattheydeserved.Thefilmportrays theseseminalpiecesand interviewthecreatoraboutwhatinspiredher,howshechosetheformandmouldedthecontent,ofhervisionbehindthesepiecesandherneedtobreakfromthetraditionalrepertoireoftheforms.Thefilmissetinablackboxtheater,thecreator’smatrixandplacesthechoreographerinthemidstofherwork,visuallyconnectingdifferentepochs,spacesandplanes. Italsogives theaudienceaviewof thechoreographythat isneverseeninatheater,byplacingtheviewerofthefilmtooatopandabreastofthedancers,thecreationandthecreator.

TheStoryofanIndianclassicaldancer


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Art & Culture History

MuhammadBairamBegTurkman

Director:PrithwirajMishra

AbiographyofMuhammadBairamBegTurkman,betterknownasBairamKhan,alifelongcompanionofHumayun.


Muhammad Bairam Beg Turkman, also known as Bairam Khan, was a militarygeneralduringtheMughalperiodwhoservedMughalemperorsHumayunandhissonAkbar.HumayunandBairamKhanwereveryclosefriends.HumayundiedwhenAkbarwasonly fourteenyearsoldandBairamKhantookover theresponsibilityofguidingandtutoringAkbar.BairamcarriedoutalldutiesonbehalfofAkbarasthe latterwasmore inclinedtowardsmusic,huntingandelephantfights.BairamwasdismissedafterAkbartookoverthethrone,afterwhichheleftforMecca.Thefilmvisuallynarratesthe lifeofBairamKhanthroughpaintingsofwarandotherimportantevents inthelivesofBairamKhan,HumayunandAkbar.ThefilmalsotakesusthroughthefortsandpalacesoftheMughalempire.

English http://goo.gl/OsMHlA

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Art & Culture

MusicalBandsofIndia

Director:RakeshShrivastava

Anexplorationofthemusicaldiversityandacousticaestheticsofbands


Military andmusic bandspresent another rich anddiverse traditionofmusic inIndia.Thisfilmisanexplorationoftheirmusicaldiversityandacousticalaesthetics.Themusicof themilitarybandsof India isdifferent fromvariousclassicalmusictraditions, folksongsandcontemporaryrockandpopmusic.BandshavebeenaverycommonpartoftheIndianmusictradition,witheachpartofIndiadisplayinga separate style ofmusic. They are an integral part ofweddings and social andculturalgatheringsthatevokeasenseofcommonpastandnationalpride.

English http://goo.gl/qQcfid

Natyanubhava:Part-IYatra&Part-IIDarshanDirector:SharadaRamanathan

AnaudiovideonarrativeonIndianclassicaldance.

Duration:26min(eachpart)YearofProduction:2014

IndianclassicalDanceisartisticYogaorNatyaYoga,ameanstotherevelationofthe spiritual through the corporeal. Natyanbhava is an introduced audio-visualnarrativeonIndianclassicaldance,fornationalandinternationalaudienceswithaparticularfocusontheuninitiated.Itexplorestheuniversalandtimelessappeal,aswellasthediverseandevolvedaestheticsofIndianclassicaldance,byfollowingitsevocativenarrative fromancient tocontemporary India,asalsoasanartisticmanifestationoftheIndiancivilisation.

PartI:English http://goo.gl/wS5qfDPartII:English http://goo.gl/yXQF9u

Art & Culture

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Art & Culture

NaukaCaritramuBoatSong:TrinityofCarnaticWomenMusicians

Director:SarojSatyanarayan

AtributetothreewomenartisteswhomadeadramaticentryintotheCarnaticmusicsphereintheearlytwentiethcentury.


‘NaukaCaritramu’paystributetothreewomenartistsofthecarnaticmusictraditionofSouthIndia-M.S.Subhalkshmi,D.K.PattammalandTanjoreBrinda.EachintheirownindividualstyleshavecarriedforwardtherichheritageofcarnaticmusicinthespiritoftheBhaktidevotion.Theirpurity,expressionanddedicationissharedbythemaestrosastheyrelivetheirmemoriesandbringalivetheimageoftheBhakta,poetcomposerTyagarja,who,throughhismusicalwisdomseeks liberationfromallsansaraorworldlylife,andsurrenderstothisDivinemedium.Thefilmexplorestheirmusic,theirlifeexperiencesandtheirdevotiontowardstheirmusic.

English http://goo.gl/S0PjpV

History

Nectar in Stone

Director:RoyDaniels

ThetracesofIndiancultureandarchitectureinCambodiaandVietnam.


‘Nectar in Stone’ explores the traces of Indian culture and architecture in the South EastAsiancountriesofCambodiaandVietnam.ThestoryofthebirthofCambodiatracesbacktoanIndianBrahminreceivingthecountryasaweddingpresentwhenhemarriedtheKhmerKing’sdaughter.SculpturesofRama,VishnuandDevistillexistintheregion.ManyShivalingamscanbestillseenintheMahendraParvetofAnkolainCambodia.WallsandgalleriesdisplayingthebattleofRamayana,battlesbetweenGodsandDemonsandthedepictionofheavenandhellarepartofthespectacularmassofstonecalled‘nectarinstone’thatmakestheAngkorWat,thelargestreligiousmonumenteverconstructed.Intheseforms,wewitnessthegloryoftheKhmers,theirKingSuryavermanthe2nd,andthelegendofLordVishnu.

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Environment

NegotiatingJustice

Director:RishuNigam

India’spositiononaddressingproblemsrelatedtoclimatechange.


Climate change is a global challenge that requires an immediate and urgent response. While the rich countries which pollute the earth with their industrial revolutionhaveamoralresponsibilitytowardsit,thedevelopingcountrieshavehadtoreducetheirenergyconsumptioninthefaceofexpandingindustrialisationandpopulationgrowth.‘NegotiatingJustice’explainsIndia’spositiononclimatechangematters.AlthoughmeetingtheaspirationsofalargepopulationisIndia’sbiggestchallenge,thecountryhasbeenaforerunnerinusingenergyefficienttechnologywhileworkingonitseconomicandsocialdevelopment.Someofthestepstakenaresolarpowerprogrammes,cleancoaltechnology,windenergyusage,biogasplants,etc. Starting from the rural level, India is trying to contribute to environmentalconservation,andhasbeensuccessfulinmanyareasofconservation.

English http://goo.gl/pmY84i

History

NirvanaandBeyondAnIndianJourney


HistoryoftheancientIndiancivilizationanditsevolutionintoamodernnation-state.


‘NirvanaandBeyond:AnIndianJourney’isapanoramictaleoftheIndiancivilisationbeginningwiththeHarappancivilisationupuntiltheformationoftheIndiannation-stateandthereafter.Thefilmtravelstodifferentpartsofthecountryandrevisitstheriseandfallofempiresandrulers;highlightingancientIndiancontributionstofieldsasdiverseaseconomy,politics,religiousandspiritualscholarship,medicineandscience.Itlooksatmonumentsastestimoniestotheflourishingdiversityofcultures in India. And while drawing attention to this rich syncretic heritage, italsoalertsonetothedangers inherent inapluralsociety.AsthefilmtracesthemetamorphosisoftheIndiancivilisationintoamodernnationitessayssomecrucialconcernsforIndiaasadevelopingnation.

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Plurality

Nisbat...Connection


Astunningvisualessayonthe786thUrsofKhwajaMoinuddinChistiofAjmer


‘Nisbat...Connection’ is a stunning visual essay on the 786th Urs of KhwajaMoinuddinChistiofAjmerheldonthelastfivedaysoftheOctober1998.Usingapairoftravellersassutradhars,thefilmgoesupclosetothefaithfulatthedargah-praying,singing,seekingandsimplybeing.KhwajaMoinuddinChistiinitiatedtheChistisectofSufism,andthedargahatAjmerShariefholdsaspecialplaceintheheartsofallandisvisitedbypeopleofallfaiths,especiallythosewhobelieveinthesyncreticSuficulturethatpromotesloveandtolerance.ThefilmisaverydetailedlookintothefivedaysoftheUrs,thecelebrations,theprayers,thelivinginmake-shiftcampsandhostels,thehopeandtheanguish, interceptedwithpoetry.ThefilmendswiththerenownedPakistanisingerAbidaParveenvisitingandsingingatthe Dargah.

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No Problem! SixmonthswiththeBarefootGrandmamas


Women from six countries come together in India to train as solar engineers


Women from across six countries come together to train as Solar Engineers andtravel to India tobeapartof theBarefootCollege inTilonia,Rajasthan - apioneerinsolarelectrificationinremoteruralvillagessince1989.Boundbysimilarcircumstancesofpovertyathomeandfightingalladversities,thesewomenbreakallbarrierstotrainasBarefootSolarEngineers.Alongwithacquiringthenecessaryskills,theircloseinteractionwiththepeopleofTiloniahelpsbuildconfidenceandanewidentityasapartoftheglobalcommunityofBarefootSolarEngineerswhohavebroughtsolarelectricitytoover4,50,000ruralpeoplein49countries.

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Development

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Portraits

NRIsintheGulfSome Success Stories


AstoryofNRIsintheGulfthroughfirstpersonaccountsoftheirsuccess.


ThisfilmdepictsthesuccessstoriesofIndianwhohavelefttheirhomecountryandreachedtheGulftoexploretheincreasingopportunitiesinthatregion.TravellingtoBahrain,Kuwait,Oman,SaudiArabiaandIndia,thefilmattempttocapturethelivesofsomeNRIsthroughinterviews.Comingfromdifferentstrataofsocietyandfromdifferentprofessions,theircommondenominatorissuccessandtheindeliblemarkthattheyhaveleftinthecountryoftheiradoption.Thefilm’scharacterhavetwothingsincommon-theirprideinbeingIndianandtheirindomitablespirittocontributetotheprosperityandstrengthoftheiradoptedcountry.Theyrepresentthe unique model where two nations with varying resources, join hands in apartnership of progress and development for their people.

English http://goo.gl/w630Jk


OctoberVignettesDelhiCWG2010


VignettesfromtheCommonwealthGameshostedbyIndiainOctober2010.


Indiahostedthe2010CommonwealthGames(CWG)inOctober2010.71nations,826medals,8000athletes,17sportsand4parasports.TheCWGwasthebiggestever sports eventhostedby India. Thefilm celebrates the successof this grandeventthroughinterviews,visualsofthedifferentfacilitiesandvoiceover.Athletes,officials, volunteers and journalists share their thoughts about the games andthefacilitiesprovided.ItalsotalksabouthowtherepresentationofCWG2010inthemedia shifted to apositivenoteonce the gamesactually began. It exploresthe importance of hosting sports events, and how such events help to developconfidenceinathletesandimprovessportsfacilities.

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Portraits

OfMelodiesDivine

Director:JuhiSinha,UmeshBist

ThemusicandlifeoftheLanganiyarsfromRajasthan.


TheLangasliveinthevillagesofthegreatTharDesertinwesternIndia.Barnavaisamagicalvillagewhereeveryhomereverberatestothesoundofmusic.Musicissuchanintrinsicpartoflangalifethatitmightbetruetosaythat‘langa’childrensingbeforetheyspeak.Theyearntheir livelihoodbymusic,singingatthehomeoftheirpatronsorjajmans.Throughtheyears,langashavemovedtoneighboringtownsofJodhpurandJaisalmer.LangamusicisthebestofIndianclassical,folk,Sufianddevotionalstyles.Thelangashavepresentedanewgenreofmusicwithoutanyformaltrainingandwiththegiftforimprovisation.Theirtremendouszestforlifeand their delight in the music forms an instant rapport with listeners.

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Defence

OntheWingsofCourage


TracestherootsofterrorismandmakesapleaforpeaceinSouthAsia.


‘On theWings of Courage’ analyses global terrorism from India’s point of view.Tracing the roots of terrorism to feudalism, the film presents the scholarswhopropagatedterrorismasanecessaryroutetoanegalitariansociety.Subsequently,terrorismbecameaweaponoftheoppressedagainstthecoloniser.ThefilmthenmovestomodernterrorismandexplorestheLashkareToiba(LeT).Usingarchivalfootage intercutwithquotes fromdiplomats, scholarsanddefenceanalysts, thefilmbuildsupacase fordismantlingofLeTandmakesaplea forpeacethroughinternationalco-operationandsupport.

English http://goo.gl/EygKeM

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Defence

OperationImdad

Director: P. N. Khera

India’sabilitytomanagedisasters.


In 2004, twomajor calamities struck in India and the neighbouring countries; atsunamiandamajorearthquake.Thefilmpresentshowdespite thedifferencesbetweenIndiaandPakistan,thetwonationscametogethertoassisteachother.InthecaseofthefloodsinPakistan,Indiaprovidedunconditionalassistance.Indiancitizenscollectedanddonatedtonnesoffood,medicalsupplies,blanketsforthesurvivorsinPakistan.Thetsunamiandtheearthquakehaveproventhatneithertherichnorthepoor,IndianorPakistani,areimmunetothewrathofnature.

English http://goo.gl/FV3vX6

Art & Culture

OurNovelsinEnglish

Director:IndranilChakravarty

Tacklesquestionsofliterarytradition,languageidentityandgenreissuesbyexploring Indian English literature.


IsitpossibletocapturethemultilingualrealityofIndiabyusingonlyonelanguage,English? This question has been a constant one in the history of Indian Englishliterature. Indeedsince1930,whenMulkRajAnand,RajaRaoandR.K.Narayanbegantousethewesterngenreofnovelstoarticulatetheir ideaof India, issuesabout languageandIndian identityhasbecomecentral in literature. ‘OurNovelsinEnglish’triestofindananswertothisquestionthroughajourneyintotheworldofIndianEnglishliterature;fromtheclassicworkof‘Rajmohan’sWife’byBankimChandraChatterjeetotheurbanexperiencesofauthorssuchasSalmanRushdieandAmitavaGhosh.

English http://goo.gl/lyVxl1

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History

PalashikiJung

Director:DiptenduDey

EventsleadinguptothehistoricalBattleofPlasseythatledtotheestablishmentofBritishdominioninIndia.


Thisfilmshowcasesthe‘PalashikiJung’ortheBattleofPlassey,thehistoriceventwhichchangedthecourseofthemodernIndia.Ithasimmensehistoric,economicandpoliticalinfluenceastheconsequenceswhichfollowedweresovast,immediateandpermanent.Accordingtomanyhistorians,theBattleofPlasseyisconsideredasthestartingpointtotheeventsthatestablishedtheeraofBritishdominationandconquestofIndia.Thefilmusesre-enactments,illustrateddrawingsandarchivalstillstoreconstructthecourtofSiraj-ud-DaulahandtheeventsleadinguptotheBattle of Plassey, the betrayal by the Nawab’s lieutenants and the subsequentdefeatanddeathofSiraj-ud-Daulah.

English http://goo.gl/hru54c

Palimpsest: India & Europe


ThestoryoftheinfluenceofIndiancultureinfivecountriesofEurope


Thefilm–Palimpsest,helpstounderstandfascinatingcrossinfluencesinsocietiesthataregeographicallysofarawayyetemotionallysoclosetoIndia.Itisajourneythrough five countries of Europe to experience the influence of India’s diverseandcolourful culture thathasgentlyand silentlymoved into societieswhichdonothavelinguistic,historicalorcolonialtieswithIndia.ThedocumentaryweavesstoriesofEuropeansas they interfacewith Indiandance,musicandcinemaandinterpretthemintheirownway.

English http://goo.gl/014WX6


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Partners in ProgressIndo-USRelations

Director:Dr.ChandanMitra

Thepeopletopeople,culturetoculture,businesstobusinesscontactsbetweenthe two greatest democracies of the world: India and the US.


‘PartnersinProgress’isajourneyspreadacrosscenturiesandacrosssocial,cultural,economic and spiritual frontiers. This documentary film examines the ongoingpeopletopeople,culturetoculture,businesstobusinesscontactsbetweenthetwogreatestdemocraciesoftheworld-IndiaandtheUnitedStates.Thisrelationshiphasweatheredmanyapoliticalstormanddodgedcountlessdiplomaticpotholes.Today,India-USrelationslookatthefutureofmorethantwomillionIndianslivingintheUSandmanyotherpeople involved inthisclosepartnershipbetweenthetwogiantdemocraticpowers.

English http://goo.gl/vRc88w


PartnershipsforProsperityAfilmonIndo-GulfEconomicrelations

Director:RashmiMathurLuthra

India-Gulfrelationshipbuiltandpreservedonthestronghistoricaltradingnetworks.


ThefilmpresentstheeconomiccooperationbetweenGCCandIndiasetupthrougha mutual understanding of each other’s recourses and technical expertise. TheIndiangovernmenthasbeeninvolvedintradewiththegulfwaybeforeoilcameintothepicture.DifferentcompaniesfromIndiahavebeenreallysuccessfulintheGulf,whichprovidesthemwiththeproperinfrastructureandresourcestoexpand.Usinginterviewsofdifferentcorporatepeople,thefilmalsotalksaboutthegrowingIndianCommunityintheGulfregionanditsimportanceinthedevelopmentofboth.IndianskilledlabourhasbeenoneofthemostimportantreasonbehindbuildingtheGulfafterthewarandthefilmexploresthisaspectoftherelationshiptoo.

English http://goo.gl/KkQ2w0

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Defence

Passion for Peace

Director: Pushpesh Pant

TheidealsofpeacethatledtoindependenceandNAM,andthepresentdaydemandsforfurthermilitarisation.


Thefilmmakesapleaforpeaceandarguesthatpeaceisnecessaryfordevelopmentandfulfilment.ThefilmpresentshowtheidealsofpeacehavebeenattheheartofIndianpolityandpolitics.StartingfromancienttimestoGandhi’speacefulnon-violent strategy that led to independence, to Pt. Nehru’s international strategyand leadershipof thenon-alignedmovement, Indiahasbeenat the forefrontofpeaceadvocacyintheworld.Thefilmthenanalyseshow,despitethisbasicthrust,Indiahashadtobuildupforcefuldefenceparaphernaliaintheformofitsmilitary,weaponryandnuclearcapability.Thefilmarguesthatarmingforself-defenceisnotcontradictory topeace.Thefilmattempts to resolve thisapparentcontradictionbyquotingsaintswhosaythatthestateofpeacecanbeachievedonlywhenallitscitizenarepassionateaboutpeace.

English http://goo.gl/UaEaWQ

Art & Culture

Pather PanchaliALivingResonance


Acinematicjourneyandnostalgicreturnintooneofthegreatestfilmsofworldcinema-PatherPanchali.


Pather Panchali, directed by Satyajit Ray wasmade in 1955, butmore than 50yearsafteritscompletion,thefilmcontinuestoresonatetodayamongaudiences,filmmakersandcriticsalike.Whatisitaboutthefilmthatallowsforitscontinuingrelevance both in India and abroad? ‘Pather Panchali - A Living Resonance’travelsbacktolocaleswherethecharacterswithinApu’sworldcamealive.WithinterviewsfromRichardAttenbourough,SandipRay,GirishKasaravalliandmanyotheradmirersofSatyajitRaywhotrytointerpretthefilm,whatemergesisthestrugglesthatwentintothemakingofthefilm,thenuancesbehindRay’shumanistinterpretationoftheworldandhisrelentlessdedicationtohisart.

English http://goo.gl/WdfA5h

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Gender

PeacetoProsperityWomen Empowerment


ThestoryoftheKashmiriwomenwhobroketheprevailingconservatismandemergedsuccessfulindiversefields.


The state of Jammu and Kashmir has seen development percolating in. But thesocialconstructionandconservatismstillremainedamajorobstacletobecrossed.‘PeacetoProsperity:WomenEmpowerment’isthestoryoftheKashmiriwomenwhohasbrokenthesocialrestrictionsandcomeouttoplayarole inthestate’soverall development. Theyhaveexcelled almost all fields includingpolitics, law,security,defence,literatureandhaveeventakenarmsfortheirvillage’sprotection.ThefilmfeaturessomeofthesuccessfulwomenwhoseleadershipanddedicationinspiresmanymoretojoinhandsinthedevelopmentofnotjustJ&K,butthenationas a whole.

English http://goo.gl/xjI1SE

Development

PeacetoProsperityYouth and Development


AfilmabouttherapidgrowthanddevelopmentofinfrastructureofJammuandKashmir.


The expansion of the railway networks, hydro electric projects andtelecommunications have successfully paved the way for sustained economicdevelopment in JammuandKashmir. Thefilm ‘JammuandKashmir, YouthandDevelopment’stressesontheincreasedroleoftheyoungergenerationinensuringandstrengthening theoveralldevelopmentof the region.Theexpansive railwaynetwork,numeroushydroelectricprojectsandtelecommunicationboomhasledthe area to experience tremendous growth. Themobile revolution in 2003 andthe mushrooming of the cyber cafes are testimonies to advancement throughtechnology.

English http://goo.gl/dtEjLI

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Plurality

PeacetoProsperityKashmiriyat&Shrines


Thedifferentreligions,culturesandtraditionscoexistinginJammuandKashmir.


Distinct fromtherestofthecountry, JammuandKashmirsportsamultifaceted,multicoloured and unique cultural blend. ‘Kasmiriyat & Shrines’ explores thissyncretic culture of Kashmir. The film focuses on Kashmiriyat, which is anamalgamationoffourgreattraditions:JainismofHindus,SufismofIslam,NirvanaofBuddhismandEkOmkarofSikhism.Kashmiriyatsymbolisesreligioustolerance,social harmony and brotherhood. Further, it explores the evolution of differentreligionsinKashmir.KashmirisalsoacentreofSufism,anditsnumerousshrinesofSufisaintsandpoetsattractpeoplefromallfaiths.

English http://goo.gl/7BJN9E

Defence

Peacekeepers

Director:ManishChoudhary

IndiaasamemberofthePeacekeepingforceoftheUN.


PeacekeepingdemonstratestheIndianArmy’sroleasoneofthesignificantUnitedNations peacekeeping force and their commitment towards duty, discipline andprofessionalism. Till date, Indian contingents have gone to places like Kosovo,Cambodia,Lebanon,Sudanandmanyotherdisputedareasandplayedabigroleinthepeacekeepingmissions.Also,Indiahasthelargestaviationcontingent.IndianPeacekeepers havemade sacrifices of the highest order upholding the glorioustraditionsoftheIndianArmy.Indiansoldiers,civilpolice,womencontingentsandmanyotherunitsaredeployedinvariouspartsoftheworldaspartoftheUnitedNationspeacekeepingoperations.

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Plurality

People of PeacePart1:TheMessage

Director:JohnDayal

TheintroductionofChristianityinIndia.


ThefirstpartofthistrilogytracestheoriginofChristianityinIndia. It isbelievedthattherearethreedistinctwaysinwhichChristianitycametoIndia.FirstwassoonafterJesusChrist’sdeathwhenoneofhis12apostles,Thomas,cametothecoastofpresentdayKeralawithamessageofpeaceandaphilosophyoflove.Second,in the 15th centurywith the Europeans, the Dutch, the French and particularlythePortuguese.Thethird, themostrecentandthemostpowerfulwaswiththeBritish. It beganwith themissionarieswho camewith the East India Company,andinthe300hundredyearsthattheyruledIndia, itspreadacrossthecountry.Throughimagesofmonumentsandchurches,thefilmnarratestheintroductionofChristianityintoIndia.

English http://goo.gl/v2MRjn

Plurality

People of PeacePart2:TheMission

Director:JohnDayal

ThepracticeofChristianityinIndia.


ChristianitywasintroducedtoIndiabyThomastheApostle,whovisitedKeralatospreadthegospelafterthedeathofJesus.ChristianitystartedinSouthIndia,andspreadtoNorthIndiasoonafterwards.AverylivelyChristianculturethrivesintheNorthEastaswell.EventhoughChristiansinIndiadonotshareonecommonculture,it is largely a blend of Indian and European cultures. The Christianmissionariesfoundacceptancebecauseofthesignificantcontributionstheymadeinthefieldsofeducationandhealth.ThefilmusesanumberofimagesofbeautifulchurchesalloverIndia,aswellasscenesfromdaytodaylifeandpracticesofChristiansinIndia.

English http://goo.gl/2qjBXU

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Plurality

People of PeacePart3:TheFusion

Director:JohnDayal

ThecontributionofChristianitytoIndia.


Thefinalchapterof‘PeopleofPeace’stressesontheexchangeofideasbetweenIndiancultureandChristianvalues.Althougharelativelyyoungreligion,Christianityhascontributedtogrowthandupliftmentofthesociety.Christianscholars,manyof them foreigners, did pioneeringwork recording the demographic diversity ofthecountry.ManyIndiansocialandpoliticalleadersofthefreedomstrugglewereproductsofChristianeducation.Overtheyears,thechurchesinIndiahavebeenindeepintrospectionabouttheirroleincontemporaryIndia,resultinginaconsciousshiftoffocusfromconversiontosocialservice.ThefilmusesanumberofimagesofchurchesalloverIndia,aswellasscenesfromcommonIndianChristianpracticesand weddings.

English http://goo.gl/6zrzzw

Art & Culture

PopMusicofIndia


Acelebrationoftherisingpopularityofnon-filmmusicinIndia.


Thisshortfilmcelebratesthegrowingpopularityofnon-filmmusicinIndiaduringthe nineties, when the music scenario began to change. ‘Pop Music of India’tracesthenewroutethatnon-filmmusicchartedwithindividualstars likeRemoFernandez, Baba Sehgal, Alisha Chinoy, Shweta Shetty, Suchitra Krishnamurthy,andbandssuchas IndusCreedandPulse,allofwhomadedistinctivelydifferentmusicexperimentingwithawidevarietyofstylesandgenres-folk,punk,reggae,bhangra, to rock, rapand jazz.Withcaptivatingmusicvideos toaccompany, theMTVgenerationreadilyrespondedtothismusicpushingthemhighonthecharts,givingfilmmusicastiffrunforitsmoney.

English http://goo.gl/SP1OVn

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Gender

PrideofIndia-ShamaZaidi

Director:MayaRao

ShamaZaidiandherdeepinterest,involvementandcontributiontoallaspectsofcinema.


Apartofaseven-partseriesoneminentwomen,‘PrideofIndia-ShamaZaidi’isaportraitofthefilmmaker.ThereisverylittleknownaboutShamaZaididespitehersignificant contributions to the growth of Indian cinema. Art direction, costumedesigning,scriptwriting,direction-ShamaZaidihasbeeninvolvedinallaspectsoffilmmaking.Borninaculturallyrichfamily,Shama’smotherstartedaHindustanitheatregroupin1940.Inspiredbyhermother,Shamapursuedherchosenartformasacareerwhichspannedacross25featurefilms,manyshortfilmsandtelevisiondocumentaries.Thefilmstartswiththeearliestformofcinemaandmotionpicturesand showshowShamaZaidi becamean integral part of the evolutionof IndianCinema.HerassociationwithfilmsbroughtherincontactwitheminentfilmmakerslikeSatyajitRay,ShyamBenegal,M.S.Sathyuandothers.

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Gender

PrideofIndia-ElaBhatt

Director:MayaRao

AportraitofElaBhattwhoprovedthattheweakandthepoorcanbringaboutchangethroughtheircollectivestrength.


Partofaseven-partseriesoneminentwomen,thisfilmisaportraitofthesocialentrepreneurElaBhatt,wholedamovementforsocialjusticeandempowermentof the underprivileged in India. Coming from a family of freedom fighters, Elawas inspiredby the teachingsofMahatmaGandhi.Right fromher collegedays,Ela was inclined towards nation building activities and joined the textile labourassociation.WhenElavisitedIsraelfora3monthconference,theideaoforganisingunderprivilegedwomeninruralareascrystallisedandSEWAwasborn.SEWAhasanintegratedapproachtowardsthedevelopmentofsociety.Two-thirdsofSEWA’smembershipisintheruralareas.ItsactivitiesaredistributedinelevendistrictsofGujarat,fiveotherstatesinIndiaandmanyothercountries.SEWABank,startedbyunderprivilegedwomen,hasaturnoverofRs.100million.

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Gender

PrideofIndia-NainaLalKidwai

Director:MayaRao

AportraitofNainaLalKidwai,herlifeandachievements.


Apartofaseven-partseriesoneminentwomen,‘PrideofIndia-NainaLalKidwai’isaportraitoftheinvestmentbanker.Indiatodayispoisedforchange,withmajorfinancial investmentsbeingrouted in India.Asoneof India’s leading investmentbankers,Nainahasamajorroletoplayinitsgrowth.NainaLalKidwai,currentlyholdsthepositionofGeneralManagerofHSBCGroup in Indiaand isoneoftheleadingIndianbusinesswomen.ShehasbeenrankedinthelistofFortuneGloballistofTopWomeninBusinessandalsoasAsia’smostpowerfulbusinesswoman.Thefilmtracesherevolution,thechallengesshefacedandherachievements.

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Gender

PrideofIndia-RituKumar

Director:MayaRao

AportraitofRituKumarandchartshercareerasaleadingfashiondesignerofIndia.


Apartofaseven-partseriesoneminentwomen,‘PrideofIndia-RituKumar’isaportraitof the fashiondesigner. In the1960sand70s, Indian traditionalartandembroiderywentthrougharenaissanceandreacheditszeal.Contributingtothiswas India’s leading fashion designer Ritu Kumar, who began her career from asmalltwo-tablefactoryinCalcutta.ThefilmchartshercareerasaleadingfashiondesignerofIndia.Hereffortsnotonlycreatedgreateremploymentforourskilledcraftsmen,butalsoput Indiaon themapof theworld’s fashion industry.Todayshe is acknowledged as one of the greatest ambassadors of India’s indigenoustextilesandarts.Hercreationshavebeenhailedasclassicswherethedelicatenessanddetailofthetraditionalcraftshaveseamlesslymergedwiththesimplicityofcontemporarystyle.

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Gender

PrideofIndia-KiranMazumdarShawDirector:MayaRao

AportraitofKiranMazumdarShaw-pioneerandleaderofthebiotechnologyindustryinIndia.


Partofaseven-partseriesoneminentwomen, ‘Prideof India-KiranMazumdarShaw’isaportraitofthecorporateleaderandhercontinuousstruggletopioneerand lead thebiotechnology industry in India. ThewomanbehindBiocon - KiranMazumdarShaw,whodreamtofstartingherownbusinesswithjustRs.10,000inhandandadegreeinbrewery,istodaytherichestwomaninIndia.KiranrecognisedthefuturepotentialofthebiotechnologyindustrywhennotmanypeopleinIndiaevenknewaboutit.Shewalkedintoarenasrarelyvisitedbywomen,thatofhigh-endmanufacturing,andpioneeredthemakingandmarketingofasuccessfulbrand,leadingthefieldbysheerdeterminationandgrit.

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Gender

PrideofIndia-MallikaSarabhai

Director:MayaRao

AportraitofMallikaSarabhaiasanartist.


Partofaseven-partseriesoneminentwomen,‘PrideofIndia-MallikaSarabhai’isaportraitofthiseminentdancer.BasedonMallikaSarabhai’spersonaltestimony,the film traces her journey and growth as an artist whose work andmeans ofartisticexpressionrefusetobestraightjacketed.Herhybriduseofdance,dramaand puppetry not only tests the limit of creative expression, but her constantinvolvement in using art as a pedagogical tool demonstrates how the arts can be used for thewelfareofa community.Her commitment to her art is equallysignificant as her commitment towards sensitising society to the marginalisedcommunitiesbyprovidingrepresentation.

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Gender

PrideofIndia-ShrutiSharma

Director:MayaRao

AportraitoftheforestofficerShrutiSharma.


Partofaseven-partseriesoneminentwomen,‘PrideofIndia-ShrutiSharma’isaportraitofa forestofficer.ShrutiSharmahasprotectedmanyhillsand forestsfrompoachers.SheiswellknownforherexemplaryroleinconservationandraisingthestandardsofseveralnationalparksandsanctuariesofIndiatoachieveglobalrecognition.Shehasalsotakenmanyunconventionalinitiativestounderstandtheneeds of local forest dwellers and involved them in forestmanagement. ShrutiSharmahasconvertedmanyachallengeintosteppingstones,ratherthanstumblingblocks,andhassetanexampleformotivatingwomenandmenwhoareconcernedabout theenvironment.Thisfilmshowcases thestrengthandperseveranceofawoman trying to achieve order in the face of constant strife betweenman andnature.

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Gender

Qissa-e-Parsi:TheParsiStory

Director:DivyaCowasjiandShilpiGulati

AnattempttounderstandtheParsicommunity’swayoflifeinIndia.


The Film explores the history of the Parsi community, its relationship to theIndianstateandassociationwiththecityofMumbai.ItstrivestounderstandtheZoroastrianfaith,andthephilosophytolive,laughandlove,whichisthebackboneoftheParsiwayoflife,andwhatmakesitsoendearinglyuniqueandbeloved.Asthe community is plaguedwith anxietiesover its dwindlingnumbers, it looks atcurrentdebatesonissuesofinter-faithmarriage.Onthewhole,itisanattempttounderstandacommunitywhichhasalwaysbeennumericallysmall,yet,culturallyandsociallyformidable.

English http://goo.gl/WtPPFz

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History

Quit India

Director:R.Krishnamohan

TheeventsthatleadtotheQuitIndiamovement.


‘QuitIndia’isafilmthatdepictsthelastphaseoftheIndianstruggleforfreedom.ThepreandposteventsoftheQuitIndiamovement,includingthefirstdemandforpartitionbyMuslimLeague, theBritishdemanding Indianparticipation inWorldWarII,theSatyagrahathatfollowed,theCripp’sproposal,areshowninthefilm.ThefilmpresentstheleadershipofMahatmaGandhi,JawaharlalNehru,MaulanaAzadandRajagopalachari.QuitIndiawasanon-violentmovementofnon-cooperationinwhichpeoplestoodunitedintheirresolvefornon-violence.

English http://goo.gl/wkr3cX

Art & Culture

Rasa-TheFountainofLife

Director:SiddharthKak

Explorestheconceptofrasaandimaginesitasadynamicflowofemotionsbetweentheaudience,theperformerandthepieceofartitself.


What is Rasa? What meaning does it hold in Indian art and culture? This filmimaginesRasaasanintangibleandasymbolicgesture,markedbyanintangibleandyetdynamicexchangebetweentheaudience,theperformerandpieceofartitself.RasaistheessenceofIndianperformingandvisualarts,derivedfromanaggregateofbalance,order,rhythm,harmonyandsymmetry.Itissaidthatwhenmantouchesrhythmandorder,hehastoucheddivinityitself.ButmanyalsobelieveRasatobearesultofmetamorphosisofobjectsthatsurroundusinoureverydaylives.ThefilmexplorestheconceptofRasainitsentirety.

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RasamanjariABouquetofDelight

Director:RaghuVyas

AfilmonRasamanjaripaintings,whichwerebasedonBhanudutta’s15thcenturypoem.


TravellingthroughthelandsofIndia,withimagesoftheRasamanjaripaintingsanddance,thefilmnarratesthestoryandhistorybehindthesepaintings.Bhanudattacomposed Rasamanjari in the 15th century. This Sanskritwork classifiesNayaksandNayikas according to their temperament and behaviour.Due to its delicateandvividdelineationofthepersonsoftheseNayikasandNayaks,RasamanjarihasdrawntheattentionoftheartistsandpaintersalloverIndia.RasamanjarihighlightstheSringaraRasa,alsoknownastheRasarajaorthesupremeofalltheRasas.

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Art & Culture

RasayatraTheTravellingSong


ThelifeofanIndianclassicalsingerMallikarjunBheemarayappaMansur.


‘Rasayatra’ presents the life andmusic of Mallikarjum BheemarayappaMansur(1910-92). Visualising themusic of themaestro the filmexploresMansur’s loveandpassionformusic.Usinghisinterviewsthefilmtakesusonajourneythroughhis life, starting fromhis love formusic as a child tohis greatest achievements.ExploringIndianclassicalmusicthefilmalsoenterstherealmofthepoeticmeaningofthelyricsandMansurinterpretationsofthose.Filledwithpersonalanecdotesittalksabouthispersonallifeandhowhismusicnevergotaffectedbyit.Thefilmsisa tribute to the music and to the man.

English http://goo.gl/bVhQO4

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Art & Culture

Rasikapriya


AvisualisationofthepoetryandnotesoftheraagasofIndianclassicalmusic.


‘Rasikapriya’isacinematicexploration-thecamera’sdesperateattemptto“see”music. The journey becomes a meditation on Indian rock paintings, sculpture,nature and cities and what the camera manages to create is a canvas of vividcalligraphic designs that often allude to poetry and rhythms of Indian classicalmusic.TheterminologyofIndianclassicalmusicliketheKhayalandDhrupadareexamined through this canvas.Theperfect cinematicgesture isperhapscreatedwhenarchitecture,monumentality,pillaredarches,thecurveoftherockcavesorthedropofwaterfallmeetsamusicalmomentandwerealisethatbothabstractionandconcretenesshaveemergedfromgenerationsofinfluences.

English http://goo.gl/QKbgtb

Development

RebuildingthePlayground

Director:AmitabhMunshi

CombatingtheproblemofchildlabourinIndia.


This film is about the concern of child labour,which has always been a part ofIndia’ssocialandnationalconsciousness.Overthelastfewyears,Indiahasmadegreat progress in implementing measures that benefit children. A nation-widecampaign has been launched to sensitise society against the problems of childlabour.Thefilm,throughaseriesofinterviewsofdifferentgovernmentofficialsandNGOrepresentatives,explainstheproblemandtheplansinprogress.TheMinistryofLabour,UNICEF,ILO,SupremeCourtandNGOsdiscussabouttheprogrammestheyhavelaunchedandtheirprogressinvariouspartsofthecountry.Thefilmalsoexplores a few success stories of these programmes.

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ReligiousLinkagesbetweenBhutanandLadakhDirector:MovingPictureCompany

ThecommonalityofpracticesofBuddhisminLadakhandBhutan.


LadakhandBhutanshareastrongreligiousandspiritualconnection.Althoughveryunlikeintheirclimateandtopography,thecommonlinkisNaroba,theinternalfaithbindingthem.ItwasduringShabdrung’stimethatafriendshipstartedtoflourishbetween Bhutan and Ladakh,which strengthened during Ladakhan KingNeemaNamgyal’s time. Through these interactions, many Bhutanese scholars helpedLadakhrediscovermanyaspectsofBuddhism.Alongwithitaculturalexchangealsotookplacewhereartandliteraturewereexchangedbetweenthetwolands.ManymonasteriesandtempleswerebuiltinLadakhwiththehelpoftheBhutanese.Thefilmtellsthestoryofthereligiousrelationshipthatsharethesamewisdombutyetaredistinctintheirtraits.

English http://goo.gl/T6pMFD

Environment

RenewingIndia

Director:RishuNigam

Indiaasaleadingdeveloperanduserofrenewablesourcesofenergy.


‘Renewing India’ is a film on the success stories of alternative and renewableenergy projects that were carried out in different parts of India. Featured aremicrohydro-powerprojectsfromUttarakhand,solarpowerplantsinSunderbans,biomassgasifiers inSunderbans,Kerala,KarnatakaandGujarat,andwindmills inGujaratandMaharashtra.Spanningoverthreedecades,India’srenewableenergyprogrammehastravelledalongwayandhasbeenacatalystofchangeformanyvillages inrural Indiathathavebeen livingwithoutanymodernfacilitiessuchaselectricity orwater. Renewable sources of energy havebeen a success in everysphere-intermsoftechnology,marketsandinnovationsandtodaysmallandbigbusinessesarediscoveringtheeconomicviabilityandpro-environmentnatureoftheseenergysources.

English http://goo.gl/TakRmf

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Environment

ResurgentManas

Director:GautamSaikia

TheresurgenceoftheManasNationalPark.


ManasisaNationalParkandanimalreserveinWesternAssam.Inthelastdecadestwo issues have become critical and have been successfully solved: the re-introductionofendangeredspeciesliketheRhinoortheBengalFlorican,andtheinvolvementof localcommunitiestorestrictandovercomepoaching. ‘ResurgentManas’ presents a dual narrative: on the one hand it provides samples of thevariousspeciesthatarepresentinthePark,whileontheotheritexplainshowthesuccessoftheParkhasbeenpossiblethroughimportantinitiatives.Theresultisadocumentarythatunderlinestheimportanceofasymbioticrelationshipbetweenall living species.

English http://goo.gl/lRAKZu

Culture&Lifestyle

Revealed:TheGoldenTemple

Director:RajendraSrivathsaKondapalli

TheGoldenTemple’scentralityinthehistoryofSikhismandit’srelationshipwithSikhstoday.


TheGoldenTempleortheHarmandirSahibatAmritsarstandsatthecoreofSikhbeliefsystemandasatestimonytothe600year-oldhistoryofthebirthandevolutionofSikhism.ThefilmlooksatthiscomplexhistoryofaspiritualsectemergingoutoftheconfluenceofHinduismandIslamandit’smetamorphosis intooneofthemostprolificreligionsoftheworldthroughadayinthelifeoftheGoldenTemple.It follows the pre-dawn preparations and cleaning of the temple and the dailyawakeningceremonyatdawntothere-installationoftheGuruGranthSahibinit’schamberat10pm;andinthisdurationexploresthelivesofthepeopleassociatedwiththetemple,diasporicandotherwise.Deeplyembeddedvaluesofspiritualityandselflessserviceplaythemselvesoutintheformofeverydayactivitieslikethelangar.

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RevisitingIndiabyRail

Director: Studio Super

ThestoryofRailwaynetworkinIndia,thelargestintheworld.


Reiningasthelargestnetworkofrailnetworkintheworld,theIndianRailwaysepitomizestheeaseofmobilityinmodernIndiawhilstaccentuatingitsflourishingtrade and economy. The film virtually captures the journey through majorcentresalongthevastnetworkofthe IndianRailways,scalingandconnectingtheremotesthavensinthehillstothemostpopulartouristdestinationsinGoa,fromthehistoric fortsofRajasthan to thecosmopolitanheartlandof India inNewDelhi, from the spiritual centres to theglamorous cityofMumbai.Withworld-classamenitiesonboard,therailnetworkadvocatestheexplorationofthecountrybythenewgenerationoftourists.

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Development Art & Culture

RhythmicEchoesandReflections

Director: Naresh Sharma

Theuniversalityofdanceformsfromallovertheworld.


Thefilmexplores theuniversalityof variousdance forms likeKathak,Flamenco,AmericanTapDance,EuropeanBalletandAustralianBallet.ItfeaturesPadamshreeShovana Narayan as the lead artist. Spanish Flamenco dancer Omayra Amaya,GuitaristPedroCortesfromMiami,SpanishSingerJulioGabber,AustralianBalletdancerStacy,GermanPianistsThomasBartoschandHermanSausen,andFrenchTap dancer Herve Dominique le Goff are featured along with her. Through theperformances,thefilmsuggeststhatthedifferentformsofthesameartcanconveysimilar feelings and emotions. Despite different forms, the common thread ofrhythmandflowgivesdanceauniversalfeel.

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Defence

RisingOvertheOceans


ThedevelopmentoftheIndianNavy,especiallyitswarships.


‘RisingOvertheOceans’presentsthehistoryofthedevelopmentofthewarshipsoftheIndianNavy.UsingarchivalfootagethefilmpresentsinmeticulousdetailsthegenesisoftheNavythatisintimatelylinkedtothedevelopmentofports.Pre-IndependencetheportsandNavydevelopedundertheBritish,firstastheEastIndiaCompanyand lateras thecolonial rulersof India.ThisdevelopmentalsohelpedtheBritishtobecomerulers.PostIndependencetheNavywasabletoexpanditsstrengththroughtechnologyandstrategicplanning.Itthenmovestotheaircraftsandsubmarines.ThefilmchartstheroleoftheNavyintheliberationofGoa,andafewotherwarsfromPakistantopeacekeepinginSriLanka.AndfinallythefilmtalksoftheroleoftheIndianNavyduringpeacetime.

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RoadtoAfghanistan

Director:AparnaS.Reddy,SardarS.Imam

TheemergingfriendshipbetweenIndiaandAfghanistan.


Thingsthatwouldbenormalandroutine inanyotherplace, likesports,movies,musicorfashion,are indeeddifficultto imagine inAfghanistantoday.WhatwasoncecommonandcustomarywasdestroyedduringthecivilwarandtheTalibanregime.Todaythereisnewhopebecausethewarisover.TheAfghansarereadytorebuildtheirnationandareclingingtotheirnewfoundpeace.ThisfilmshowcasesthedeeprootedrelationsbetweenIndiaandAfghanistan.IndiaissupportingthereconstructionofAfghanistan inmanyways.Thelargestdemocracyintheworldhasanatural interest inensuring thesuccessof theyoungestdemocracy in thisregionastheyhopetogainfromeachotherandstandbyeachotherinthelongrunformutualbenefitandcollaboration.Usinginterviewsofdifferentdemocratsfromboththecountries,thefilmexploresthistimetestedrelationship.

English http://goo.gl/xSq02n

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Art & Culture

RockingtheHills

Director:SavyasaachiJain

TheuniqueIndo-WesterncompositionsemergingfromtheNorthEasternstatesofIndia.


‘Rocking theHills’ is a journey into themusical traditionsof the statesofNorthEastIndia.Musicplaysanimportantpartinthesestatesasitrepresentsanaturalharmonyintheculture.AsmuchofthepartsareEnglishspeaking,musicalgenreslikejazz,blues,countryandfolkgetintertwinedandhybridisedwiththelocaltunesandwhatemergesisauniqueIndo-Westerncomposition.ThefilmfeaturesbandslikeSoulmate,GreatSocietyandAbiogenesisandsomeoftheirmusic,whichreflecttheemotionsandconditionsthatpeopleintheNorthEastshare.Theworldrecordforthebiggestguitarensembleisalsofeaturedinthefilm.

English http://goo.gl/ZAckod

Art & Culture

RoohPunjabDi

Director:UmeshBist

ThemusicfromPunjabthatshapesthespiritofitspeople.


‘RoohPunjabdi’ortheessenceofPunjab lies in itsrobustmusicaltraditionandthemultipleformsofsingingandperformancethathavebeenappropriatedandmodifiedbymusicindustriesbothinIndiaandabroad.Buttheessenceandloveformusiclivesineveryhousehold-areasonwhythetraditioncontinuestothrivetoday.TherobustcultureofPunjabanditspeopleisreflectedinitsmusicaltraditions.ThetraditionalPunjabifolkmusicandbhangrahasovertheyearsbeenappropriatedintotechnoandpopaswellBollywoodmusic.Nevertheless,theessenceofPunjablivesoninitsmusicandthelivelynotesthatperpetuallyringintheair.

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Art & Culture

RootedImagination

Director:ShomaChaudhury

AlookintotheprominentliteraryfiguresintheIndianregionalliteraturescenario.


Indiacanboastofarichliteratureinitsregionallanguages.‘RootedImagination’isareminderaboutthesewritersandtheircontributiontoliterature.Thewritersfeatured areU. R. Anathamoorthywhowrites in Kannada,MahashwetaDevi inBengali,M.T.VasudevanNairandO.V.VijayaninMalayalam,KrishnaSobtiandNirmalVarmainHindi.Thefilmgivesanaccountoftheirlives,theirwritingsandtheirachievements.Theirworksareexperimentalinnaturetryingtoexposesocialevils. Translations of this literature are happening increasingly, butmuchmoreneedstobedone.Thefilmaddressestheseissueswhileinterviewingtheauthor’scontemporarylivesandconcerns.

English http://goo.gl/HxNPNT

Environment

RootsofDatia


ThesuccessstoryofthenaturalregenerationofthewastelandinDatia.


‘RootsofDatia’isthestoryofthenaturalregenerationcarriedoutintheDatiaregion,120kmawayfromAgra.Onceadenseforestandsurroundedbypeoplefollowingapastoraleconomy,Datiabecameawastelandduetourbanisationandimpropermanagementofresources.ADelhi-basedNGO,DevelopmentAlternatives,tooktheinitiativewiththehelpofthegovernmenttobringbackthecharmofDatia.UnderMr.S.Sahni,aretiredAirViceMarshal,themodelinwhichrainwaterwascapturedinthelanditself,becameasuccess.ThefilmshowsindetailhowtheprojectwascarriedoutandhowitbecameamodeladoptedindifferentregionsofIndiasuchasWestBengalorNorthernHimalayas,wherewomentookovertheresponsibilityandevenaddedsericulturetotheinitiative.

English http://goo.gl/VnO1Si

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Art & Culture

RumiintheLandofKhusrau


Similaritiesinthepoetryofthemysticpoets,AmirKhusraufromIndiaandRumifrom Iran.


Rumi,themysticpoet,wasbornin1207inBalkh,Afghanistan,whichwasthenapartofthePersianEmpire.AmirKhusrauwasbornin1253inPatiali,grewuponthebanksoftheriverGangesandcomposedpoemsofamysticnature.‘RumiinthelandofKhusaru’isbasedonTajjali,aSuficoncertwherePersianandIndiandancers,musiciansandsingersperformintandemwitheachother. TheIndianmusiciansfrom regions of Kashmir, Awadh and Delhi render poems and compositions ofKhusrau,andtheIranianssingthepoemsofRumi.Thefilminter-cutstheconcertwithdetailsfromthelifeofKhusrau,andsimilaritiesbetweenhispoetryandRumi’s.Thefilmalsoextensivelyusesthepoetryofboththemystics.

Arabic http://goo.gl/drHi87

English http://goo.gl/skVcpj

Spanish http://goo.gl/YccPd2


SAARCintheNewMillennium

Director:JawedNaqvi,AmitJolly,S.Kumar

AfilmonthedevelopmentofTheSouthAsianAssociationforRegionalCooperation(SAARC).


TheSouthAsianAssociationforRegionalCooperation(SAARC) isanorganizationofSouthAsiannations,dedicatedtoeconomic, technological,socialandculturaldevelopmentemphasizingoncollectiveself-reliance.ItssevenfoundingmembersareBangladesh,Bhutan, India, theMaldives,Nepal,Pakistan,andSri Lanka.ThefilmhighlightsthedevelopmentofSAARCinbringingtogetherthesecountriesintermsofculture,arts,politicsandtechnology.

English http://goo.gl/3T64TY

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SAARC-LookingBeyondPropheciesof DoomDirector: Jawed Naqvi

The10thsummitofSAARCanditspositiveoutcome.


Thisisafilmonthe10thAnnualsummitofSAARC.ThesummitwasprecededbynucleartestsbybothIndiaandPakistan,andcriticspredictedconflictinthesummitandevendissolutionoftheassociation.Butgoingabovetheseapprehensions,thesummitprovedtobeoneofthesuccessfulonesandreassuredco-operationinallpossiblefields.Thefilmexploresthedecisionstakenduringthissummitandgivesexamplesfromthepastwhenthecountriesjoinedhands.Tradeliberalisationwasoneof themajordiscussionsonwhich importantdecisionsweretaken.ThefilmalsodiscussesIndia’sroleastheprominentmemberofSAARC.Thepropheciesofdoomwereproveduntrueandthecountriespromisedtostaytogethertowardsdevelopment.

English http://goo.gl/HkwvZs

Sama–MuslimMysticMusicofIndia

Director:ShaziaKhan

ThemysticmusicaltraditionsacrossIndia


TheMuslimmystics have always upheld a revered position across the country,particularly for their indispensable impactonvariousmusical traditions in India.While traditionally theMuslimmysticsareassociatedwithSufism, theirculturalinfluence transcends all religious and geographical boundaries. The principlesandvaluesoffindinggod inoneself,asentimentreverberated inprayerswithinHinduism and Buddhism as well, provides an inter-religious umbilical cord tovariation of hybrid sounds that continue to influence of the mystic musicaltraditionsacrossIndia.

English http://goo.gl/iTLDkO

Portuguese http://goo.gl/6gwkH0

Russian http://goo.gl/ODL2En

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Art & Culture

Sanchari


AholisticviewoftheclassicaldanceformofBharatanatyam.


ThenameBharatanatyam,aclassicaldancetraditionfromTamilnaduemergesfrombhaava(expression),raga(music),tala(rhythm)andnatya(theater).DeeplyrootedintheBhaktitradition,itwasearlierperformedintemplesbyDevadasis.Thefilmisameditativereflectionwithvisualsandaudioandattemptstoexploreavisuallanguageand formthat resonate theart formand itsability to synthezisemuti-disciplinary forms likemusic, rhythm,msuic andexpression. Thefilmspresentsa holistic view of the classical dance form of Bharatanatyam- the philosophicalaestheticsof theart, its formandstructureaswellas theprocessbywhich thetraditionishandedoverfromateachertoherstudent.

English http://goo.gl/7afncf


SanyuktRashtrameinHindiHindiintheUnitedNations

Director:RahulSingh

ThesignificanceofHindianditsneedtoberecognisedasanofficiallanguageintheUnitedNations.


Hindi,a languageemergingfroma1000yearculture,onethatbroughttogethernationsandcontinents,buildbridgesacrossoceansandunitedmillionsofpeople.Perched on a long-standing tradition, Hindi is touching the skies of the future.Spokeninmorethan122countriesacrosstheworld,Hindiisaworldlanguage.ThelanguagehasinfluencedtheentireworldandistaughtinseveraluniversitiesandspreadthroughHindicinemaandmusic.Thefilm‘SanyuktRastraMeinHindi’, isaboutIndia’sdemandtoincludeHindiasanofficiallanguageoftheUnitedNation.The film gives a brief background of the eight International Hindi conferencesthathavebeenheldacrosstheworld,themostrecentoneinNewYork,thathavecelebrated and discussed the importance of the Hindi language.

English http://goo.gl/f6Gcyd

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History

Seeds of Knowledge

Director: Janhavi Prasada

ThesignificantriseofIndiaasaknowledgecentre.


Knowledgeisanessentialpartofcontemporarylifeasithasthepowertocreateprosperityforall.KnowledgebecameaneconomicdriverwiththeITboomin80’sandthe90’sthatledtonewopportunitiesandsawtheemergenceofnewbusinessandenterprises.Thisfilm isabout India’sentry into theglobalknowledgesuperhighwayandthesurprisethatitgenerated.KnowledgeandtheresultantpursuitfordiscoveryandinnovationhasbeenatraditioninIndiansocietyforcenturies,fromthetimesoftheNalandaUniversitytotoday.Thisfilmusesinterviewsofvariousteachersand studentsall across India to locate the continuumof thepursuitofknowledgeinIndia.

English http://goo.gl/dWeAeO

Development

Sewa-BankingonIndianWomen

Director:CharanMann

ThephilosophyandthesuccessofSEWA,thebankcreatedandownedbyunderprivileged women


InacountrylikeIndia,womenaretheworstvictimsofsocialandeconomiccrisis.Atthesametime,theyareasourceofstrengthfortheirfamily.Theircontributiontothesocietyisimmense,yettheirrecognitionseemsinvisible.SEWA,thebankofunderprivilegedwomenisaprojectbyElaBhattbasedonthenotionthatwomencan sustain themselves through their collective strength. SEWA has an all Indiamembershipofover140,000womenandthebasicgoalofSEWAistoprovidethemwithsocialandeconomicsecurity.DrawinginspirationfromtheGandhianmodelofselfsustenance,SEWAhasemergedasaforcetobereckonedwith.Implementingtransparency,accountabilityandefficiencytodaytheSEWAmodel isadoptedbyother countries as well.

Arabic http://goo.gl/AwHV4X Portuguese http://goo.gl/uSChbPEnglish http://goo.gl/hJiT5j Pushto http://goo.gl/bw6SI9French http://goo.gl/S5VrpH Russian http://goo.gl/42N4MvPersian http://goo.gl/DuYLbz Spanish http://goo.gl/Az1QfP

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Science&Technology

Shunya-TheBeginningofKnowledgeDirector:AntaraKak

TheoriginsoftheearliestsourcesofknowledgeandscienceinIndia.


The film traces the origins of the earliest sources of knowledge and science inIndia.‘Shunya’or‘Zero’,asthefilmpointsout,isthegreatestcontributionbytheancient Indianmathematicianstotheconceptonwhichall themodernscientificstudyisbased.Thousandsofyearsago,thesagesandscientistsofIndiaexploredthe realmsofearth,fire,water,air and space.TheUpanishadsand thePuranasrecordedtheadvancedsciencesofherbalmedicine,metallurgy,farmingandyoga.Indianswereknowntobepioneersinastronomy,mathematicsandarchitecture;theageoldmonumentsspreadalloverthecountrythatprovideevidencetothearchitecturalmarvel.‘Shunya’or‘Zero’isthegreatestcontributionbytheancientIndianmathematicians to theworld,which forms thebasis ofmodern scientificstudy.

English http://goo.gl/t7GbQv

Russian http://goo.gl/ETehJ6

Culture&Lifestyle

SixYardsofGraceTheHandicraftedIndianSaree

Director: Dheeraj Piplani

Theallurethatthesareeholdsoverthenation’saswelltheworld’simagination,itshistoryandthefuture.


Considered to be themost iconic Indian garment, the saree goes thousands ofyearsbackinhistory.Init’srelativelyrecentemergenceinternationally,thesareehasbeenapplaudedforit’scelebrationoffemininityandit’sfluidityasacostumethatcanberefashionedtosuitchangingtimes.However,it’sglobalpresenceasanIndiangarmentaloneelidesanunderstandingofthesocio-culturalinflectionsthatrendereachregion’ssaree(withinIndia)withaformidableidentityofit’sown.Thefilmexploressomeoftheseregionalvariationsbytravellingintimeandtotheseregionsandtracingthe lineageofsomeregionalprototypesof thesaree. Italsoraisesconcernsaboutthesurvivaloftraditionalweavesbylookingatthedwindlingnumbersoftraditionalweaversinthefaceoftechnologicalinnovationsandrapidlychangingmarketpreferences.

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Defence

Soldiers of Peace

Director:B.Kumar

Theengagementofthemeninuniformwithcivilians,providingsignificantsupportintimesnaturaldisastersorcivilunrest.


TheprimaryroleoftheIndianArmedForcesistoprotecttheterritorialintegrityofthecountry,buttheyalsoprovideassistancetothecivilauthorities,whencalledupontodoso,forthemaintenanceof lawandorder,essentialservices,disasterreliefandotherassistance.Thefilm‘SoldiersofPeace’presentstheengagementofthemeninuniformwithcivilians.TheIndianArmedForces,i.e.army,navyandtheairforce,worktogetherasaunitandprovidesignificantcontributionintimesnatural disasters in areas of rescue and evacuationor civil unrest. This film is atributetothededicationanddisciplineoftheIndiandefencepersonnel.

English http://goo.gl/9XrT8X

Gender

SongoftheSanctuary

Director:NaghmaIman,MerajurRahmanBaruah

ThepioneeringinitiativesofthreewomenactivistsinIndia.


Thefilmmapsthelivesofthreefeministactivistswhosepioneeringinitiativesarechanginglivesofwomenacrossthecountry.VandanaShiva,founderofNavadanyaand an environmentalist and physicist by profession, led themovement againstbiopiracy to protect indigenous knowledge from being misused by Westerncorporations.BeenaSebastian,asocialactivisthelpsthewomenofhercommunitytoleadalifeofdignity.UrvashiButaliastartedthefirstfeministpublishinghouseinIndia-forpublishingstoriesonandforwomen.Inalltheseeffortsliesacommonground-tokeepthestoriesofwomen’sstruggleinIndiaaliveandworktocreateanequitablesocietythatdoesnotdiscriminateonthebasisofgender.

English http://goo.gl/GQkoKR

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History

SoulConnection

Director: Arvind Singh

TheIndian-LatinAmericanrelationshipthatemergedthroughtheinteractionbetweendifferentliteraryfiguresfromboththeregions.


India has attractedmany Latin Americans. Octavio Paz, Victoria Ocampo, PabloNerudaandGabrielaMistral,allwereinspiredbytheland,cultureandtraditions.Victoria,NaduraandGabrielaknewIndiathroughTagore.‘SoulConnection’portraysthecultural impactthat IndiahasmadeonthesepersonalitiesandsubsequentlyintheliteratureandcultureoftheLatinAmericancountries.LatinAmericanssawIndiathroughtheseliteraryfigures’writingsandweremystifiedbytheirdepth.ThefilmbringstolifetheIndiathattheysawinthelastcenturywiththeirstoriesandpoetry.

English http://goo.gl/J6epRuFrench http://goo.gl/zGIBxYPortuguese http://goo.gl/fFrtP7Spanish http://goo.gl/d0EJc4

SoundCheck:MusicofContemporaryIndiaDirector:NeelaVenkatraman

ThecontemporarymusiccultureofIndia.


Sound Check looks at the developing music culture in contemporary India andexplores the exciting Variations of the ‘Indian sound’ emerging from musiciansacross the country; a variety of sounds that are coming together and explodingin India’s contemporarymusic culture,openingavenues for experimentationandhybridizations, plugging India’s tradition of classical and folk music into a globalmusicalideologyandcreatingsoundscapesthatareinternationalandyetIndian.

English http://goo.gl/IWvfto

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Art & Culture

Spirit to Soul

Director:ZilaKhan

UstadVilayatKhan,asseenandappreciatedbyhisdaughteranddiscipleZilaKhan.


UstadVilayatKhan (1928-2004)wasoneof India’sgreatest sitarmaestro’sbornintothemusicalfamilyoftheImdadkhaniGharana.HerecordedhisfirstRPMatthetenderageof8,andwentontobecomeoneofthemostinfluentialmusiciansofthe20thcentury.Hewasnotonlyafantasticsitarplayer,healsodevelopedhisowntrademarkstylecalledtheGayakiAng.Inthisstyle,thesitarsoundslikevocalformssuchasKhayal.UstadVilayatKhanpersonallydesignedthesitartosuithisstyle.Thefilm ‘Spirit toSoul’ isapersonal journeybyhisdaughter,discipleandSufisingerZilaKhan,tounderstandthecomplexandmultifacetednatureofUstadVilayatKhan.Throughaseriesofinterviewswithmanyeminentmusiciansamongstothers, aswell aswith strainsof the sitar, thefilmdocuments thefigureof theUstadandhisabilitytobreakoutoftraditions,bothmusicalandotherwise.

English http://goo.gl/Etv2UK

Development

StepsandStrides-IASilentWhiteRevolution-Baroda

Director:TrishaDas

Aseriesof10shortfilmsdrawingonsomeofthemostuniqueandinspiringinitiativestakenbythepeopleofIndiatousherchange.


VadodaraiswellknownasthecentreofthedairyindustryinIndia,runentirelybycooperativesofthesurroundingvillages.Thefilmprovidesglimpsesofsomesuchdairy cooperatives, butwith adifference. The120memberdairy cooperative inSakariapuravillagehasnomalemembers.ItisheadedbyLalitaBehnwhowasoncean illiteratewoman.Todayshenotonly supervises thedailymilkcollection, shemonitorsthefatcontentofeachmilksampleandmaintainsthedailyaccounts.Afterwomentookoverthedairybusiness fromthemen,theSakariapuracooperativehasanannual returnofoverRs.800,000.Theirunprecedented success inspiredmanysuchwomen’scooperativesinthearea.

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Development

StepsandStrides-IIJewelryDesign

Director:TrishaDas



ThisfilmshowshowtheIndianjewelrydesignismakingitspresencefeltallovertheworld.InancientIndia,theartofjewelrymakingwasplacedatparwitharchitecture,sculptureandpainting.However,theskillofjewelrymakingwashandeddownfromonegenerationtoanotherthroughthemastercraftsmen.Thattraditionischangingrapidly,makingway forprofessional jewelrydesign.Thefilmshows theworkofSangeetaDiwanandReenaThakurwhoaremakingwavesallovertheworld.IndianjewelrytodayismakingitswayintothefashionrunwaysallovertheworldandareinleadingstoresinUSAandEurope.The‘MadeinIndia’labelisnowbeingreplacedby‘DesignedinIndia’.


Development

StepsandStrides-IIIUrgaGram-Palahi,Punjab

Director:TrishaDas



ThePalahihamlet inPunjab isknownhistoricallyasthe landonwhichGuruTegBahadurfoughtagainstthemightyMughals.ButtodayPalahihaswrittenanotherchapterinitsglorioushistorybybeingrecognisedastheSolarvillage.Solarenergylightsupthestreetsandhomes,runstheirpumps,waterheaters,tubewellsandcookingstoves.SolarenergyhaschangedlivesforthefarmersofPalahi.Thefilmgoesontodemonstratehowsolarenergyhasnotonlygivenfinancialgainstothefarmers,butalsopowerandfreedomtothenextgenerationtoshapetheirfuture.


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Development

StepsandStrides-IVSikkimOrchids

Director:TrishaDas



Sikkimisthelandoforchids.Manyforeignexplorerscarriedthesebeautifulplantswith them,making them immenselypopularallover theworld.ThefilmfollowsMohanPradhan,ayoungorchidcultivatorfromSikkim,whoisstrivingtotaketheIndianorchidindustrytonewheightsintheworld.Mohangrowssomeofthemostrareandexoticvarieties,andexportsthemalloverIndiaandtoothercountries.Because of the efforts of many young and enterprising orchid cultivators likeMohan,theIndianorchidindustryinrecentyearshasgrowninleapsandbounds,contributingsubstantiallytotheglobalorchidindustry.MohanandotherslikehimareonceagainreinforcingtheassociationoftheorchidwithIndia.


Development


StepsandStrides-VGolfinMartinpurva,Lucknow

Director:TrishaDas



Thisfilmshowsthe impact thatanelitesport likegolfhashadonthepeopleofMartinpurva,asmallvillageontheoutskirtsoftheLucknowgolfclub.VijayKumarisaleadingprofessionalgolferhavingwonanumberofnationalandinternationaltrophies.Buthecomes fromapoor familyofMartinpurva.His fatherandunclewerecaddiesatthegolfcourse.Vijaypracticedhisshotsinthevillagestreets.Laterhe too joined the golf course as a caddie andbegan toprovide valuabletips tohisclients.Histalentwassoonrecognisedandtherest ishistory.Vijay’ssuccessis inspiring the youngsters inMartinpurva, a village that has becomeknown forchurning out golfers of repute.

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Development


StepsandStrides-VIWomen’sMicroCreditinKerala

Director:TrishaDas



ThisfilmtakesajourneytoKeralawherewomenhavetakenasignificantsteptochangetheir livesforabetterfuture.AmbikaoftheKolengodevillagestudiedinher local village schooltill 15,but today she is thePresidentof the savingsandmicrocreditbankofhervillage.Shewasahousewifeandherhusbandadailywagelabourer.Shealwayswantedtodoherownbusiness,butneverhadthemoneytoinvest.Shejoinedthevillagemicrocreditinitiative,boughtamobilecartwithhelpofaloanandbegantosellcoconuts.Todayshehasrepaidherloanandisearningtheprofits.Sheisnowinapositiontochangethelivesofherchildren.

Development

StepsandStrides-VIIBharatRatnaMGRSchool-Chennai

Director:TrishaDas



Indumati(15)hadspecialneedssinceshewasababy.Shecouldneitherhearorspeak.Herparentscouldnotaffordtosendhertoaspecialschool.TheywereluckytocomeacrosstheBharatRatnaMGRSchoolinChennai,aschoolandhomeforthehearingimpaired.Setupin1990,theschoolprovidesallfacilitiesabsolutelyfree.Indureceivededucationthroughthelatestspeechtherapyandaudioequipment.InafewyearsshewillbeabletoapplytocollegesinanypartofIndialikeothergirlsofherage.LikeIndu,theschoolhas220otherstudents.TheBharatRatnaMGRschoolhelpsthemtocomeclosertoturningtheirdreamstoreality.


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Development

StepsandStrides-VIIIPARAMSuperComputer-Pune

Director:TrishaDas



ThisfilmtravelstoPune,theyouthcapitalofIndia,knownforitscontributionofbright young IT professionals every year.Next to the historic PuneUniversity isthe Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (CDAC) which developedthePARAM10000, India’s indigenouslydevelopedsupercomputerat1/6of thepricesofothersuchcomputers intheworld.Apart fromUSAandJapan, India isthe only other country to develop a super computer, performing a plethora ofcomplex computations ranging from climate forecasting to genetic algorithms.CDAC envisions a future in which new versions of the super computer will be part ofourdailylives.


Development


StepsandStrides-IXWomen’sIndiaTrust-Mumbai

Director:TrishaDas



This film travels to Mumbai to the Women’s India Trust (WIT) that has madea significant difference in the lives of underprivileged women in MumbaiEstablishedin1968,theWITtrainsdisadvantagedwomeninnursing,catering,toymaking, printing, stitching andmanyother skills that enable them to lead a lifewith independenceanddignity.Orphanedatanearlyage,Vaishaligrewupatachildren’shome.Butafter18,shehadtomoveoutanddecideherfuture.TodaysheisastudentattheWITNursingSchool.ThetrainingwillhelpVaishaliseekjobsatleadinghospitalsinMumbai.LikeVaishali,WITprovidesotherstoowithasecurelivelihood and future.

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Development


StepsandStrides-XWomen’sFisheriesandShareCropping-Bihar

Director:TrishaDas



AlakeneartheGangainBihar.Aclusteroffishingboatsleavethelakeshorestogatherfish.Traditionallyfishinghasbeenmen’soccupation,buthere,allthepeopleontheboatsarewomen.ThefilmshowsBanoDevi,theheadfisherwomanofthevillage,underwhom100womenwork,fishingandsellingfishatthelocalmarket.Someyearsago,thelakewasinfestedwithweeds.Women,undertheleadershipofBanoDevi,decidedtocleanupthelake.Todaytheirstandardoflivingisfarbetter.HersuccesshasinspiredKusmiDevitoo,abondedfarmlabourwhoisnowasharecropper.

Art & Culture

StructuresofMemory

Director: Vivan Sundaram

Themakingofapublicculturaleventwithitsmultiplenarrativesandimpulses.


ThefilmgoesbehindthescenetolocatethemultiplenarrativesandimpulsesthatformtheimpetusforthepublicinstallationbytherenownedartistVivanSundaramat the Victoria Memorial Museum in Calcutta in 1998. Titled ‘Journey towardsFreedom:ModernBengal’theinstallationpresentsBengal’shistoryfrommid19thcenturyundercolonialruletoIndependencein1947.Mixinganumberofdiversestyles,somecontrivedandothersreal,andmanykindsofvoices,visuals,footagefromcinema,excerptsfromtheatre,readingsfrompoems,archivalphotographs,andmusic,thefilmresonatesthediverseandcomplexshapesandspacesthatthepublicarteventhadcreated.Brilliantlyshotandedited,thefilmisdirectedbytheartisthimselfandpresentsawindowintothecomplexworldofconceptualising,creatingandpresentingapublicartevent.

English http://goo.gl/apS1fZ

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Plurality

SufiTraditionsofIndiaPart I & Part II

Director: Khalid Sultan

Sufismasareligiousandmystictraditionofone’sabsolutedevotionandinvolvementwithGod.


Sufismisoftenconsideredtobethe inner,mysticaldimensionof Islam.Thefilmhighlights themajor Sufi centres in India and depicts Sufism as a religious andmystictraditionofone’sabsolutedevotionandinvolvementwithGod.

PartI:English http://goo.gl/zEaEzXPartII:English http://goo.gl/PI2rXj

Sulh-e-kulPeace to All

Director:ZorawarShukla

ThefilmspeaksabouttheMuslimsiteofpilgrimageDargahSharifinAjmer.


Sulh-e-kul explores theallureof themost importantMuslim siteofpilgrimage inSouthAsia,DargahSharif,inAjmer,India.TheshrineisthetomboftheveneratedSufiSaint,KwajhaGharibNawaz(PartonofthePoor).For800years,ithasbeenaplacewherealltypesofpeopleregardlessofreligion,casteorcolour,havegatheredtoask forwishestobegranted.Fromhis roots inmoderndayAfghanistantohisarrival in Ajmer in the 12th Century, it chronicles the journey of Kwajha GharibNawaztoIndiaandtheunifyingeffectthathehasonthousandsofpeople.

English http://goo.gl/ZoF2Fr

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Portraits

SwamiVivekanand


AfilmexploringthelifeandteachingsofSwamiVivekanand,hisinfluenceonWesternsystemsofthoughtandhisquestforthedivinityinherentinmankind.


SwamiVivekanand’slifewasaperennialexplorationofthetruthaboutmanandhisplaceintheunknowableexpanseoftheUniverse.Deeplyinfluencedbythewritingsof JohnStuartMillandHerbertSpencer,SwamiVivekanandsought to refinehisinherited agnosticism with a deeper understanding of Indian history, it’s epicsand philosophy. The film takes one chronologically through Vivekanand’s questforadeeperunderstandingof India,hiswritingsandthespiritualunderpinningsofhisexpositionsbyputting together rarearchivalphotographs, journalentries,newspaperclippingsandaudio footage. Italsomapssomeof thecontemporarydiscourse around his life and ideals, the work undertaken by the RamakrishnaMission in India as also certain international interventions tomake his writingsmorerelevanttotheworldtoday.

English http://goo.gl/v9SiVn

TaanaBaana–TheWarp&WeftofIndia

Director:GargiSen

ThestoryofweavinginIndia


Setupasamusicalwithnointerviews,‘TaanaBaana:TheWarp&WeftofIndia’weavestogetherthemetaphoricactofweavingwiththemusicaltraditionsofnorthIndiatoreflectonwhatholdsthenationtogether.Anationofheterogeneousandcontradictoryrealities,Indiahousesoverabillionpeoplefromdiverseregions,languages,andpractices.Thefilmusestheprismofpoetryofthe14thcenturypoet,Kabir,thatissungtilldatebyawiderangeofcontemporarymusiciansfromdiversegenres,tolookatthefabricofthenation,thatisbasedonplurality.Weavingisanancientmetaphorthathasforlongbeenassociatedwiththevaluesof love,divinityandhumanity, India’smodernity isdeeplyrooted inancientculturesandhumanevalues.Andliketheactofweaving,theconstitutionbindstogethertheheterogeneouspeopleandculturesintoonemodernnationthatespousesvaluesofsovereignty,justice,liberty,equalityandfraternityontheonehandwhileprotectingandpromotingdiversityandpluralityontheother.

English http://goo.gl/cqRMLl

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TapestriesofChange:AnIndo-AfricanStoryofEmpowermentDirector:AnuRadha

AstorydepictingthelivesofIndianandAfricancraftswomen.


Womenarethebackboneofeverysocietyandempoweringthemisessential.The2ndAfricaIndiaForumSummitopenedaplatformtoprovideknowledgeexchangeforasustainablelivelihoodbetweenwomeninAfricaandIndia,throughhandicrafts.‘TapestriesofChange:AnIndo-AfricanStoryofEmpowerment’takesthevieweronajourneythroughthetrialsandachievementsinthelivesofcraftswomen.Watchthesewomenweavetogetheracolourfultapestryofhope.

Arabic http://goo.gl/1C6SkN

English http://goo.gl/d0lGYl

French http://goo.gl/TnErYG

InternationalRelations History

TemplesofLearningPremierResearchInstitutesofIndia

Part I & IIDirector:UmaSwamy

Anexplorationofmedical,scientificandtechnologicalresearchinstitutesofIndiafromancienttimestothepresent


Indiahasbeenoneoftheforemostcentresoflearningandintellectualinquiryintheancientaswellascontemporaryage.TheancientuniversityatNalandainBiharwasdescribedasoneoftheearliestuniversitiesintheworld.Itpropagatedrationalism,scientific search for truth and a rigorous and disciplined inquiry into the natureofbeings.Thefilmclaimsthatthetraditionsofscientificinquiry isbeingcarriedforwardbyIndianInstituteofTechnology(IIT),IndianSpaceResearchOrganisation(ISRO)andtheAllIndiaInstituteofMedicalSciences(AIIMS).Theselearningcentresfostercriticalthinkingandemphasiseonresearchgearedtowardssolvingpracticalproblems.

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PartII:English http://goo.gl/6gzzfz

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Art & Culture

TheAlkapStory

Director:JoydeepGhosh,PremenduBikashChaki

Alkap,atraditionalformofmasscommunicationfromBengalanditspresentdaysituationofdespair


AtraditionalformofmasscommunicationfromMurshidabad,Alkapwasusedtoraise awareness about social injustices and taboos. Today, however, the lack offinancialsupportandinfluencesofpopularcultureisrenderingtheoriginalAlkapalmostextinct.InAlkap,performersonlyhaveanotionoftheplot,whiletheactualperformanceisanimprovisation,inthemannerofItalianCommediadelArte.Theperformersaredividedintotwogroupsthatevokesaverbalargument,andwhenthelimitsoforalexchangeisreached,theplaybeginstoevokeasexualhumour.Traditionallytheplayswereoftenperformedoutsidethejurisdictionareabecauseofthesexualconnotationswithintheplays.Therolesthatmentraditionallyplayedbycrossdressingaswomen,areslowlybeingtakenoverbywomenandtraditionaltunesreplacedbyBengalifilmsongs-renderingtheoriginalAlkapalmostextinct.

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Defence

TheBlueBerets

Director:AshokRaina

India’scommitmentandcontributiontotheUNpeacekeepingeffort.


‘TheBlueBerets’isafilmabouttheUNPeacekeepersandtheireffortstomaintainpeace in the world. The peace keeping operations have grown in number andcomplexity after theendof the coldwar. Today there is significant governmentinvolvementinsocialconstructionofpeacekeeping.Severalcountriescontributeto this common force. India has been a committed contributor to the UN’speacekeeping efforts around the globe. The countries that contribute to thesemissionsnotonlyhavetocontributeintermsofsoldiersandequipmentbutalsohavetobepoliticallyacceptablebyboththeconflictingparties.ThepresenceofIndianSoldiersinUNmissionsindifferentpartsoftheworldisatestimonyoftheiracceptabilityandprofessionalcompetence.

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Environment

TheCarbonMerchants


LowcarboneconomyinitiativesinIndiaforsustainableeconomicgrowth.


‘TheCarbonMerchants’explorestheverypertinentquestionofIndia’smostbasicpredicamentwithregardstodevelopment-ontheonehand,unplannedurbanisationandindustrialisationhavewreckedirremediabledamageontheenvironment,ontheotherthechallengeofpovertyalleviationforeclosesthepossibilityofareversalof thedevelopmental trajectory. Thefilm traces low carboneconomy initiativesacrossthelengthandbreadthofthecountrywhichareconstantlyinvolvedinthecreationofcleantechnologies.Someoftheseinitiativesareendeavoursofindividualentrepreneurswhilethereareotherswhichhavebeeninitiatedbycorporations.ThereisalsothesingularexampleofthestategovernmentofKeraladistributing15millionCFLlampstothepeopleinthestate.Thefilmurgesonetothinkcreativelyintermsofemulatingsomeofthesemodelsnationally.

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Development

TheChangingFaceofIndianCountryside

Director:RanjanKumarSingh,UpenderSood

EffortsbytheGovernment,NGOsandinternationalagenciestoimporvethestandardofliving,education,healthcareandawarenessinIndianvillages.


ThefilmisavoyagethroughtheIndianCountryside,ajourneyacrossthepulsatinglifeandculturalethosofruralIndia.PostIndependence,ruralIndiahaswitnessedtremendouschangewithnewroads,bridges,railtracksandtransportsystemsthathavebeeninterwovenintoahomogenousunit.Thenewagefarmerisequippedwith modern machines and techniques like tractors, pumps and combinedharvestersthathavehelpedtoincreaseproductivitybyfivetotentimeshigherascomparedtoafewdecadesback.ThefilmobservesthechangesintheIndianrurallifestyle,especiallythelivesofwomen,whohavealsocomealongway-frombeingconfinedwithinthefourwallstotakingchargeofagricultureandworkinginmillsand factories with men.

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Art & Culture

TheEmpireWritesBack

Director:ShomaChaudhury

ThetrajectoryofIndianwritinginEnglishespeciallyfrom1980sonwards.


Englisheducationwas introducedin IndiabytheBritishaspartoftheirpolicytotrainaclassofIndianclerks.EarlycreativewritinginEnglish,whileinfluencedby19thcenturyBritishnovels,werealreadybreakingliteraryconventions.However,earlywriters likeRajaRaostruggledwithtryingtoexpress in“a languagethat isnotone’sown,thespiritthat isone’sown.”It isnotuntilSalmanRushdiewrote‘Midnight’sChildren’ (1981) that Indianwriting inEnglishcouldclaim for itselfavoiceandaspiritcompletelyuniqueanddifferent.WriterslikeAmitavGhosh,AllanSealy,VikramSeth,V.S.Naipaul,UpamanyuChatterjee,KiranDesai,ArundhatiRoyareonlyafewoutstandingexamplesofIndianwritersinEnglish.‘TheEmpireWritesBack’tracesthehistoryofIndianwritinginEnglishfromtheearlypartofthe20thcenturytillthelate1990s.

English http://goo.gl/QlwdBx

Environment

TheHealingTree

Director: Usha Albuquerque

TherichbiodiversityofIndiaanditspotentialforhealing.


‘HealingTree’explorestherichbiodiversityofIndiaanditspotentialforhealingpeoplenaturally.India’sgreatbiodiversityhasbeenresponsibleformanytribalcommunitiesusingthenaturalfloraandfaunaformakingmedicines.Placedoutsidethemodernhospitalsandhealthcaresystemofthecountry,thenaturalhealingpotentialofthisbiodiversityhasproven tobeabig success in the commercialmarketaswell andarenowbeingmarketedby thepharmaceutical anddrug companies. ThehealingpropertiesofnaturehasbeenthereasonwhytreesaretheobjectofreverenceinIndiaandoftenequatedwithdivinityinindigenouscultures.

English http://goo.gl/6g80oU

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Portraits

TheIndiaofAndréMalraux

Director:NikhilPadgaonkar

AndréMalrauxlostandfoundhimselfinIndia.


AndréMalrauxwas a French adventurer, award-winning author, statesman andknownforhisinterestinarchaeology.HecametoIndiaafterhisfather’sdeathandtravelledextensivelythroughIndochinaandChina.HewasonfriendlytermswithPt.JawaharlalNehru. Indianswillrecallthatduring India’sordealAndréMalrauxmadeapublicdeclarationstatingthathewaswillingtogoandfightforBangladesh.Three thousand Frenchmen, among whom senior officers, then immediatelyproposedtofollowhisexample.Thefilmnarratesthe lifeofAndréMalrauxandhisrelationwithIndiathroughinterviews,imagesofoldarchaeologicalitemsandother old footage.

English http://goo.gl/xelnUe

Defence

TheIndianOcean


Oceansandtheirroleinspreadingculture,exchangingknowledgeandideas.


Thefilmlikenstheoceanstoahighwaythatconnectpeople,cultureandcommunities.Newinitiativeshavebeentakentobuildbridgesofco-operationbasedonhistoricalties.TheIndianOceanformstheeasternboundaryoftheAfricancontinentreachingtowardstheMiddleEast,washinguptotheshoresoftheIndiansubcontinent,andfurtherlinkingupwiththeSouthChinaSea.TheIndianOceanisthelifelineoftheworld’stradeandeconomyandhasbeensoformanydecades.Thefilmexploresitsroleinconnectingdiversecultureandtraditionandexchangingtechnologyandideas.Thepresentdaysituationof theshoresandtheocean is furtherexploredin relation to trade and commerce, and the formationof the IndianOceanRimAssociationforregionalco-operation.

English http://goo.gl/Xfpc01

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Art & Culture

TheJoyfulRhythmsofaKashmiriWeddingDirector: David Devadas

TheritualsandtraditionsofaKashmirWedding.


ThetypicaltraditionalKashmiriweddingisafunfilledcommunityeventwithlotsofcolour,foodandsinging.Thebrideandgroomgothroughanumberofritualsbeforetheactualweddingthatinvolvefeasts,haircutsandritualbaths.Thesocialand religiouspractices in aKashmir are fascinating. Threegreat religions- Islam,HinduismandBuddhism-havefloweredinKashmirandeachhasabsorbedelementsfromtheother.AtaKashmiriweddingonefindspeoplefromallreligionstakingpartinthecommunityevents.AtraditionalKashmiriweddinginvolvespeoplecomingtogether,eatingfromthesameplatteroffood,preparingthefoodtogether.ThefilmunravelsthesyncreticcultureofKashmiragainstthebackdropoftheweddingofTabishandNaseer.

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History

TheMakingofaNationPart 1: A prologue

Director:RameshSharma

Anintroductiontoaseriesoffilmsthatexplore50yearsofIndia’sindependence


Thetricolourhostedon15thAugust1947symbolisedthenation’slibertyandgavebirthtoamultiracial,multilingualIndia.Thepartitionresultedinalargepopulationofdisplacedpersonsastheymovedacrossnewbordersleavingtheirhomesbehind.Independencehadadeep impacton themindsofpeople likeDr.A.P. J.AbdulKalam,RitwikGhatak,GovindNihalani,CaptainLakshmiSwaminathanorHarprasadNanda,whowere to shape the futureof India.TheassassinationofGandhiandothertraumasdoggedthebirthofthisnation.Butleadersofhighcalibretaughtthenationself-reliance.ThefilmshowshowIndiastillhasalongwaytogotokeepitspromisestoitscitizens.Itisstillanationinthemaking.

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History

TheMakingofaNationPart2:Birthofnationalism


TracingthecausesforthebirthofnationalismduringtheBritishrule.


TherewereseveralreasonsfortheriseofnationalisminIndia.Oneofthembeingthetallowgreasedrifleincident.Toloadtherifle,sepoyshadtobitethecartridgeopentoreleasethepowder.Thegreaseusedonthesecartridgesincludedtallow(porkorbeef fat),which isconsideredsacrilegiousbybothHindusandMuslims.The filmprofiles leaders like Rani Lakshmi Bai,Mangal Pandey, Tagore,Gandhi,Jawaharlal Nehru, Subhash Chandra Bose, among others, and their struggle forfreedomfromtheBritishrulethroughaseriesofoldvideos,recreatedscenesandinterviews.ThoughthereweretraumaticeventslikethepartitionwhichseparatedIndiaandPakistan,Indiaemergedasastrongindependentnationonthemidnightof 14th August 1947.

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Democracy

TheMakingofaNationPart3:TheEconomicAgenda


AnanalysisoftheIndianeconomicstructureinthe50yearsofindependence.


Afterindependencethecountryfacedascarcityoffoodandbasicamenities.Thecountrywasundergoingatransformation,theIndianeconomicmodelasenvisagedbyNehruwasamixedonewhereprivateenterpriseandstatecapitalexistedsidebyside.ThecurrenteconomicagendaofliberalisationwasfreeingprivateenterpriseandIndiawasbeingviewedasanemerginggiant.Part3of‘TheMakingofaNation’putsforththegrowthofthecountry’seconomypostindependencewhereeconomicreforms brought out the tremendous spirit of adventure and enterprise and helped tocreateoneofthemostdynamiccompetitiveeconomiesandacompassionatesociety.

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Democracy

TheMakingofaNationPart4:TheShapingofIndia’sforeignpolicy


ShapingofIndia’sForeignPolicyundertheleadershipofNehru.


TheshapingofIndia’sforeignpolicybeganevenbeforeindependence.JawaharlalNehru,thefirstPrimeMinisterofIndia,conceptualisedthedoctrineofPanchsheel:the Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence to govern relations between states.Their first formal codification into a treatywas in an agreementbetweenChinaandIndiain1954.ThefilmtravelsbacktoatimewhenIndiawasstillunderBritishrule.Nehru’ssearchforaForeignPolicyconvergedwiththegoalofselfreliance.Hebelievedthatthedevelopmentofthecountrycouldbeassuredonlyiftherewaspeace.AtnoothertimeduringthecontemporaryhistoryofModernIndia,wasoneman’svisionsoinextricablylinkedwiththeshapingofthecountry’sforeignpolicy.

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Democracy

TheMakingofaNationPart5:DemocracyinAction


Thestoryofthelargestdemocracyintheworld.


Colourful, vibrant and seeking total participation of its citizens - that is whatIndian democracy is all about. Part 5 of ‘TheMakingof aNation’ highlights themomentousevents thatare themilestonesof Indiandemocracy.Coveringsomeof thesemilestones - the general elections, rise and fall of the Congress party,Nehru’sdeath, thecomingtopowerof theCommunistParty inKerala,coalitionformedbytheJanataParty,andfinally,theEmergencydeclaredbyIndiraGandhi-thefilmunderlinesthatdemocracycannotbetakenforgranted.Mediaasthe4thestateofthecountryisalsodiscussedinthisepisode.Thesheervitalitywithwhichdemocracyispractisedinthecountryisproofthatthisformofgovernancebythepeople,ofthepeopleandforthepeopleisheretostay.

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Gender

TheMakingofaNationPart6:Womenandthenation


Theroleofwomeninthemakingofanation.


Women and the Nation’ is the saga of Indian women through the ages. Onceoppressed, the freedomstruggleprovidedanopportunity for change.MahatmaGandhi said that unlesswomenactivelyparticipate in the struggle, therewouldbenomeaningforthemovement.Thisepisodeshowsthechangesinthestatusofwomen,frommerecommoditiesandvehiclesforbearingchildrentoindependentlives of dignity. Economic independence has been at the core of the change.Abolitionofchildmarriageandreservationof33%seatsforwomeninPanchayatsandMunicipalityhavebeenmajorstepstoaidtheprocess.SarojiniNaidu,ArunaAsafAli,VijayLakshmiPandit,IndiraGandhi,KiranBedi,ShovanaNarayan,AparnaSen,amongmanyothers,arewomenwhoevokedrespect,aweandadmiration.TheyarethetruesymbolsofemancipationoftheIndianwomen.

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Democracy

TheMakingofaNationPart7:Asocietyintransition


Someofthemajormilestonesinthe50yearsoftransformation.


‘A Society in Transition’ is about the changes that Indian society has seen in its50yearsofindependence.Manystepsweretakentoensurethatsocialinjusticesare erased and equality is restored: abolition of untouchability and Zamindarisystem, reservation for scheduled castes and tribes,women’s right to property,legalisationofdivorce,etc.OneaffirmativeactionthattriggeredprotestwastheMandalCommissionrecommendationsthatpoliticallylegitimisedcastepolitics.Theembracingofeconomicliberalisationresultedinthegrowthoftelecommunicationsandsatellitetelevision.Globalisationinfluencednewlifestyleswithconsumerismmovingtonewheights.Peoplestartedusingcyberspacetospreadawareness.The50yearsofindependencehasredefinedcivilisationinIndia.

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History

TheMakingofaNationPart8:Cinemaandthenation


TracestheevolutionofIndiancinema.


In1913,DadasahebPhalke,thefatherof IndianCinema,becamethefirst Indiantousethemoviecamera,outofwhichwereborncinemabasedonmythologies.Subsequently, the formof Indian cinemamaturedunderBaburaoPainter,D.N.Sarkar andHimanshuRai,who developed a unique narrative style. Followed bylegendsBimalRoy,GuruDutt,RajKapoor,Indiaisnowthelargestfilmproducingcountryintheworld.‘CinemaandtheNation’isaboutthefilmindustrythathasproduced both commercial andmeaningful cinema. Satyajit Ray, Ritwik GhatakandMrinalSencaptureddifferentaspectsofIndia’semotions:traumaofpartition,humanism,societaltransition,etc.Thispersuasiveformofentertainmenthasgonecommercial creatingpersonalitiesand starsandhave reflected themoodof thenation.Butsomewhere,thesefilmshavealsorecordedthemakingofthenation.

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Democracy

TheMakingofaNationPart9:Secularismandthenation


SecularisminIndia-unitydespitediversity.


‘TheMakingofNation–SecularismandtheNation’isanoverwhelmingfilmaboutthe unity among the people of the nation even though they are from differentcastesandreligions.Secularism,thoughforced,cameaboutafteranunderstandingthattheIndiansocietyrestsandoperatesonan inter-communitynetwork. Indiais a country where not only are the practices of all religions tolerated but allreligionscometogethertocelebrateanumberoffestivalsontheIndiancalendar.Withglobalisation,whereidentitiesarecoalescingwithadesiretocreateaspaceinsociety,Indiaistheonlyplacethat,withalonghistoryofcoexistence,offersanurturingspacetothisfledglingideal.

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Democracy

TheMakingofaNationPart 10: Agenda for the future


India’seconomic,socialandpoliticaldevelopmentandplansforthefuture.


For50yearsafterindependence,thecountrystruggledwithconflictingeconomicagendas. Massive investment was required for basic infrastructure like ports,airports, power, roads, telecomor urban development. In the final part of ‘TheMakingofaNation’weseethateventhoughagriculture is thebackboneof theeconomy, urbanisation in the 80’s, followed by economic liberalisation in the90’s,drasticallychangedtheprofileofaresurgentIndia.Onthepoliticalfront,thecountryhasbeenplayingameaningfulroleinglobalpeaceanddisarmament.Ithasbeen the voice representing thedeveloping andunderdeveloped countries. Thefilmexplores theeconomic, socialandpoliticaldevelopmentof thecountryandthedevelopmentplansforthefuture,throughaseriesofinterviewsandstatistics.

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History

TheMusalmanPreservationofaDream

Director:IshaniKDutta

Thestoryoftheworld’sonlyhandwrittenUrdudaily:TheMusalman.


‘TheMusalman’isaboutthehandwrittenUrdudailypublishedfromChennai,TamilNadu.CateringtoaverysmallUrdureadingpopulation,TheMusalmanispossiblytheonlyhandwrittendaily newspaper in theworld. Thefilm shows thehistoryofthenewspaper,andthepassionthatdrivesthepeoplewhorunit.Establishedin1927byChenabSyedAsmadullahSahib,thenewspaperwastakenoverbyhissonSyedFaisullah.ItispresentlyrunbyFaisullah’sson,SyedArifullah,makingitaheritagethatthefamilyowns.Thefilmalsoconverseswiththecalligraphers,whohavededicated their lives to TheMusalmanbecauseof their love forUrdu andcalligraphy.

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Art & Culture

TheNameofaRiver

Director: Anup Singh

AnevocationofRitwikGhatak’scinema-anostalgiclongingforacinematicpastaswellascinema’sattempttoreturntoalosthomeland.


WrittenandperformedasatributetoRitwikGhatak’spreoccupationwiththetraumaofpartitionandseparationfromahomeland,‘TheNameofaRiver’canbeplacedincontinuumwithGhatak’scinema-anostalgicreturntoalosthomeland,andthebygoneeraofGhatak’sformandstylisedtreatmentofmemoryandthelossofhome.ItisthestoryofAnusuya,aBangladeshirefugeewhotravelsbytheriverPadmatoreachKolkatatostartanewlifeinanewland.Atthesametime,thejourneyisareminderofmanyofGhatak’scentralfemalecharacterswhowereburdenedwiththefragilityofmemoryandthepermanencyoftheirrefugeestatus.Thefilmusesmultiplerolesofrefugeesfoundinliteraryandcinematiccharacters-tounderstandthemysteriesoftheeventsthat ledtothemassacreofhalfamillionpeopleandforcedtenmillionpeopletomigrateacrossthenewlyestablishedborders.

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Art & Culture

TheOnenessofCreation


ThestoryofBuddhaandthedevelopmentofBuddhisminIndia.


ThisfilmdepictstheancientBuddhistsitesofIndia.ThestoryoftheBuddhaandthedevelopmentofBuddhismaretracedthroughtheartandarchitectureofancientmonuments.ThefilmundertakesavisualjourneythroughthelifeoftheBuddha;totheplacesofhisbirth,enlightenment,firstsermonandfinalrenunciation.ThefourgreatBuddhistpilgrimagesitesofLumbini,Bodhgaya,SarnathandKushinagarareamong themost reveredplaces in theworld. ThisfilmalsoprovidesawideperspectiveoftheheritageofbothTheravadaandMahayana-VajrayanaordersofBuddhism.

English http://goo.gl/FnzJCK

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Plurality

ThePathofCompassionBuddhistHeritageofIndia


ThestoryofBuddhaandhisteachingthroughancientBuddhistarchitecturalsites.


‘ThePathofCompassion’depictstheBuddhistheritageofIndiabyvisitingtheancientBuddhistsiteslocatedwithinthecountry.ThestoryofBuddhaanddevelopmentofBuddhismistracedthroughtheseancientartandarchitecturalartefacts.StartingfromsitesinAndhraPradesh,tothetemplesinLadakh,thejourneyofBuddhismtootherpartsoftheworldlikeSriLanka,Myanmar,Indonesia,Thailand,Tibetisalsoshown.ThefilmtakesusthroughthelifeofBuddhaandhispathtoenlightenmentwith the great pilgrimage sites of Lumbini, Bodhgaya, Sarnath and Kushinagar.Thefilmalsohighlights thepatronageof Kings likeAshoka in thenurturing andspreadingofBuddhism.

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Development

ThePathbreakersPart 1

Director:AnuRadha

Womencommunityleadersandtheirquesttoleadtheoppressedandunderprivileged towards empowerment.


The 1st part of the series ‘Pathbreakers’ profiles three community leaders andtheir quest to lead the oppressed and underprivileged towards a life of sustainable empowerment.Thefilmisanintimatejourneywiththreecommunityleadersandtheirwork.ChewangNorphel,alsohailedas the ‘glacierman,’designedawaterconservationsystemforhiscommunityintheLadakhregiontoprotecthispeoplefromseveredroughtinthesummers.Chandralekhaprotectswomeninhervillagefrom traffickingand sexwork. ShamshadKhanhas takenon thecarpet industryto crusade against child labour andworks for rural development and children’seducation.Underlyingallthreestoriesisacommonmetaphor-ameliorationoftheunderprivileged.

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Empowerment


Director:NaazishHussainiandSanjayBarnela



The2ndpartoftheseries‘Pathbreakers’profilesthreewomencommunityleadersand their quest to lead the oppressed and underprivileged towards empowerment. KamlaisIndia’sfirstbarefootsolarengineer.Shehastrainedmenandwomeninhervillagetoconstructlampsandcreateenergywithinthevillageandtherebyrunnightschoolsforeducatingthevillagers.Congress,ayounggirlwhobecametheposterchildforUNICEF,defiedsocialnormstodefendherselfagainstchildmarriage.Vidyainherservicetotheenvironmentmobiliseshercommunitytotakestepstowardsconservationandpreservationofthemountains.Underlyingallthesestories isacommonmetaphor-tomakethelivesoftheunderprivilegedamatterofsustainedimportance.

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Gender


Director:SrenikSett,SujataSett



The3rdpartof ‘Pathbreakers’profilesthreewomenwhohavestruggledagainstentrenched social discrimination to create spaces of safety and nurturing forotherwomen.IndraniSinha’sNGOSanlaapworksfortherightsofsexworkersinCalcutta;MoslemaBibibroketheshacklesofclassandcommunitytosetupasmallmatmanufacturing unit providing employment and economic independence forthewomenofhervillage;andMartha,whoinspiteofaverybasiceducation,roseto become the Sarpanch of the village.Using narration and interviewswith theprotagonistsandpeoplearoundthem, thefilmtellsa taleofcourage, fortitude,determinationandsuccessinthefaceofheaviestofodds.

English http://goo.gl/PHCz5O

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Development


Director:TarunShahani

Initiativestobringaboutchangeinthesocietyandsavelives.


The4thpartof‘ThePathbreakers’showsDashrathManjhi’sdeterminationtocutthehill that separatedhis village from the town,bringingeducation,healthcareandbetter living conditions forhis villagepeople.DoctorsRani andAbhayBangpioneeredaprojectthattookPublicHealthtoanewlevelinthevillageofGadchiroli,inthe interiorsofMaharashtra.ThroughtheirorganisationSEARCH,theireffortsreducedinfantmortalitlyfrom121to39per1000borninthevillage.AhmedandRasoolKhan,brothersandmanagersofKKPlasticsPvt.Ltd.,who,morethanjustproducingplastics,tookastepfurtherbyexperimentingtheuseofpowderedplasticforroadbuilding.Throughtheirinnovation,forthefirsttimeinthecountry,aroadwasconstructedusingplasticasarawmaterialinBengaluru;anotherstepthatwillsavemanylivesfromthehazardsofwasteplastic.

English http://goo.gl/8KaFq6

History

ThePatientStone


Traversingbetweenmyth,legend,factandfictioninLadakh,Jammu&Kashmir.


Throughouttime,thelegendofstonesthatlistenedtopeople’ssorrowsandhealedmany,havetravelledacrossLadakh.‘ThePatientStone’isaboutthevalleyofJammu&KashmirandLadakh-afilmtravellingbetweenmyth, legend, factandfiction.Focusing onwhat people remember of contemporary history, the film exploresplaces,historyandculture.Thepeoplespeakoftheirexperienceandthetraumaof1947,intheirownwords,withouttakingsides.Thefilmbringsoutcertainfactsthatattimesshatterlong-heldmythsaboutthelandandpeopleofLadakhandJammu& Kashmir.

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Gender

TheSelfPortrait

Director: Sabia Khan Shastri

AportrayalofMuslimwomen,theirlivesbeyondthepurdahandtheireffortstocarveoutanewidentity.


‘ASelfPortrait’depictsthechallengesbeforeMuslimwomenwhoarefacedwiththe daunting task of having to break out of the stereotypicalworld view thrustupon thembyoutsiders. Thepurdahhas cast thesewomen in a traditional andrigid framework,where thecloth is seenasabarrier togaining literacyandselfidentity.However,todayMuslimwomenarecomingoutinlargenumberseitherbybuildingmosques,whichresultsinfreedomfromcleric-controlledjammats,orbypropagatingeducationandhealthcare,therebycreatinganewsocialspacewithintheMuslimcommunity.Thescopetoundertakeworkforsocietalbenefitrestsonthesewomenwhoarefacedwiththedualchallengeofbreakinggenderaswellasreligiousstereotypes.

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TheQuantumIndians

Director:RajaChoudhury

TheamazingcontributionsofthreerenownedIndianscientists


ThisdocumentarywontheprestigiousNationalFilmAwardforthebesteducationalfilm in 2013 in India. President Shri PranabMukharjee gave away this award inaglitteringceremonyon3rdMay2014. It isanawardforanextremelyefficientand precise analysis of the contributions of three renowned scientists in amannerthatnotonlyeducatestoday’sgenerationbutalsoprovidesinsightsintocomplex scientific phenomena in an accessiblemanner. At the turn of the 20thcentury, theworldwaswitnessinga renaissance in theareaofquantumphysicsthrough theworkof great scientists such asMaxPlanck,Albert Einstein, ErnestRutherford of Neils Bohr. Unknown to the world, three Indian scientists werealso making significant contributions to the quantum world with revolutionarydeductions, interpretations and theories. Dr. Satyendra Nath Bose formulatedthe Bose-Einstein Statistics and Bose-Einstein Condensate. Sir C. V. Ramangavetheworld theRamaneffect,Dr.MeghnadSahaproducedanequationthatexplained stellar radiation. The film is a tribute to the three exemplary minds,the significanceofwhose contributions remainsof vital importanceeven today.

English http://goo.gl/tpGCPW

History

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Art & Culture

TheShillongChamberChoirandtheLittleHomeSchoolDirector:UrmiJuvekar

Amusicaljourneyandaman’sattempttoempowerhiscommunity.


‘ShillongChamberChoirandtheLittleHomeSchool’isthestoryofoneman’sattemptto empower his community through music and create a space where childrenwouldbeallowedtogrowirrespectiveoftheirtalentsandskills.NeilNongkynrih’svisiontocreateaschoolforchildreninMeghalayastartedoutasanattempttojustgatherpeoplearoundandplayavarietyofmusic.Butthechoirgraduallydevelopedaunique repertoire.Mozart andBeethovenare intertwinedwith regional tunesfromtheKhasiarea.Alongwiththemusicschool,thereisahomeschoolrunbyNongkynrihwheresixteenchildrenlive,studyandpraytogether.

English http://goo.gl/2CYQuc

Science&Technology

TheSkyisNottheLimit


AjourneyintotheIndianSpaceResearchOrganisation(ISRO).


Theskyandwhatisbeyondhasalwaysfascinatedthehumanmind.Sinceancienttimes,we have been trying to decipher themysteries of outer space.With thecomingofmodernsciencemanyofthesemysterieshavebeensolved.Whilenationsaretryingtogainsuperiorityinspaceformilitarypurposes,Indiahasbeentryingtocreateabetterlifeforitscitizensthroughitssatellitetechnology.‘TheSkyisNotTheLimit’takestheaudienceonajourneyintotheIndianSpaceResearchOrganisation(ISRO) and the reason behind their success in bringing a billion Indians closerthroughadvancedsatellites.Thesesatelliteshavebeen responsible for changingthecourseofcommunications,weather forecasting,collectionofmeteorologicaldataanditsanalysis.

English http://goo.gl/6mJm5H

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TheSouthImperativesofCo-operationDirector:SuhasBorker

RoleoftheITECindevelopingsolidarityandSouth-Southco-operation.


‘TheSouthImperativesofCo-operation’isabouttheroleoftheIndianTechnicaland Economic Co-operation (ITEC) in providing educational assistance to manycountries.IthighlightssomeprojectsoftheITEC,liketheassistanceinbuildingtheinfrastructureofcountriesinAsia,AfricaandLatinAmerica;helpingthesecountrieswith agricultural research, dairy development; photovoltaic revolution in Cuba;encouragementofsmallscaleindustry,etc.ThesuccessstoriesoftheseinitiativeshavebeencrucialinstrengtheningthebondsbetweenIndiaandthesecountries,andhavehelpedinspreadingittoothercountriesaswell.ThefilmalsoshowshowITECisasymbolofcommonobjectiveofpeace,equity,justiceanddignity.

English http://goo.gl/pcNiko

Art & Culture

TheSpiritofIndia


AmusicaljourneycelebratingtheunityinthediversitythatisIndia.


‘TheSpiritof India’ isamusical journeyencapsulating theunity in the immensediversity of India. Stunning visuals provide glimpses of the diverse landscape,wildlife,history,architecture,placesofworship,music,classicalandfolkdances,lifestyles and achievements, all of which embody the spirit and culture of thenation.

English http://goo.gl/rbwuOU

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Art & Culture

TheStoryofGitanjaliSongofferings

Director:MalayBhattacharya

AstoryofacreativeworkrootedinTagore’spersonallossandwitnesstoaworldonthebrinkofwar.


Tagore’sworkhasreceivedscholarlyattentionfromallacrosstheworld.ThefilmpresentsnotonlythepoeticemphasisofTagore’swork,butalsotracestherootsofhismostacclaimedwork-Gitanjali.CreatedatamomentinhistorywhentheworldwasonthebrinkofWorldWarI,Gitanjaliwastreatedasapieceofliteraturethattouchedthecoreofhumanisttraditionwithalanguagepossessingitsownuniquemusicality.‘TheStoryofGitanjali’isthestoryoftheemergenceofapieceofliteraryworkarisingfromTagore’sownsenseofpersonallossandanguishonwitnessingtheworldbreakingoutintoaconflict.

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TheTrailblazer-MulkRajAnand


ThestoryofwriterMulkRajAnandandhisworks.


TheTrailblazer’explorestheinimitablepositionofwriter,MulkRajAnand,oneofthepioneersofIndianwritinginEnglishinIndia.WithnovelssuchasCoolie,TheVillage,Untouchable,andmanymore,Anandheraldedaliterarymovementthatadvocatedthecauseofclass,casteandgenderparitywithinIndia’spluralsocialstructure.HisearlynovelssetaprecedentforasociallychargedwritingandsimplicityoflanguagethathasinspiredgenerationsofEnglishnoveliststofollow.

English http://goo.gl/tzhr5M

Portraits

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Culture&Lifestyle

TheTreasureintheSnow:AFilmonSikkimDirector:GoutamGhose

ApanoramicviewofSikkim’srichcultureandtradition.


Sikkimisalandofdevotionandfaith.InSikkimreligionisthefountainheadofartandculture.TheLepchasandBhutiasareaboriginaltribesofSikkim.TheLepchasbelievethatdanceandmusicaregiftsfromGodandactasabridgebetweentheearth and the heavens. The Bhutias are responsible for the spread of TibetanBuddhism inSikkim.Thepeopleexhibitextraordinaryskills inwoodcarving.ThevariedandcolourfulmasksthatareessentialfortraditionalBuddhistritualdancesarestunninglybeautifulandintricatelycarved.Metalcraftisanothersectorwhereartisanscombinetheirskillswithreligiousdevoutness.TheHimalayanrangesandthephysicallandscapehaveleftanindeliblemarkonthesocialandreligiouslivesaswellasthepsycheofpeople.ManydesignersandcraftsmenfromSikkimhavefound eminence across the world.

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TheUnfinishedRevolutionPart 1

Director:SuhasBorker

ThehistoryoftheNon-AlignedMovement.


‘TheUnfinished Revolution’ presents the history of theNonAlignedMovement(NAM)thatbroughttogetheragroupofnationstoworkforworldpeace.Part1presentsthepeopleandcircumstancesthatledtothecreationofNAM.Drawinginspirationfromnon-violentmovementsledbyleaderslikeMohandasKaramchandGandhiandNelsonMandela,theNAMgrewrapidlyoveradecadeandwasledbyradicaltheoristsandthoseinsistingonajustworldorder.NAMalsodevelopedaneconomicwingandcalledfordisarmament.Usingarchivalfootage,photographs,clipsfromfictionfilmsandnarration,thefilmpresentsahistoricaloverviewofthetimesthatledtotheemergenceofNAM,itsdevelopmentandgrowth,itsfoundingmember,andtheleadershipprovidedbyIndia.

English http://goo.gl/FiuEux

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TheUnfinishedRevolutionPart 2

Director:SuhasBorker

ThegrowingirrelevanceofNAMdespiteholdingthepreciseidealsnecessaryforworld peace and development.


‘TheUnfinishedRevolution-Part2’presentsthedisarrayofNAManditsgrowingirrelevancedespiteholdingtheprecise idealsthatarenecessaryforworldpeaceand development. The film discusses the relationship between countries of theNonAlignmentMovement (NAM)and theUnitedNations, the challenges facingtheNAMcountriesandhowtheleadersofthesecountriesaretryingtocopewiththesechallenges.Since1991,whenthecoldwarended,thefutureNAMhasbeenquestionedandaneedtoredefineitsrole,functionandrelevancehasemerged.Thefilminterviewsanumberof Indianandinternational leadersandanalyststofindoutwhatcanpossiblybethefutureofNAM.

English http://goo.gl/DzTidT

Plurality

TheWayofBuddha

Director:UmeshBist

AneducationalandinformationaljourneyintothelifeofBuddhaandthepracticeofBuddhismtoday.


The tenets of Buddhism - equality and democracy, universal peace, steadfastloveforalllifeandasecularpracticethatcanhelphumanitytoendsufferinghasattractedfollowersfromallacrosstheworldtoBuddhaandBuddhism.‘TheWayofBuddha’presentsthepopularmythicalstoryofofBuddha’slife-hisbirthasaroyalprince,hisrenunciationofworldlylife,hissearchfortruth,becomingenlightenedand his teachings as the Buddha. The film expands on Buddha’s teachings, theessencebehindhisconceptofthemiddlepath,andhowdirectactionbyhumanscanendmiseryandsufferings.ItisalsoalookatthediversepracticesofBuddhismthatisfollowedindifferentpartsofthecountry.

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TheWomeninBlueBerets Director: Farida Pacha


Liberia,anationscarredby14yearsofbrutalcivilwar,standsatacriticalmomentinitshistoryasitheadsforitsseconddemocraticelectioninOctober,2011.Thiselectionwilldecidethecountry’sfuturecourse-towardspeaceandstabilityorviolenceandchaos.AssistingtheUNpeacekeepingoperationsisaspecialunitfromIndia–anallwomenpolicecontingents.Deployedyearlysince2007,itisthefirstsuchunitofitskind.WilltheIndianpolicewomensucceedintheirmissiontokeepthe peace in Liberia?

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AllwomenIndianpolicecontingentintheUNPeacekeepingforcedeployedinLiberia.

DefencePortraits

TheWorldofPeries


TheSriLankanfilmmakerLesterJamesPeries,hisfilms,hisrelationshipwithSatyajitRayandthelaurelshehasachieved.


‘TheWorldofPeries’converseswiththeSriLankanfilmmakerLesterJamesPerieson his films, his relationship with Satyajit Ray and the laurels he has achieved.Peries,whostartedhiscareerasawriterinthejournal‘Ceylon,’wenttoLondonandmade twoshortfilms that receivedcriticalacclaim.He then returned toSriLanka and startedmaking documentaries andmythological films. He alsomadethefirstSriLankanfeaturefilmtobeacceptedforcompetitionattheprestigiousCannesfilmfestival.InthefilmPeriestalkstothecameraanddiscusseshisfilms,hisrelationshipwithhiscontemporarieslikeSatyajitRay,thetrilogyoffilmshemade,whichisoftencomparedwithRay’sAputrilogy.

English http://goo.gl/jLAV3Z

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ThisisAsia’sTime


AfilmaboutthevariouscollaborationsIndiahaswiththeASEANcountries.


‘This is Asia’s Time’ is about India’s relationshipwith the ASEAN countries. The‘LookEast’policyadoptedbyIndiawasamajorstepinbuildingtherelationship.Thecollaborationresulted intransformationof Indiansocietyandeconomy.Thefilmshowshow India’s relationshipwith theASEANcountrieshashelpedall thecountries involved. India servesasamajormarketand the free tradepolicyhashelpedmanySouthAsianenterprisestogrowintheIndianmarket.Indiaprovidesnetworking capabilities to countries like Thailand, Indonesia, and Malaysia andthese countries, in turn, helps India’s infrastructure development.Major Indiancompanies likeTata,Reliance,AdityaBirlagrouphavesetup industrialplants inthesecountriesandhavealsohelpedCLMVcountriesinthedevelopmentalsector,namelyeducationandagriculture.

English http://goo.gl/2ZbMth

Art & Culture

ThroughaLensClearlyRaghuRai’sIndia


WitnessingthelivedenvironmentofIndiantownsandcityscapesthroughthelensofphotographerRaghuRai.


Thefilmmapsthediversecultural,geographicalandhistoricallandscapeofIndiathrough the lens of photographerRaghuRai.Utilising the cinematicdevice of aframewithinaframe,thefilmtracesRai’smovementsthroughthedifferentcitiesofIndiaashestandsamidstahumandeluge,tryingtocaptureamomentinhistorythrough his camera, and his attempts to untangle themyriad hues and humanemotions hewitnesses. Using narration, interviewwith Raghu Rai, photographsandreallifethatRaidrawsfrom,thefilmalsouseslocalespecificmusicandsongs.FollowingRaiashetravelsthroughIndiaandcapturinghimasheshoots,thefilmtriestoarticulatethecreativeimpulseoftheartist.

English http://goo.gl/CSp5US

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TimelessFriendshipI:HistoryandHeritage

Director:A.K.Kidwai,TarunMathur

TherelationshipbetweenIndiaandAfghanistan-twocountrieswithacommonandsharedheritageandhistory.


‘Timeless Friendship, Part 1’ traces the evolution of bilateral relations betweenIndiaandAfghanistan-twocountriesthatshareheritage,ideasandhistory.IndiawasruledbyMughalemperors-whocametoIndiaviaAfghanistan-foroverthreehundredyears.Butthesignificanceofthisrelationshipgoesbeyondthenarrativeof imperial conquest.Over the centuries, the cultures and religious identitiesofthe two countries have intermingled and resultantly India nurtured multiplereligionslikeHinduism,Zoroastrianism,Sikhism,BuddhismandIslam.Today,theevidenceofthisrelationshipcanbeobservedinarchitecture,poetryandliterature.Theinteractionbetweenintellectualsandpoetsofthetwocountrieshascreateda fusionof social normsand cultural systems thathaveoutlasted the impactofimperial and colonial manoeuvres.

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TimelessFriendshipII:ontoModernTimes


ModerntimesinAfghanistanandIndia’sroleinrebuildingthecountry.


ThesecondpartofthisfilmtravelsthroughthemoderntimesinAfghanistananddepictsIndia’sroleinreconstructionofAfghanistanafterthedevastationcausedbyrepeatedwars.AfghanleadersandintellectualswereassociatedwithMahatmaGandhi andgreat leaders likeAbdulGhaffarKhan fromPashtun landduring thestruggleforindependence.FoundationsofIndianco-operationinAfghanistanarevisibleineffortsliketheAllIndiaRadioandIndiraGandhiMemorialHospitalhavingtheircentresinAfghanistanandimpartingtrainingtothelocalpeople.IndianfilmsarealsoverypopularinAfghanistan.

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TimelessFriendshipIII:TestimonyforFuture


ThecontinuingfriendshipofIndiaanditsroleinrebuildingAfghanistanaftertheTalibanrule.


‘TimelessFriendship -Part III’explores thecontinuing friendshipof Indiaand itsroleinrebuildingAfghanistan.Historicaleventshaveplayedaroleinshapingtheirdestiniesintheirownways.Yet,neithertheinvasionsofcolonialpowersnorinternalupheavals have disturbed the bond between the people of the two countries. Afghan womenhavereceivedtremendoussupportfromIndia,wherewomenholdmajorpositionsinthegovernment.PostTalibanphase,Indiahashelpedrebuildschoolsandhospitals.AlthoughmanyfamilieshadleftAfghanistanduetothedevastationcausedbyconflicts,theyareslowlyreturningandhopetorebuildthecountryandtheirliveswiththesupportoftheiroldestneighbour-India.

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Development

TransitionTimesPart 1


Themyths,dreamsandcrisisofthenewIndiainthenewmillennium.


‘TransitionTimes’triestounderstandthemyths,dreamsandcrisisofthenewIndiainthenewmillennium.Part1of‘TransitionTimes’takesviewersthroughthemajorcitiessuchasDelhiandCalcutta,andsomevillagesofPunjabandHimachalPradesh,attempting to show how the new and the old are struggling to coexist. A neweconomy,newtechnology,anewdemocracy,environmentalmovements,anewlegalatmosphere,anewcivilsociety-allcomealivethroughsnapshotsofmomentsinthedaytodaylivesofthecommonpeople,aswellasthroughconversationswithafewthinkerslikeAmartyaSen,theeconomist.

English http://goo.gl/LjKH0L

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Development

TransitionTimesPart 2


Themyths,dreamsandcrisisofthenewIndiainthenewmillennium.


‘TransitionTimes’triestounderstandthemyths,dreamsandcrisisofthenewIndiainthenewmillennium.Part2of‘TransitionTimes’travelstodifferentpartsofthecountryhavingcandidinteractionswithpeoplefromurbanareasandhinterlandsof India. The film tries to understand the new Indian: the individuals, youngprofessionals incities,transformationoftheworkculture,growingconsumerismamongst children, the fascination with supermarkets, obsession with glamour,changingpersonalrelationships,theemergenceandstrengtheningofthenuclearfamilyandthedisappearanceofthejointfamily,themulticulturalismoftheurbanspaces,thechangingconceptofbeautyamongwomenandtheglobaldreamoftheyoung.

English http://goo.gl/cX1ccT

Art & Culture

Triveni:WhereRiversMeetPart 1

Director:AbhilashBhattacharya

Acollageofdiverseculturesamalgamatingintoacompositeculture,thatofIndia.


Indiaisaculturalcollage,anaggregateofdistinctivepartsthathaveevolvedthroughcenturies of interaction and influences. Many such influences have come fromforeignlands,butIndiaassimilatedtheminitscultureandlifestyletoenrichitself.Thefilmbegins its journeyfromtheMughal influence,aculturethatbroughttoIndiaauniquearchitecture,language,musicandcuisine,allofwhichisnowintegralto the Indian identity.BritishandPortuguesecultureshavealsobeensignificantinfluences that India assimilated seamlessly, be it cricket, tea, architecture orlifestyle.This journeyculminates inaninteractionwithtwodistinctcommunitieswhocametoIndiafromelsewherebutbecameapieceoftheglitteringmosaicofIndianculture,yetretainingtheirdistinctidentities-theJewsandParsis.

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Art & Culture

Triveni:WhereRiversMeetPart 2

Director:AbhilashBhattacharya

Acollageofdiverseculturesamalgamatingintoacompositeculture,thatofIndia.


In the second part of the journey, the film explores common threads that runthroughvariousfestivalsofIndia,inspiteofeachbeingdistinctanddifferent.TheChineseinCalcutta,forinstance,celebratetheirnewyearfollowingtheirtraditionalcustoms, but they also worship the Hindu goddess Kali. Dharamshala is knownto be amicrocosmof Tibetan culturewhere the Tibetan refugees feel free andsecure.ManyinfluenceshaveseepedsodeepintheIndianculturethattheyarebarelyrecognisedasforeign.Thefilmexploressomesuchinfluencesinhistoricalmonuments,clothingandmusic.FinallythefilmhighlightssomeuniqueinitiativesinmusicanddancethatattempttocreatefusionbetweentraditionalIndianformsandthosefromothercultures.TheseinitiativesalsodemonstratetheextraordinaryabilityoftheIndianculturetoacceptnewinfluencesandofferitsowntoothers.

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Art & Culture

UrduandModernIndia

Director:AparnaReddy

TracingthejourneyofUrduasalanguage,acultureandawayoflifeinpresentdayIndia.


Urdu isnot justany language, it isacompleteculture.Forcenturies ithasbeenthelanguageofsophisticatedliteratureaswellaspopularculture,aroleitislivingtothefullest inmodernIndia.Throughaseriesof interviews,thefilmtracesthejourneyofUrdu incontemporary Indiaas itmeetsthechallengesofasociety,anation and the culture in the throes of transition. It shows howUrdu has gonebeyonditsscriptandistodayfulfillingandextraordinarydestiny-asalanguageofpeace and love.

English http://goo.gl/OW98GU

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Art & Culture

UrduHaiJiskaNaam

Director:SubhashKapoor/MEKAFilms

TracingtheevolutionandtransformationofUrdu,anditscontributiontothesocialpolityinIndia.


ThefilmjourneysthroughhistorytotracetheevolutionandtransformationofUrduandlocatesitscontributiontothesocialpolityinIndia.ThefilmisanodetoUrduandtheIndiancultureassociatedwithit.Afterbeingborn,UrduwasnourishedwithotherIndianlanguagesandmaturedintoanarticulationofmodernidiomsthroughbeautifulpoeticexpressions.Thefilmtells thestoryof fusionofcultures,music,architecture and lifestyles. During the Indian freedom struggle, Urdu played acrucialroleasalanguageofprotestandresistancethroughtheworkmanyfamouspoetsandwriters.ThefilmtracesthisjourneyofUrdu,illustratingitscontributiontotheculturalandpoliticallifeofIndia.

English http://goo.gl/DOAHK5

Culture&Lifestyle

Vanashree-TheLivingTree

Director:SiddharthKak

AreflectiononthevitalemblemintheIndiantradition,thetree.


The treehasalwaysbeenan importantpartof the Indian traditionand culture.‘Vanashree-TheLivingTree’reflectsavitalemblemintheIndiantradition,markedbyasymbioticrelationshipbetweenmanandnature.India’shistory,religionandcultureisrepletewithstoriesofnatureandanimalwelfare.DatingbacktotheeraofKrishna,peopleassociatednatureasgodswhoprovidedfoodandshelter,wheretheVana,orthetrees,wereapartoflifestyle;ortheKalpavriksha,amythological,wish-fulfilling divine tree, along with the kamadhenu, or ‘wish-granting cow’.Withinthiscontext,thefilmtriestounderstandthewayoflifeoftribalgroupsintheAndamanandNicobarislandswheretheislandersliveinharmonywithnature.Eventhoughstereotypedasbarbarians,thesecommunitieshighlightthegrowingneedforconservationofnatureonwhichsurvivalofmankindisbased.

English http://goo.gl/55ZEoMSpanish http://goo.gl/M88IlP

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History

Vibrant Colours

Director:VivekVerma

ThehistoryoftheIndianpublishingindustry.


‘Vibrant Colours’ traces the journey of the Indian publishing industry. The filmprovidesavividpictureofitsscale,variety,creativityandtheuseofstate-of-the-arttechnologies.India’suniquecombinationoflowcostsandhigh-endskillsismakingit the preferred destination for some of the world’s largest publishing houses.India has a powerful presence in the global publishing sector for its sheer size,rapidgrowthand immensediversity in termsof languages, readers,writersandpublishers.Employingabout1.3millionpeople,thisindustryisalreadythirdlargestin the world. ‘Vibrant Colours’ traces the genesis of Indian publishing industrythroughancient,medievalandcolonialperiods,tothepresenttimes.

English http://goo.gl/Qjfb5P


Vietnam-IndiaFriendshipTreeVolume 1 : Cultures of India & Vietnam

Director:LyQuangTrung

RevisitingthesharedculturalbondsbetweenIndiaandVietnam.


‘Vietnam-India Friendship Tree’ is a series on the India-Vietnamese friendship,exploringthesimilaritiesofthetwocountries,intermsoftheirhistory,culture,faithand beliefs. Volume 1 of ‘Cultures of India and Vietnam’ emphasises the rich cultural heritageofbothnations.ThefilmexploresthesimilarityofartformslikethetemplearchitectureofIndiaandVietnam,andtheBuddhistpagodas.ArchaeologistshaveexcavatedornamentsofIndianoriginandrelicsbearinginfluenceofHinduismandBuddhism.Thisfilmlookscloselyintothe2000yearsoldfriendship,whichstartedwiththemeetingofmindsanddevelopedintoacommonformofbelief.

English http://goo.gl/0iG5hl

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Vietnam-IndiaFriendshipTreeVolume 2: Cultures of India & Vietnam




‘Vietnam-India Friendship Tree’ is a series on the India-Vietnamese friendship,exploring the similaritiesof the twocountries, in termsof theirhistory, culture,faithandbeliefs.Volume2of‘CulturesofIndia&Vietnam’analysesthechangesinVietnam,with the comingof various faiths andbeliefs. Thefilmvisits severalancienttemples,mosquesandstupasinVietnamhighlightingthechangeinartandarchitecture,itsimpactonthewayoflifeandworkonpeoplecenturiesago,afterHinduism,IslamandBuddhismspreadtoVietnam.

English http://goo.gl/cuNYM6


Vietnam-IndiaFriendshipTreeVolume3:TheStruggleforNationalLiberation




Vietnam-India Friendship Tree’ is a series on the Indo-Vietnamese friendship,exploring the similaritiesof the twocountries, in termsof theirhistory, culture,faithandbeliefs.‘TheStruggleforNationalLiberation,Volume-3’,delvesdeeperintotheissueofcolonisationofthetwonations.Thefilmexaminesthereasonsforthe failureof internalaffairsof IndiawhentheBritish tookover, simultaneouslycomparing it with the failure of the feudal lords in Vietnam when the northern part ofVietnamwasoccupiedby the French army. It also highlights the role offreedomfightersofthetwonations,whofoughtfortheircountry’sindependence,tirelessly.

English http://goo.gl/1BGT24

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Vietnam-IndiaFriendshipTreeVolume4:StruggleandVictory




‘Vietnam-India friendship Tree’ is a series on the India-Vietnamese friendship,exploring the similaritiesof the twocountries, in termsof theirhistory, culture,faithandbeliefs. ‘StruggleandVictory’highlightsthestruggleoftheVietnamesepeopleagainst theFrench rule.Through rarefile footage, thefilmgivesa senseof the struggle of the Vietnamese people. During the Southern resistance against Frenchcolonialism,NehruandGandhiprovidedsignificantsupport,whichextendedtothetimewhenAmericanforcesattackedVietnam.ManydemonstrationswereheldinCalcuttabytheCommunistPartyofIndia,andtheslogan“Vietnam–TomarNaam,AmarNaam”(Vietnam–YourName,MyName)becameahouseholdslogan.ThefilmalsoshowshowthewarmrelationshipbetweenthetwocountriesbecameimportantfortheNonAlignedMovement.

English http://goo.gl/HpPLly


Vietnam-IndiaFriendshipTreeVolume5:Vietnam-IndiaontheMove




‘Vietnam-India friendship Tree’ is a series on the India-Vietnamese friendship,exploring the similaritiesof the twocountries, in termsof theirhistory, culture,faith and beliefs. In September 1976, Vietnam officially became a member ofthe Non Alignedmovement. Themeeting between PrimeMinisters of the twocountriesonceagainconfirmedtherelationsofsolidarityandloyaltybetweenthetwocountries,whichwasestablishedbyHoChiMinhandPt.JawaharlalNehru.Thefilmalsodepictsthetraderelationsbetweenthetwonations,whicharehelpingboth nations to develop. Both countries have expanded co-operation in variousfieldsofdevelopment like information technology,education,economy,culture,scienceetc.Bothcountriesalsoshareviewsonregionalandinternationalissues.

English http://goo.gl/DsGZud

380 381


Vietnam-IndiaFriendshipTreeVolume6:Vietnam-Indiaonthemove




Thefinalpartoftheseries,thisfilmbringsoutthebenefitsofmutualco-operationbetween India andVietnam in thefields of agriculture, science and technology,trade and commerce that have maximised the potential of the friendship. Thefilm also evaluates the economic development due to such co-operation andpresentsanumberofvisitsandmeetingsbetweenpoliticiansandofficialsthathavestrengthenedeconomicandpoliticalrelationshipbetweenthetwonations.IndiaissupportingVietnambyprovidingtechnologyandfunds.Thefilmalsotalksaboutthe futureof this friendshipbetweenthetwocountriesandhowover theyearsIndiahasalwayssupportedVietnam,evenduringthetimeofwar.

English http://goo.gl/M0kIZp

Development

WateringtheGrassroots

Director:VibhuKashyapR.Sarada

Changeintheruraleconomycatalysedbymicrofinancing.


‘Watering the Grassroots’ tells the story of howmicro financing has played animportantroleinbringingaboutsignificantchangesintheruraleconomyofIndia,leading to financial prosperity for many marginalised, especially rural women,acrossthecountry.Microfinancinghasbeenakeyconceptbehindruralbankingand for providing rural India with the benefits of a credit system. Increasingly,womenareusingmicrofinancingtodevelopbusinesssolutionsandsolveproblemsoffinancialcrisis.Thedocumentarycoversagroupofwomenfromdifferentpartsofthecountrywhohavefacedhardshipsandtodaymakeuseofmicrofinancingtochangetheircircumstancesforabetterfuture.

English http://goo.gl/ntWgWA

382 383

Gender

WhyCan’tI?

Director:Dr.LavlinThadani

ThreeuniquewomenfromRajasthanwhohavechangedtheirvillages.


ThreewomenfromRajasthanaremakingachangeintheirvillage.‘WhyCan’tI?’isaboutRatniBai,SeemaBishnoiandChhaviRajawat,whohavebecomeinspirationalfiguresthroughtheireffortstoservetheirvillage.RatniBaiKathik,onceavictimofphysicalabusebyherin-laws,isnowanactivememberofConsumerUnityandTrust Society (CUTS), anNGO. Shehasbeen instrumental inbringingeducation,healthandotherfacilitiestohervillage.SeemaBishnoifromPopasvillageisaB.Edgraduatewhonowrunsaschool inhervillage,changing livesofanumberofgirlsthrougheducation.ChhaviRajawatlefthercorporatelifetoservehervillageas theSarpanch (VillageHead). She initiatedwater conservation techniquesandbroughthealthcare,educationandtransporttohervillage.Thefilmshowshowcontributionsbythesewomenhavechangedhundredsoflives.

Arabic http://goo.gl/xDKynaEnglish http://goo.gl/0FQcxGFrench http://goo.gl/sqq7WmPortuguese http://goo.gl/UhQvjGRussian http://goo.gl/94qYkiSpanish http://goo.gl/HdBxJf


Winning a futurePart 1


RelationshipbetweenNepalandIndia.


‘WinningaFuture’isadocumentaryonNepal.Itisanationofrichculturalheritageand traditions. Part 1 of the film portrays the political, cultural, religious andeconomictiesthat IndiaandNepalhavesharedforcenturies. Inmythology,SitawasborninNepal;sowastheBuddha.Gorkhasoldiers,aprideoftheIndianArmy,hailfromthehilltribesofNepal.Nepalinvestssignificantlyoneducation,thustherise in its literacy level.Althoughurbanisation isgrowing,80%of thepopulationliveinruralareasandaredependentonagricultureandcattle.Nepalhasbecomeanattractivetouristdestinationaswell.Thefilmcapturestheessenceofthestrongfriendship between India and Nepal.

English http://goo.gl/CgmnZc

384 385


Winning a futurePart 2


IrrigationprojectsthathaveharnessedprosperityinNepal,BhutanandHimalayanstates of India.


Part2of thefilm ison irrigationprojectsontheHimalayanrivers.Nepal’s threemajor riversystems,Kosi,GandakiandKarnalialongwithMahakalihavecausedmisery through erosion in the hills and siltation in the plains. Dams built forhydroelectricpowerprojectshelpedtoanextentandprovided irrigationtovastareas,increasingtheagriculturalproduce.Thefilmportrayshowproperlyplannedprojectscanchangethesituationandhelpbuildabetterfuture,throughthesuccessstoriesofhydroelectricpowerprojects fromBhutan.Thecountryhasprosperedinmany aspects, including education and resourcemobilisation because of theelectricity.ThefilmsuggestshowsimilarprojectsintheGangesrivercouldhelptosolveproblemsoffloodsanddroughtsintheGangeticplains.

English http://goo.gl/pCQi6u

Gender

Women Entrepreneurs

Director:MadhureetaAnand

Some women entrepreneurs who have carved a niche for themselves in the male dominated corporate world.


Indianwomenhavecomea longwaysince thecountryachieved independence.Withintheprocessofnationbuilding,womenhavehadtoundertakea longandarduoustasktogarnerrespectandequalrightswithinthedeeprootedtraditionsoftheIndiansociety.‘WomenEntrepreneurs’exploresthelivesofsuchwomenwhohaverisentothischallengeinthemaledominatedcorporateworld.Balancingworkandfamily,womenentrepreneurstodayaccount for threepercentof theseniorpositionsintheIndianprivatesector,fromnoneatthetimeofindependence.

English http://goo.gl/1bbBmS

386 387

Democracy

WomeninPanchayatiRaj

Director:AnjaliKhosla,SanjayBarnela

Storyofwomenfulfillingvitalrolesinthegovernanceoftheirvillages.


Thefightforwomen’sparticipationingovernancehasbeenalongstandingissueinIndianpolitics.Ahistoryofmarginalisationbywayofdenialofeducation,landrightsandsometimesevenbasichumanrights,hasrelegatedIndianwomentoanextremelylowstatusinthesociety.However,aquietrevolutionhasstartedtotakeplace in Indianvillages.Thefilmtakesus intothe livesofsomeofthesewomenandshowshowsmalleffortsareimprovingmanylives.Moreandmorewomenarecomingouttoparticipateinvillagecouncils,therebybringingadifferentperspectiveinsolvingawidegamutof issuessuchasdomesticviolence,watermanagementandenergyconservation.

Arabic http://goo.gl/d7srzl Portuguese http://goo.gl/t0rc1oBengali http://goo.gl/WZ8Nxa Pushto http://goo.gl/Qi1blwEnglish http://goo.gl/xDCBGO Russian http://goo.gl/1jbUOaFrench http://goo.gl/s9Z1WB Spanish http://goo.gl/5rPFopPersian http://goo.gl/H35AW3

Yoga: Aligning to the Source

Director:RajaChoudhury

TheoriginanddevelopmentofYoga


ThefilmintroducesaudiencestothevastsubjectofYoga.MillionsofpeoplearoundtheworldtodaypracticesomeformofYogaandthisFilmexplorestheoriginsofYoga, its development and practices its integration across religions in India, thescience behind it and its successful spread all over the world. It demonstrates how Yogacanbecomprehensivesetoftoolsforlife,forrealigningone’smindandbodyin equilibrium and for accessing a higher sense of consciousness and awareness.

Chinese http://goo.gl/rd2iRP

English http://goo.gl/StChlK

Art & Culture

Films by Directors Films by Directors

388 389

A. K. Kidwai

TimelessFriendship-Part1/Pg364TimelessFriendship-Part2/Pg365TimelessFriendship-Part3/Pg366

A.M.Films&Advertising

EnduringFriendship-India-NepalEconomicCo-operation/Pg98

Aaradhana Kohli Kapur

Adya-Unbounded/Pg27Animare-ADigitalStory/Pg34Einlassen/Pg96FriendsforEvermore/Pg109HomingPigeons/Pg126IntegralIndia-GuruLama/Pg174IntegralIndia-APerfectHarmony/Pg175IntegralIndia-ApostleofPeace/Pg176IntegralIndia-TwinVillages/Pg177IntegralIndia-DivineMusic/Pg178IntegralIndia-GamefortheBrave/Pg179IntegralIndia-PerfectStrokes/Pg180IntegralIndia-PrayersinStone/Pg181IntegralIndia-Leh:ACosmopolitanHaven/Pg182IntegralIndia-TheLegendofSohniMahiwal/Pg183IntegralIndia-ThePashminaStory/Pg184IntegralIndia-TheGastronomicalJourney/Pg185IntegralIndia-InSearchofShiva/Pg186IntegralIndia-SublimeArt/Pg187IntegralIndia-ALastHarmony/Pg188IntegralIndia-Dardpura...AVillageofPain/Pg189IntegralIndia-InvisibleLines/Pg190

IntegralIndia-OfRightsandWrongs/Pg191IntegralIndia-HamlavarKhabardar/Pg192IntegralIndia-IronButterflies/Pg193IntegralIndia-Fourdaysin1947/Pg194IntegralIndia-PeaceforDevelopment/Pg195IntegralIndia-Accession/Pg196IntegralIndia-HealingTouch/Pg197LessonsinFriendship/Pg218TheCarbonMerchants/Pg322ThePatientStone/Pg347

AbhaDayal

LandofBuddha/Pg216

AbhilashBhattacharya

Triveni:WhereRiversMeet-Part1/Pg369Triveni:WhereRiversMeet-Part2/Pg370

AlokeBanerjee

APerfectBlend-TeafromtheEasternHimalayas/Pg15ColoursofDreams/Pg81IndianNobelLaureates/Pg171PatherPanchali-ALivingResonance/Pg253SwamiVivekanand:AnIntrospect/Pg316

AmitJolly

SAARCintheNewMillennium/Pg289

AmitabhMunshi

FromtheFoothillsofKilimanjaro/Pg110RebuildingthePlayground/Pg275


390 391

AkankshaJoshi

HinduNectar:SpiritualWanderingsinIndia/Pg124

AkshayTandon

India:TheSpiritofFreedom/Pg164

AmolPalekar

BhinnaShadja-NoteExtraordinaire/Pg46

AnganaZhaveri

AnekaRasa/Pg33

ANI

FulfillingtheVision/Pg111

AnirbanDuttaGupta

BridgingWorlds-TheStoryoftheIndianDiasporainMalaysiaandSingapore/Pg55

AnitaRoy

IndiaInfrastructure-AnOpportunity/Pg156

Anita Saluja

BondingwithAfrica/Pg51India-Myanmar:AnEnduringBond/Pg132IndiaandtheUN/Pg151

Anjali Khosla

WomeninPanchayatiRaj/Pg386

Anjan Das

DeviDurga/Pg86KaziNazrulIslam-TheRebelPoet/Pg212

AnkitaKumar

Maadhyam-TheMedium/Pg223

AntaraKak

JanaGanaMana/Pg205Shunya-TheBeginningofKnowledge/Pg296

AnuRadha

BlendingBorders:AfricaIndiaForumSummit-II/Pg49CinemawithaPurpose/Pg72ConnectingHearts-India’sPanAfricaE-Network/Pg82ExpressionsinHarmony/Pg100India2.0-TowardsaNetworkedNation/Pg143TapestriesofChange:AnIndo-AfricanStoryofEmpowerment/Pg318ThePathbreakers-Part1/Pg343

Anup Singh

TheNameofaRiver/Pg340

Anurradha Prasad

Bandhan/Pg39


392 393

Aparna Katara Sharma

CitizenoftheWorld-KhanAbdulGhaffarKhan/Pg73

AparnaS.Reddy

ALand,StrangelyFamiliar/Pg12Humsaye-TwoNations,TwoNeighbours/Pg128RoadtoAfghanistan/Pg283UrduandModernIndia/Pg371

ApurbaBasu

CallofHiddenParadise/Pg65

Archana Kapoor

ABridgeOverTime-AfilmontheMekong-Gangaco-operation,Part1/Pg5ABridgeOverTime-AfilmontheMekong-Gangaco-operation,Part2/Pg6APeople’sProject-AfilmonIBSA/Pg14APerfectMatch/Pg16EnrichingtheRainbow/Pg99HistoryDeconstructed-AfilmonIndia’sLookEastpolicy/Pg125Palimpsest-IndiaandEurope/Pg249ThisisAsia’sTime/Pg362

Arun Chadha

AdorningtheWorld/Pg24

ArunKhopkar

FiguresofThought/Pg104Lokapriya/Pg221Rasikapriya/Pg274Sanchari/Pg292

Arun Kumar

LandofMemories/Pg217Winningafuture-Part1/Pg383Winningafuture-Part2/Pg384

ArunKumarT.R.

BeyondChickenTikkaMasala/Pg42BeyondMidnight/Pg43

Aruna Har Prasad

GandhiLives/Pg112

Arvind Singh

SoulConnection/Pg300

AshokRaina

TheBlueBerets/Pg321

B.Kumar

SoldiersofPeace/Pg298

BappaRay

JourneyofAyurveda/Pg207

BenoyK.Behl

AWorldofBeautyandGrace-IslamicArchitectureofIndia/Pg21


394 395

IndianRootofTibetanBuddhism/Pg172Kashmir:TheLandofDivineLove/Pg211Ladakh-ACradleofBuddhism/Pg215TheOnenessofCreation/Pg341ThePathofCompassion-BuddhistHeritageofIndia/Pg342

BhavnaKapoor

BridgingWorlds:HomeIsWhereTheHeartIs/Pg59

BhanumurthyAlur

IndianWinsFreedom/Pg173

Capt.RajivOjha

Jammu&Kashmir-QuestforLastingPeace/Pg204OntheWingsofCourage/Pg245PeacetoProsperity-WomenEmpowerment/Pg254PeacetoProsperity-YouthandDevelopment/Pg255PeacetoProsperity-Kashmiriyat&Shrines/Pg256

CharanMann

Sewa-BankingonIndiaWomen/Pg295

Col. Kapoor

AdventureSportsinIndia/Pg26

David Devadas

GlimpsesofaKashmiriVillage/Pg113IndianDemocracySpreadsitsWings/Pg167KashmirVotes-AssemblyElections2008/Pg210TheJoyfulRhythmsofaKashmiriWedding/Pg328

DeepakGupta

EchoesfromthePast-OldMonumentsofDelhi/Pg95

Dheeraj Piplani

CanYouHearMe?/Pg66SixYardsofGrace-TheHandicraftedIndianSaree/Pg297

Dimple Kharbanda

ColoursfromIndia/Pg80

DiptenduDey

PalashikiJung/Pg248

DivyaCowasji

Qissa-e-Parsi:TheParsiStory/Pg269

Dr.ChandanMitra

PartnersinProgress/Pg250

Dr. Indrajit

FootstepsintoFuture-IndiaandRussiainthe21stCentury/Pg105

Dr.LavlinThadani

WhyCan’tI?/Pg382

Farida Pacha

TheWomeninBlueBerets/Pg360


396 397

GargiSen

TaanaBaana:ThewarpandweftofIndia/Pg317

GautamBora

AJourneytoanAncientland-RoadtoMyanmar/Pg10AbidingGrace-GlimpsesoftheNorthEast/Pg23

GautamSaikia

ResurgentManas/Pg278

GirijaPattanaik

DivineShadows/Pg90

GoutamGhose

InSearchoftheRajah/Pg129TheTreasureintheSnow:AFilmonSikkim/Pg356

IndranilChakravarty

OurNovelsinEnglish/Pg247

IramGhufran

Benegal’sNewCinema/Pg41

IshaniK.Dutta

FaithRevisited/Pg103India‘sDevelopmentAssistanceProjectsinSriLanka/Pg165LoveSongoftheWorld/Pg222TheMusalman-PreservationofaDream/Pg339TheSkyisNottheLimit/Pg351

JahnuBarua

ARiveranditsValley/Pg17

ARiver’sStory-TheQuestfortheBrahmaputra/Pg18

Janhavi Prasada

SeedsofKnowledge/Pg294

Jawed Naqvi

GlobalInformationHighway-IndiaMovesintothefastlane/Pg115SAARCintheNewMillennium/Pg289SAARC-LookingBeyondPropheciesofDoom/Pg290

JaydipMukherjee

APerfectBlend-TeafromtheEasternHimalayas/Pg15ColoursofDreams/Pg81IndianNobelLaureates/Pg171PatherPanchali-ALivingResonance/Pg253SwamiVivekanand:AnIntrospect/Pg316

JohnDayal

PeopleofPeace-Part1:TheMessage/Pg258PeopleofPeace-Part2:TheMission/Pg259PeopleofPeace-Part3:TheFusion/Pg260

JoydeepGhosh

AreYouListening?/Pg35KolkataBlues/Pg213TheAlkapStory/Pg320

Juhi Sinha

BismillahandBenaras/Pg40IsmatandAnnie/Pg200NirvanaandBeyond-AnIndianJourney/Pg239


398 399

OfMelodiesDivine/Pg244TheSpiritofIndia/Pg353

JoticaSehgal

Indo-USRelationship/Pg150

JyotsnaSood

God’sChosenOne/Pg116

K.BikramSingh

GlimpsesofIndianPaintings/Pg114RootsofDatia/Pg287TheWorldofPeries/Pg361

Kabir Khan

ANationCelebrates/Pg13CornershopstoLords/Pg83

KaranBali

IndiainSpace/Pg155

Khalid Sultan

SufiTraditionsofIndia/Pg314

Kumar Shahani

BambooFlute,Part1/Pg37BambooFlute,Part2/Pg38Bhavantarana/Pg45

Laxmana Dalmia

IndianElections-AMammothDemocraticExercise/Pg168

LyQuangTrung

Vietnam-IndiaFriendshipTree-Vol1:CulturesofIndia&Vietnam/Pg375Vietnam-IndiaFriendshipTree-Vol2:CulturesofIndia&Vietnam/Pg376Vietnam-IndiaFriendshipTree-Vol3:TheStruggleforNationalLiberation/Pg377Vietnam-IndiaFriendshipTree-Vol4:StruggleandVictory/Pg378Vietnam-IndiaFriendshipTree-Vol5:VietnamIndiaonthemove/Pg379Vietnam-IndiaFriendshipTree-Vol6:Vietnam-Indiaonthemove/Pg380

MadhureetaNegi/Anand

DesignClassicsofIndia/Pg85WomenEntrepreneurs/Pg385

MalayBhattacharya

TheStoryofGitanjali-Songofferings/Pg354

MalatiRao

HandmadeinIndia/Pg119

MallikaSarabhai

MrinaliniSarabhai:TheArtistandHerArt/Pg232

ManishChoudhary

HealingtheWorld/Pg121Peacekeepers/Pg257

ManojRaghuvanshi

BollywoodMeinHindi/Pg50DoesGandhiMatter?/Pg91


400 401

ManuRewal

MedievalMarvels/Pg230ModernSpacesIndianLight/Pg231

MayaRao

PrideofIndia-ShamaZaidi/Pg262PrideofIndia-ElaBhatt/Pg263PrideofIndia-NainaLalKidwai/Pg264PrideofIndia-RituKumar/Pg265PrideofIndia-KiranMazumdarShaw/Pg266PrideofIndia-MallikaSarabhai/Pg267PrideofIndia-ShrutiSharma/Pg268

MayuricaBiswas

IndiaInnovates/Pg157

MazahirRahim

AaoHajjKaren/Pg22

MediartFilmsPvtLtd

Interface:AfilmonIFS/Pg198

MeeraDewan

DreamingYoung,DreamingGlobal/Pg93

MEKAFilms

UrduHaiJiskaNaam/Pg372

MerajurRahmanBaruah

IntheSeasonofBlueStorm/Pg131SongoftheSanctuary/Pg299

Mohi-Ud-DinMirza

AgricultureFirst-AchievementsinAgriculturalSciencesandTechnologyinIndia/Pg28

MonishaJaisingh

DowntheAges-IndiaandChina/Pg92

MuraliNagarajan

IndiaEmpowered/Pg154

MuzaffarAli

FragranceofLove/Pg107Nisbat...Connection/Pg240RumiintheLandofKhusrau/Pg288

NaazishHussaini

ThePathbreakers-Part2/Pg344

Naghma Iman

IntheSeasonofBlueStorm/Pg131SongoftheSanctuary/Pg299

NajibMohimtully

BridgingWorlds:RoutesToRoots/Pg62


402 403

Nalin Kale

CinemawithaPurpose/Pg72

NandanKudhyadi

BridgesOfFriendship/Pg53Rasayatra-TheTravellingSong/Pg273RisingOvertheOceans/Pg282

Naresh Sharma

RhythmicEchoesandReflections/Pg281

Naveen Pandita

BridgingWorlds-FromGirmityatoGovernment:TheJourneyofIndiansinMauritius/Pg56

NeelaVenkatraman

GrassrootstoGlobal/Pg117LivingStories-StorytellingtraditionsofIndia/Pg220SoundCheck:MusicofContemporaryIndia/Pg301

NikhilPadgaonkar

IndiaandSouthEastAsia-3000YearsofMaritimeContacts/Pg149TheIndiaofAndréMalraux/Pg326

NikhilPherwani

BridgingWorlds-KnowIndia,KnowYourself/Pg57

NutanManmohan

HelloIndia/Pg122

P.AshokKumar

Kalaripayyat/Pg208

P. N. Khera

OperationImdad/Pg246

Pallav Das

BreakingBarriers-TheNewIndianWomen/Pg52

ParthaSarkar

GreenSignals-TheEnvironmentinIndia/Pg118

PrashunBhaumik

IslaminIndia-AFusionofCultures/Pg199

PremenduBikashChaki

TheAlkapStory/Pg320

Pria Ahluwalia

ALaCart!!!-FoodintheStreetsofIndia/Pg11

PrithwirajMishra

MuhammadBairamBegTurkman/Pg233


404 405

PriyankaKuriakose

BridgingWorlds:OneThousandandOneNights-IndianDreamsUnderArabianSkies/Pg60BridgingWorlds:outofmany,onepeople–ThestoryofIndiansinGuyana,Suriname&Jamaica/Pg61BridgingWorlds:AMeetingofMinds/Pg63BridgingWorlds:APlaceintheSun/Pg64

PuneetaRoy

BridgingtheGapBetweenIndiaandBharat-MahatmaGandhiNationalRuralEmploymentGuaranteeAct/Pg54

PushpMann

FabricofLove-ChristianityinIndia/Pg101

Pushpesh Pant

PassionforPeace/Pg252

R.Krishnamohan

QuitIndia/Pg270

R.Sarada

WateringtheGrassroots/Pg381

RaghuVyas

Rasamanjari-ABouquetofDelight/Pg272

RahulSingh

SanyuktRashtrameinHindi/Pg293

RajaChoudhury

TheQuantumIndians/Pg349Yoga:AligningtotheSource/Pg387

RajanKhosla

DismantlingtheDigitalDivide/Pg89

RajeevSrivastava

MastQalandar/Pg229

RajendraSrivathsaKondapalli

Revealed:TheGoldenTemple/Pg279

RajeshS.Jala

BeyondTradition/Pg44CradlebytheStream/Pg84FootstepsofNikitin/Pg106

RajivChawla

BacktoGondwanaland/Pg36

RajivMehrotra

Adoor:AJourneyinFrames/Pg25

RakeshShrivastava

MusicalBandsofIndia/Pg234


406 407

RakhiThakur

MartialTraditionsoftheIndianArmy/Pg228

RamanMann

GreenSignals-TheEnvironmentinIndia/Pg118

RameshJayaram

IndiaUnlimited/Pg158

RameshSharma/MovingPictureCompany

Bhutan-FortressoftheGods/Pg47Cityscapes-Delhi/Pg74Cityscapes-Lucknow/Pg75Cityscapes-Mysore/Pg76Cityscapes-Chandigarh/Pg77Cityscapes-Shillong/Pg78Cityscapes-Calcutta/Pg79IndiaBusinessOverview‘94/Pg152India:TheCyberFrontiers,Part1/Pg161India:TheCyberFrontiers,Part2/Pg162India:TheCyberFrontiers,Part3/Pg163India’sTrystWithDestiny/Pg166NRIsintheGulf-SomeSuccessStories/Pg242PopMusicofIndia/Pg261ReligiousLinkagesbetweenBhutanandLadakh/Pg276TheMakingofaNation-Part1:Aprologue/Pg329TheMakingofaNation-Part2:Birthofnationalism/Pg330TheMakingofaNation-Part3:TheEconomicAgenda/Pg331TheMakingofaNation-Part4:TheShapingofIndia’sforeignpolicy/Pg332

TheMakingofaNation-Part5:DemocracyinAction/Pg333TheMakingofaNation-Part6:Womenandthenation/Pg334TheMakingofaNation-Part7:Asocietyintransition/Pg335TheMakingofaNation-Part8:Cinemaandthenation/Pg336TheMakingofaNation-Part9:Secularismandthenation/Pg337TheMakingofaNation-Part10:Agendaforthefuture/Pg338

RanjanKumarSingh

TheChangingFaceofIndianCountryside/Pg323

RashmiMathurLuthra

EmergingTies:India&CentralAsia/Pg97PartnershipsforProsperity-AfilmonIndo-GulfEconomicrelations/Pg251

RichaArora

CanYouHearMe?/Pg66

RishaAnant

BridgingWorlds:RoutesToRoots/Pg62

RishuNigam

NegotiatingJustice/Pg238RenewingIndia/Pg277

RitabanGhatak

MagicintheMaking/Pg225

RohitLal

ChandrayaanI-IndiaontheMoon/Pg70


408 409

RoyDaniels

NectarinStone/Pg237

RuchitaPuri

FreeMedia,FreeCountry/Pg108

S.Krishnaswamy

India5555-Part1/Pg144India5555-Part2/Pg145India5555-Part3/Pg146India5555-Part4/Pg147

S. Kumar

SAARCintheNewMillennium/Pg289

SabiaKhan/Shastri

Adya-Unbounded/Pg27HomingPigeons/Pg126TheSelfPortrait/Pg348

Sabiha Farhat

HerOwnSky/Pg123

SaibalMitra

IntheLandofChhinnopatro/Pg130JagritiExpress/Pg203

SamirKukreja

ITRevolutioninIndia/Pg201

SandhyaGokhale

BhinnaShadja-NoteExtraordinaire/Pg46

SanjayBarnela

ThePathbreakers-Part2/Pg344WomeninPanchayat/Pg386

Sanjeev Sivan

HarmonyFest/Pg120

SanjeevBhargava

MadeinBollywood/Pg224

SantanuMitra

AreYouListening?/Pg35

Sardar S. Imam

RoadtoAfghanistan/Pg283

SarojSatyanarayan

ATaleofTwoCities-MumbaiandBombay/Pg20NaukaCaritramu-BoatSong:TrinityofCarnaticWomenMusicians/Pg236

SavyasaachiJain

RockingtheHills/Pg284

ShaziaKhan

Sama–MuslimMysticMusicofIndia/Pg291


410 411

ShailendarGoel

CentralAsia-HarmonyinTime:Uzbekistan/Pg67CentralAsia-TheBridgeAcrossForever:Tajikistan/Pg68CentralAsia-TheLandofManas:Kyrgyztan/Pg69

ShantanuDey

AShortHistoryofIndianSpices/Pg19TransitionTimes-Part1/Pg367TransitionTimes-Part2/Pg368

SharadaRamanathan

Natyanubhava:Yatra-I&Darshan-II/Pg235

ShilpiGulati

Qissa-e-Parsi:TheParsiStory/Pg269

Shivendra Singh

DowntheAges-IndiaandChina/Pg92

ShomaChaudhury

RootedImagination/Pg286TheEmpireWritesBack/Pg324

SiddharthBhatia

India-SouthAfrica-Part1:ABondForgedbyHistory/Pg159India-SouthAfrica-Part2:AHarmoniousRelationship/Pg160TheIndianOcean/Pg327

SiddharthKak

BridgingWorlds:Callaloo…TheMeltingPot:TheStoryofIndiansinTrinidad&Tobago/Pg58JanaGanaMana/Pg205Rasa-TheFountainofLife/Pg271Vanashree-TheLivingTree/Pg373

SrenikSett

HumSabEkHain-Weareallinittogether/Pg127ThePathbreakers-Part3/Pg345

StormthePictureCompany

1000FeetofHope/Pg4

Studio Super

RevisitingIndiabyRail/Pg280

SubhadarshiTripathy

HealingtheWorld/Pg121

Subhash Kapoor

UrduHaiJiskaNaam/Pg372

Sudhir Aggarwal

It’sCricket,No?/Pg202

SuhasBorker

TheSouthImperativesofCo-operation/Pg352TheUnfinishedRevolution-Part1/Pg357TheUnfinishedRevolution-Part2/Pg358


412 413

Sujata Kulshreshtha

ABrushwithLife/Pg8

SujataSett

HumSabEkHain/Pg127ThePathbreakers-Part3/Pg345

SumitOsmandShaw

India2.0-TowardsaNetworkedNation/Pg143

SunilMutreja

IndianLegends-Part1/Pg169IndianLegends-Part2/Pg170

Suraj Purohit

Dwitaya/Pg94

Suresh Kohli

KashmirinIndianPoetry/Pg209MagicRealismandAfter-IndianEnglishFiction:1981-2011/Pg226TheTrailblazer-MulkRajAnand/Pg355ThroughaLensClearly-RaghuRai’sIndia/Pg363

TarunMathur

AnIndivisibleUnity-Part1/Pg30AnIndivisibleUnity-Part2/Pg31AnIndivisibleUnity-Part3/Pg32TimelessFriendship-Part1/Pg364TimelessFriendship-Part2/Pg365TimelessFriendship-Part3/Pg366

TarunShahani

ThePathbreakers-Part4/Pg346

TrishaDas

StepsandStrides-I-ASilentWhiteRevolution-Baroda/Pg303StepsandStrides-II-JewelryDesign/Pg304StepsandStrides-III-UrgaGram-Palahi,Punjab/Pg305StepsandStrides-IV-SikkimOrchids/Pg306StepsandStrides-V-GolfinMartinpurva,Lucknow/Pg307StepsandStrides-VI-Women’sMicroCreditinKerala/Pg308StepsandStrides-VII-BharatRatnaMGRSchool-Chennai/Pg309StepsandStrides-VIII-PARAMSuperComputer-Pune/Pg310StepsandStrides-IX-Women’sIndiaTrust-Mumbai/Pg311StepsandStrides-X-Women’sFisheriesandShareCropping-Bihar/Pg312

UmaChakravarti

AFragmentofHistory/Pg9

UmaSwamy

TemplesofLearning-PremierResearchInstitutesofIndia/Pg319

Umesh Aggarwal

JaiHo/Pg206

UmeshBist

India&ASEAN-PartnersinProgress/Pg133India&ASEAN-PartnersinProgress-Thailand/Pg134India&ASEAN-PartnersinProgress-Cambodia/Pg135India&ASEAN-PartnersinPartnersinProgress-Singapore/Pg136India&ASEAN-PartnersinProgress-Malayasia/Pg137India&ASEAN-PartnersinProgress-Vietnam/Pg138India&ASEAN-PartnersinProgress-Laos/Pg139India&ASEAN-PartnersinProgress-Phillipines/Pg140India&ASEAN-PartnersinProgress-Indonesia/Pg141OfMelodiesDivine/Pg244RoohPunjabDi/Pg285TheWayofBuddha/Pg359


414 415

Upender Sood

TheChangingFaceofIndianCountryside/Pg323

UrmiJuvekar

TheShillongChamberChoirandtheLittleHomeSchool/Pg350

Usha Albuquerque

ABridgeSoNear/Pg7TheHealingTree/Pg325

Vandana Kohli

LifeEncoded-Biotechnology:TheIndianEffort/Pg219

VibhuKashyap

WateringtheGrassroots/Pg381

VijaySaluja

India-Myanmar:AnEnduringBond/Pg132

VithalbhaiK.Jhavery

Mahatma-AGreatSoulof20thCentury/Pg227

Vivan Sundaram

StructuresofMemory/Pg313

VivekVerma

BeatingtheRetreat-AMusicalDream/Pg40FacetsofOurMusic,OurInstruments/Pg102VibrantColours/Pg374

YaminiKrishnamurthy

KuchipudiRevisited/Pg214

Yadavan Chandran

MrinaliniSarabhai:TheArtistandHerArt/Pg232

Yasmin Kidwai

AnIndianSymphony/Pg29ChineseinvestmentinIndia/Pg71HerOwnSky/Pg123IndiaaProfile/Pg148IndiaByChoice/Pg153Noproblem!6monthswiththeBarefootGrandmamas/Pg241OctoberVignettes-DelhiCWG2010/Pg243

YusufMehta

Dharma:ThePathofRighteousness-PartI/Pg87Dharma:ThePathofRighteousness-PartII/Pg88

ZilaKhan

SpirittoSoul/Pg302

ZorawarShukla

Sulh-E-Kul/Pg315

Films by Subject Films by Subject

416 417

Art & Culture

ABrushwithLife/SujataKulshreshtha/Pg8AnekaRasa/AnganaZhaveri/Pg33BambooFlute,Part1/KumarShahani/Pg37BambooFlute,Part2/KumarShahani/Pg38BeyondTradition/RajeshS.Jala/Pg44Bhavantarana/KumarShahani/Pg45BhinnaShadja/AmolPalekarandSandhyaGokhale/Pg46BismillahandBenaras/JuhiSinha/Pg48BollywoodMeinHindi/ManojRaghuvanshi/Pg50CinemawithaPurpose/AnuRadha/Pg72ColoursfromIndia/DimpleKharbanda/Pg80ColoursofDreams/AlokeBanerjee,JaydipMukherjee/Pg81DesignClassicsofIndia/MadhureetaNegi/Anand/Pg85DeviDurga/AnjanDas/Pg86DivineShadows/GirijaPattanaik/Pg90Dwitaya/SurajPurohit/Pg94FacetsofOurMusic,OurInstruments/VivekVerma/Pg102FiguresofThought/ArunKhopkar/Pg104GlimpsesofIndianPaintings/K.BikramSingh/Pg114IntegralIndia:SublimeArt/AaradhanaKohliKapur/Pg187Kalaripayyat/P.AshokKumar/Pg208KashmirinIndianPoetry/SureshKohli/Pg209Kashmir:TheLandofDivineLove/BenoyK.Behl/Pg211KolkataBlues/JoydeepGhosh/Pg213KuchipudiRevisited/YaminiKrishnamurthy/Pg214Lokapriya/ArunKhopkar/Pg221LoveSongoftheWorld/IshaniK.Dutta/Pg222Maadhyam-TheMedium/AnkitaKumar/Pg223MadeinBollywood/SanjeevBhargava/Pg224MagicintheMaking/RitabanGhatak/Pg225MagicRealismandAfter/SureshKohli/Pg226

Art & Culture

ModernSpacesIndianLight/ManuRewal/Pg231MrinaliniSarabhai:TheArtistandHerArt/MallikaSarabhai/Pg232MusicalBandsofIndia/RakeshShrivastava/Pg234Natyanubhava:Yatra-I&Darshan-II/SharadaRamanathan/Pg235NaukaCaritramu-BoatSong/SarojSatyanarayan/Pg236OurNovelsinEnglish/IndranilChakravarty/Pg247PatherPanchali-ALivingResonance/AlokeBanerjee/Pg2453PopMusicofIndia/RameshSharma/MovingPictureCompany/Pg261Rasa:TheFountainofLife/SiddharthKak/Pg271Rasamanjari-ABouquetofDelight/RaghuVyas/Pg272Rasayatra-TheTravellingSong/NandanKudhyadi/Pg273Rasikapriya/ArunKhopkar/Pg274RhythmicEchoesandReflections/NareshSharma/Pg281RockingtheHills/SavyasaachiJain/Pg2284RoohPunjabDi/UmeshBist/Pg285RootedImagination/ShomaChaudhury/Pg286RumiintheLandofKhusrau/MuzaffarAli/Pg288Sama–MuslimMysticMusicofIndia/ShaziaKhan/Pg291Sanchari/ArunKhopkar/Pg292SoundCheck:MusicofContemporaryIndia/NeelaVenkatraman/Pg301SpirittoSoul/ZilaKhan/Pg302StructuresofMemory/VivanSundaram/Pg313TheAlkapStory/JoydeepGhosh/Pg320TheEmpireWritesBack/ShomaChaudhury/Pg324TheJoyfulRhythmsofaKashmiriWedding/DavidDevadas/Pg328TheNameofaRiver/AnupSingh/Pg340TheOnenessofCreation/BenoyK.Behl/Pg341TheShillongChamberChoirandtheLittleHomeSchool/UrmiJuvekar/Pg 350TheSpiritofIndia/JuhiSinha/Pg353TheStoryofGitanjali-SongOfferings/MalayBhattacharya/Pg354


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ThroughaLensClearly-RaghuRai’sIndia/SureshKohli/Pg363Triveni:WhereRiversMeet,Part1/AbhilashBhattacharya/Pg369Triveni:WhereRiversMeet,Part2/AbhilashBhattacharya/Pg370UrduandModernIndia/AparnaS.Reddy/Pg371UrduHaiJiskaNaam/SubhashKapoor/MEKAFilms/Pg372Yoga:AligningtotheSource/RajaChoudhury/Pg387

Culture&Lifestyle

ALaCart!!!-FoodintheStreetsofIndia/PriaAhluwalia/Pg11AbidingGrace:GlimpsesoftheNorthEast/GautamBora/Pg23Bandhan/AnurradhaPrasad/Pg39BeyondChickenTikkaMasala/ArunKumarT.R./Pg42BridgingWorlds:TheStoryoftheIndianDiasporainMalaysiaandSingapore/AnirbanDuttaGupta/Pg55BridgingWorlds:FromGirmityatoGovernment:TheJourneyofIndiansinMauritius/NaveenPandita/Pg56BridgingWorlds:KnowIndia,KnowYourself/NikhilPherwani/Pg57BridgingWorlds:Callaloo…TheMeltingPot:TheStoryofIndiansinTrinidad&Tobago/SiddharthKak/Pg58BridgingWorlds:HomeIsWhereTheHeartIs/BhavnaKapoor/Pg59BridgingWorlds:OneThousandandOneNights-IndianDreamsUnderArabianSkies/PriyankaKuriakose/Pg60BridgingWorlds:outofmany,onepeople–ThestoryofIndiansinGuyana,Suriname&Jamaica/PriyankaKuriakose/Pg61BridgingWorlds:RoutesToRoots/NajibMohimtully/Pg62BridgingWorlds:AmeetingofMinds/PriyankaKuriakose/Pg63BridgingWorlds:APlaceintheSun/PriyankaKuriakose/Pg64CallofHiddenParadise/ApurbaBasu/Pg65Cityscapes-Delhi/RameshSharma/MovingPictureCompany/Pg74Cityscapes-Lucknow/RameshSharma/MovingPictureCompany/Pg75Cityscapes-Mysore/RameshSharma/MovingPictureCompany/Pg76Cityscapes-Chandigarh/RameshSharma/MovingPictureCompany/Pg77Cityscapes-Shillong/RameshSharma/MovingPictureCompany/Pg78Cityscapes-Calcutta/RameshSharma/MovingPictureCompany/Pg79

CradlebytheStream/RajeshS.Jala/Pg84IndianHeritageSitesinAden/Pg142IndiaByChoice/YasminKidwai/Pg153IntegralIndia-GamefortheBrave/AaradhanaKohliKapur/Pg179IntegralIndia-TheGastronomicalJourney/AaradhanaKohliKapur/Pg185LandofMemories/ArunKumar/Pg217LivingStories-StorytellingtraditionsofIndia/NeelaVenkatraman/Pg220Revealed:TheGoldenTemple/RajendraSrivathsaKondapalli/Pg279SixYardsofGrace-TheHandicraftedIndianSaree/DheerajPiplani/Pg297TheTreasureintheSnow:AFilmonSikkim/GoutamGhose/Pg357

Defence

BeatingtheRetreat-AMusicalDream/VivekVerma/Pg40MartialTraditionsoftheIndianArmy/RakhiThakur/Pg228OntheWingsofCourage/Capt.RajivOjha/Pg245OperationImdad/P.N.Khera/Pg246PassionforPeace/PushpeshPant/Pg252Peacekeepers/ManishChoudhary/Pg257RisingOvertheOceans/NandanKudhyadi/Pg282SoldiersofPeace/B.Kumar/Pg298TheBlueBerets/AshokRaina/Pg321TheIndianOcean/SiddharthBhatia/Pg327TheWomeninBlueBerets/FaridaPacha/Pg360

Democracy

ATaleofTwoCities-MumbaiandBombay/SarojSatyanarayan/Pg20CanYouHearMe?/DheerajPiplani/Pg66DoesGandhiMatter?/ManojRaghuvanshi/Pg91DreamingYoung,DreamingGlobal/MeeraDewan/Pg93FreeMedia,FreeCountry/RuchitaPuri/Pg108India5555,Part1/S.Krishnaswamy/Pg144India5555,Part2/S.Krishnaswamy/Pg145


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India5555,Part3/S.Krishnaswamy/Pg146India5555,Part4/S.Krishnaswamy/Pg147IndiaaProfile/YasminKidwai/Pg148IndianDemocracySpreadsitsWings/DavidDevadas/Pg167IndianElections-AMammothDemocraticExercise/LaxmanaDalmia/Pg168IntegralIndia-OfRightsandWrongs/AaradhanaKohliKapur/Pg191It’sCricket,No?/SudhirAggarwal/Pg202JanaGanaMana/SiddharthKak/Pg205KashmirVotes-AssemblyElections2008/DavidDevadas/Pg210TheMakingofaNation,Part3:TheEconomicAgenda/RameshSharma/MovingPictureCompany/Pg331TheMakingofaNation,Part4:TheShapingofIndia’sforeignpolicy/RameshSharma/MovingPictureCompany/Pg332TheMakingofaNation,Part5:DemocracyinAction/RameshSharma/MovingPictureCompany/Pg333TheMakingofaNation,Part7:Asocietyintransition/RameshSharma/MovingPictureCompany/Pg335TheMakingofaNation,Part9:Secularismandthenation/RameshSharma/MovingPictureCompany/Pg337TheMakingofaNation,Part10:Agendaforthefuture/RameshSharma/MovingPictureCompany/Pg338WomeninPanchayatiRaj/AnjaliKhosla,SanjayBarnela/Pg386

Development

1000FeetofHope/StormthePictureCompany/Pg4APerfectBlend/AlokeBanerjee,JaydipMukherjee/Pg15AdorningtheWorld/ArunChadha/Pg24AgricultureFirst-AchievementsinAgriculturalSciencesandTechnologyinIndia/Mohi-Ud-DinMirza/Pg28AnIndianSymphony/YasminKidwai/Pg29BeyondMidnight/ArunKumarT.R./Pg43Bhutan-FortressoftheGods/RameshSharma/MovingPictureCompany/Pg47BridgingtheGapBetweenIndiaandBharat-MahatmaGandhiNationalRuralEmploymentGuaranteeAct/PuneetaRoy/Pg54

FulfillingtheVision/ANI/Pg111GlobalInformationHighway/JawedNaqvi/Pg115GrassrootstoGlobal/NeelaVenkatraman/Pg117HandmadeinIndia/MalatiRao/Pg119HealingtheWorld/ManishChoudhary/Pg121HistoryDeconstructed/ArchanaKapoor/Pg125India2.0-TowardsaNetworkedNation/AnuRadha,SumitOsmandShaw/Pg 143IndiaBusinessOverview‘94/RameshSharma/MovingPictureCompany/Pg 152IndiaEmpowered/MuraliNagarajan/Pg154IndiaInfrastructureAnOpportunity/AnitaRoy/Pg156IndiaUnlimited/RameshJayaram/Pg158India:TheSpiritofFreedom/AkshayTandon/Pg164India’sTrystWithDestiny/RameshSharma/MovingPictureCompany/Pg 166IntegralIndia-PerfectStrokes/AaradhanaKohliKapur/Pg180IntegralIndia-Leh:ACosmopolitanHaven/AaradhanaKohliKapurPg182IntegralIndia-ThePashminaStory/AaradhanaKohliKapur/Pg184IntegralIndia-PeaceforDevelopment/AaradhanaKohliKapur/Pg195IntegralIndia-HealingTouch/AaradhanaKohliKapur/Pg197JagritiExpress/SaminaMishra/Pg203JourneyofAyurveda/BappaRay/Pg207Noproblem!6monthswiththeBarefootGrandmamas/YasminKidwai/Pg241PeacetoProsperity-YouthandDevelopment/Capt.RajivOjha/Pg255RebuildingthePlayground/AmitabhMunshi/Pg275RevisitingIndiabyRail/StudioSuper/Pg280Sewa-BankingonIndiaWomen/CharanMann/Pg295StepsandStrides-I:ASilentWhiteRevolution-Baroda/TrishaDas/Pg303StepsandStrides-II:JewelryDesign/TrishaDas/Pg304StepsandStrides-III:UrgaGram-Palahi,Punjab/TrishaDas/Pg305StepsandStrides-IV:SikkimOrchids/TrishaDas/Pg306


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StepsandStrides-V:GolfinMartinpurva,Lucknow/TrishaDas/Pg307StepsandStrides-VI:Women’sMicroCreditinKerala/TrishaDas/Pg308StepsandStrides-VII:BharatRatnaMGRSchool,Chennai/TrishaDas/Pg 309StepsandStrides-VIII:PARAMSuperComputer-Pune/TrishaDas/Pg310StepsandStrides-IX:Women’sIndiaTrust-Mumbai/TrishaDas/Pg311StepsandStrides-X:Women’sFisheriesandShareCropping-Bihar/TrishaDas/Pg312TaanaBaana:ThewarpandweftofIndia/GargiSen/Pg317TheChangingFaceofIndianCountryside/RanjanKumarSingh,UpenderSood/Pg323ThePathbreakers,Part1/AnuRadha/Pg343ThePathbreakers,Part4/TarunShahani/Pg346TransitionTimes,Part1/ShantanuDey/Pg367TransitionTimes,Part2/ShantanuDey/Pg368WateringtheGrassroots/VibhuKashyap,R.Sarada/Pg381

Environment

ARiveranditsValley/JahnuBarua/Pg17ARiver’sStory-TheQuestfortheBrahmaputra/JahnuBarua/Pg18FaithRevisited/IshaniK.Dutta/Pg103GreenSignals-TheEnvironmentinIndia/ParthaSarkar/Pg118NegotiatingJustice/RishuNigam/Pg238RenewingIndia/RishuNigam/Pg277ResurgentManas/GautamSaikia/Pg278RootsofDatia/K.BikramSingh/Pg287TheCarbonMerchants/AaradhanaKohliKapur/Pg322TheHealingTree/UshaAlbuquerque/Pg325Vanashree-TheLivingTree/SiddharthKak/Pg373

Gender

ANationCelebrates/KabirKhan/Pg13AdventureSportsinIndia/Col.Kapoor/Pg26Adya-Unbounded/AaradhanaKohliKapur/Pg27BreakingBarriers-TheNewIndianWomen/PallavDas/Pg52HerOwnSky/SabihaFarhat/Pg123IntheSeasonofBlueStorm/NaghmaIman/Pg131IntegralIndia-Dardpura...AVillageofPain/AaradhanaKohliKapur/Pg189IntegralIndia-IronButterflies/AaradhanaKohliKapur/Pg193PeacetoProsperity-WomenEmpowerment/Capt.RajivOjha/Pg254PrideofIndia-ShamaZaidi/MayaRao/Pg262PrideofIndia-ElaBhatt/MayaRao/Pg263PrideofIndia-NainaLalKidwai/MayaRao/Pg264PrideofIndia-RituKumar/MayaRao/Pg265PrideofIndia-KiranMazumdarShaw/MayaRao/Pg266PrideofIndia-MallikaSarabhai/MayaRao/Pg267PrideofIndia-ShrutiSharma/MayaRao/Pg268Qissa-e-Parsi:TheParsiStory/DivyaCowasjiandShilpiGulati/Pg269SongoftheSanctuary/NaghmaIman/Pg299TheMakingofaNation,Part6:Womenandthenation/RameshSharma/MovingPictureCompany/Pg334ThePathbreakers,Part2/NaazishHussaini/Pg344ThePathbreakers,Part3/SrenikSett,SujataSett/Pg345TheSelfPortrait/SabiaKhan/Pg348WhyCan’tI?/Dr.LavlinThadani/Pg382WomenEntrepreneurs/MadhureetaAnand/Pg385

History

AFragmentofHistory/UmaChakravarti/Pg9AShortHistoryofIndianSpices/ShantanuDey/Pg19AWorldofBeautyandGrace-IslamicArchitectureofIndia/BenoyK.Behl/Pg21BacktoGondwanaland/RajivChawla/Pg36


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EchoesfromthePast-OldMonumentsofDelhi/DeepakGupta/Pg95FootstepsofNikitin/RajeshS.Jala/Pg106GandhiLives/ArunaHarPrasad/Pg112GlimpsesofaKashmiriVillage/DavidDevadas/Pg113HumSabEkHain/SujataSett,SrenikSett/Pg127InSearchoftheRajah/GoutamGhose/Pg129IndianWinsFreedom/BhanumurthyAlur/Pg173IntegralIndia-HamlavarKhabardar/AaradhanaKohliKapur/Pg192IntegralIndia-Fourdaysin1947/AaradhanaKohliKapur/Pg194IntegralIndia-Accession/AaradhanaKohliKapur/Pg196Jammu&Kashmir-QuestforLastingPeace/Capt.RajivOjha/Pg204MedievalMarvels/ManuRewal/Pg230MuhammadBairamBegTurkman/PrithwirajMishra/Pg233NectarinStone/RoyDaniels/Pg237NirvanaandBeyondAnIndianJourney/JuhiSinha/Pg239PalashikiJung/DiptenduDey/Pg248QuitIndia/R.Krishnamohan/Pg270SeedsofKnowledge/JanhaviPrasada/Pg294SoulConnection/ArvindSingh/Pg300TemplesofLearning-PremierResearchInstitutesofIndia/UmaSwamy/Pg 319TheMakingofaNation,Part1:Aprologue/RameshSharma/MovingPictureCompany/Pg329TheMakingofaNation,Part2:BirthofNationalism/RameshSharma/MovingPictureCompany/Pg330TheMakingofaNation,Part8:Cinemaandthenation/RameshSharma/MovingPictureCompany/Pg336TheMusalman-PreservationofaDream/IshaniK.Dutta/Pg339ThePatientStone/AaradhanaKohliKapur/Pg347TheQuantumIndians/RajaChoudhury/Pg349VibrantColours/VivekVerma/Pg374


ABridgeOverTime-AfilmontheMekong-Gangaco-operation,Part1/ArchanaKapoor/Pg5ABridgeOverTime-AfilmontheMekong-Gangaco-operation,Part2/ArchanaKapoor/Pg6ABridgeSoNear/UshaAlbuquerque/Pg7AJourneytoanAncientland-RoadtoMyanmar/GautamBora/Pg10ALand,StrangelyFamiliar/AparnaSanyal/Pg12APeople’sProject-AfilmonIBSA/ArchanaKapoor/Pg14APerfectMatch/ArchanaKapoor/Pg16BlendingBorders:AfricaIndiaForumSummit-II/AnuRadha/Pg48BondingwithAfrica/AnitaSaluja/Pg51BridgesOfFriendship/NandanKudhyadi/Pg53CentralAsia-HarmonyinTime:Uzbekistan/ShailendarGoel/Pg67CentralAsia-TheBridgeAcrossForever:Tajikistan/ShailendraGoel/Pg68CentralAsia-TheLandofManas:Kyrgyztan/ShailendraGoel/Pg69ChineseInvestmentinIndia/YasminKidwai/Pg71DowntheAges-IndiaandChina/ShivendraSingh/Pg92Einlassen/AaradhanaKohliKapur/Pg96EmergingTies:India&CentralAsia/RashmiMathurLuthra/Pg97EnduringFriendship-India-NepalEconomicCo-operation/A.M.Films&Advertising/Pg98EnrichingtheRainbow/ArchanaKapoor/Pg99ExpressionsinHarmony/AnuRadha/Pg100Footstepsintofuture-IndiaandRussiainthe21stCentury/Dr.Indrajit/Pg105FriendsforEvermore/AaradhanaKohliKapur/Pg109FromtheFoothillsofKilimanjaro/AmitabhMunshi/Pg110Humsaye-TwoNations,TwoNeighbours/AparnaS.Reddy/Pg128India-Myanmar:AnEnduringBond/AnitaSaluja/Pg132India&ASEAN-PartnersinProgress/UmeshBist/Pg133India&ASEAN-PartnersinprogressThailand/UmeshBist/Pg134India&ASEAN-PartnersinprogressCambodia/UmeshBist/Pg135


426 427

India&ASEAN-PartnersinProgressSingapore/UmeshBist/Pg136India&ASEAN-PartnersinProgressMalayasia/UmeshBist/Pg137India&ASEAN-PartnersinProgressVietnam/UmeshBist/Pg138India&ASEAN-PartnersinProgressLaos/UmeshBist/Pg139India&ASEAN-PartnersinProgressPhillipines/UmeshBist/Pg140India&ASEAN-PartnersinProgressIndonesia/UmeshBist/Pg141IndiaandSouthEastAsia-3000YearsofMaritimeContacts/NikhilPadgaonkar/Pg149Indo-USRelationship/JoticaSehgal/Pg150IndiaandtheUN/AnitaSaluja/Pg151India-SouthAfrica,Part1:ABondForgedbyHistory/SiddharthBhatia/Pg159India-SouthAfrica,Part2:AHarmoniousRelationship/SiddharthBhatia/Pg160India‘sDevelopmentAssistanceProjectsinSriLanka/IshaniKDutta/Pg165IntegralIndia-InvisibleLines/AaradhanaKohliKapur/Pg190Interface:AfilmonIFS/MediartPvtLtd/Pg198OctoberVignettes-DelhiCWG2010/YasminKidwai/Pg243Palimpsest-IndiaandEurope/ArchanaKapoor/Pg249PartnersinProgress/Dr.ChandanMitra/Pg250PartnershipsforProsperity-AfilmonIndo-GulfEconomicrelations/RashmiMathurLuthra/Pg251ReligiousLinkagesbetweenBhutanandLadakh/RameshSharma/MovingPictureCompany/Pg276RoadtoAfghanistan/AparnaS.Reddy/Pg283SAARCintheNewMillennium/JawedNaqvi,AmitJolly,S.Kumar/Pg289SAARC-LookingBeyondPropheciesofDoom/JawedNaqvi/Pg290SanyuktRashtrameinHindi/RahulSingh/Pg293TapestriesofChange:AnIndo-AfricanStoryofEmpowerment/AnuRadha/Pg318TheSouthImperativesofCo-operation/SuhasBorker/Pg352TheUnfinishedRevolution,Part1/SuhasBorker/Pg357TheUnfinishedRevolution,Part2/SuhasBorker/Pg359ThisisAsia’sTime/ArchanaKapoor/Pg362TimelessFriendship,Part1/A.K.Kidwai,TarunMathur/Pg364TimelessFriendship,Part2/A.K.Kidwai,TarunMathur/Pg365

TimelessFriendship,Part3/A.K.Kidwai,TarunMathur/Pg366Vietnam-IndiaFriendshipTree-Vol1:CulturesofIndia&Vietnam/LyQuangTrung/Pg375Vietnam-IndiaFriendshipTree-Vol2:CulturesofIndia&Vietnam/LyQuangTrung/Pg376Vietnam-IndiaFriendshipTree-Vol3:TheStruggleforNationalLiberation/LyQuangTrung/Pg377Vietnam-IndiaFriendshipTree-Vol4:StruggleandVictory/LyQuangTrung/Pg378Vietnam-IndiaFriendshipTree-Vol5:Vietnam-Indiaonthemove/LyQuangTrung/Pg379Vietnam-IndiaFriendshipTree-Vol6:Vietnam-Indiaonthemove/LyQuangTrung/Pg380Winningafuture,Part1/ArunKumar/Pg383Winningafuture,Part2/ArunKumar/Pg384

Plurality

AaoHajjKaren/MazahirRahim/Pg22AnIndivisibleUnity,Part1/Namewrongonsite/Pg30AnIndivisibleUnity,Part2/TarunMathur/Pg31AnIndivisibleUnity,Part3/TarunMathur/Pg32AreYouListening?/JoydeepGhosh,SantanuMitra/Pg35Dharma:ThePathofRighteousnessPartI/YusufMehta/Pg87Dharma:ThePathofRighteousnessPartII/YusufMehta/Pg88FabricofLove-ChristianityinIndia/PushpMann/Pg101FragranceofLove/MuzaffarAli/Pg107HarmonyFest/SanjeevSivan/Pg120HinduNectar-wanderinginSacredIndia/AkankshaJoshi/Pg124IndianRootofTibetanBuddhism/BenoyKBehl/Pg172IntegralIndia-GuruLama/AaradhanaKohliKapur/Pg174IntegralIndia-APerfectHarmony/AaradhanaKohliKapur/Pg175IntegralIndia-TwinVillages/AaradhanaKohliKapur/Pg177IntegralIndia-DivineMusic/AaradhanaKohliKapur/Pg178


428 429

IntegralIndia-PrayersinStone/AaradhanaKohliKapur/Pg181IntegralIndia-TheLegendofSohniMahiwal/AaradhanaKohliKapur/Pg183IntegralIndia-InSearchofShiva/AaradhanaKohliKapur/Pg186IslaminIndia-AFusionofCultures/PrashunBhaumik/Pg199Ladakh-ACradleofBuddhism/BenoyK.Behl/Pg215LandofBuddha/AbhaDayal/Pg216LessonsinFriendship/AaradhanaKohliKapur/Pg218MastQalandar/RajeevSrivastava/Pg229Nisbat...Connection/MuzaffarAli/Pg240PeacetoProsperityKashmiriyat&Shrines/Capt.RajivOjha/Pg256PeopleofPeace,Part1:TheMessage/JohnDayal/Pg258PeopleofPeace,Part2:TheMission/JohnDayal/Pg259PeopleofPeace,Part3:TheFusion/JohnDayal/Pg260SufiTraditionsofIndia/KhalidSultan/Pg314Sulh-E-Kul/ZorawarShukla/Pg315ThePathofCompassion-BuddhistHeritageofIndia/BenoyK.Behl/Pg342TheWayofBuddha/UmeshBist/Pg359

Portraits

Adoor:AJourneyinFrames/RajivMehrotra/Pg25Benegal’sNewCinema/IramGhufran/Pg41CitizenoftheWorld-KhanAbdulGhaffarKhan/AparnaKataraSharma/Pg 73CornershopstoLords/KabirKhan/Pg83God’sChosenOne/JyotsnaSood/Pg116HomingPigeons/AaradhanaKohliKapur/Pg126IntheLandofChhinnopatro/SaibalMitra/Pg130IndianLegends,Part1/SunilMutreja/Pg169IndianLegends,Part2/SunilMutreja/Pg170IndianNobelLaureates/AlokeBanerjee/Pg171IntegralIndia-ApostleofPeace/AaradhanaKohliKapur/Pg176IntegralIndia-ALastHarmony/AaradhanaKohliKapur/Pg188IsmatandAnnie/JuhiSinha/Pg200JaiHo/UmeshAggarwal/Pg206

KaziNazrulIslam-TheRebelPoet/AnjanDas/Pg212Mahatma-AGreatSoulof20thCentury/VithalbhaiK.Jhavery/Pg227NRIsintheGulf-SomeSuccessStories/RameshSharma/MovingPictureCompany/Pg242OfMelodiesDivine/JuhiSinha/Pg244SwamiVivekanand:AnIntrospect/AlokeBanerjee,JaydipMukherjee/Pg 316TheIndiaofAndréMalraux/NikhilPadgaonkar/Pg326TheTrailblazer:MulkRajAnand/SureshKohli/Pg355TheWorldofPeries/K.BikramSingh/Pg361

Science&Technology

Animare-ADigitalStory/AaradhanaKohliKapur/Pg34ChandrayaanI-IndiaontheMoon/RohitLal/Pg70ConnectingHearts-India’sPanAfricaE-Network/AnuRadha/Pg82DismantlingtheDigitalDivide/RajanKhosla/Pg89HelloIndia/NutanManmohan/PgCompany/Pg122IndiainSpace/KaranBali/Pg155IndiaInnovates/MayuricaBiswas/Pg157India:TheCyberFrontiers,Part1/RameshSharma/MovingPictureCompany/Pg161India:TheCyberFrontiers,Part2/RameshSharma/MovingPictureCompany/Pg162India:TheCyberFrontiers,Part3/RameshSharma/MovingPictureCompany/Pg163ITRevolutioninIndia/SamirKukreja/Pg201LifeEncoded-Biotechnology:TheIndianEffort/VandanaKohli/Pg219Shunya-TheBeginningofKnowledge/AntaraKak/Pg296TheSkyisNottheLimit/IshaniK.Dutta/Pg351

430 431

2014

AdorningtheWorld/ArunChadha/Pg24Benegal’sNewCinema/IramGhufran/Pg41Bridgingworlds:AMeetingofMinds/PriyankaKuriakose/Pg63BridgingWorlds:APlaceintheSun/PriyankaKuriakose/Pg64HandmadeinIndia/MalatiRao/Pg119HinduNectar-wanderinginSacredIndia/AkankshaJoshi/Pg124IndiaaProfile/YasminKidwai/Pg148IndianRootsofTibetanBuddhism/BenoyKBehl/Pg172JaiHo/UmeshAggarwal/Pg206LessonsinFriendship/AaradhanaKohliKapur/Pg218Qissa-e-Parsi:TheParsiStory/DivyaCowasjiandShilpiGulati/Pg269Natyanubhava:Yatra-I&Darshan-II/SharadaRamanathan/Pg235Sulh-E-Kul/ZorawarShukla/Pg315

2013

ALand,StrangelyFamiliar/AparnaSanyal/Pg12APerfectMatch/ArchanaKapoor/Pg16BeyondChickenTikkaMasala/ArunKumarT.R./Pg42BridgingWorlds:Callaloo…TheMeltingPot:TheStoryofIndiansinTrinidad&Tobago/SiddharthKak/Pg58BridgingWorlds:HomeIsWhereTheHeartIs/BhavnaKapoor/Pg59BridgingWorlds:OneThousandandOneNights-IndianDreamsUnderArabianSkies/PriyankaKuriakose/Pg60BridgingWorlds:outofmany,onepeople–ThestoryofIndiansinGuyana,Suriname&Jamaica/PriyankaKuriakose/Pg61BridgingWorlds:RoutesToRoots/NajibMohimtully/Pg62ChineseinvesmentinIndia/YasminKidwai/Pg71GandhiLives/ArunaHarPrasad/Pg112GrassrootstoGlobal/NeelaVenkatraman/Pg117HarmonyFest/SanjeevSivan/Pg120HelloIndia/NutanManmohan/Pg122India:TheSpiritofFreedom/AkshayTandon/Pg164India‘sDevelopmentAssistanceProjectsinSriLanka/IshaniKDutta/Pg165Indo-USRelationship/JoticaSehgal/Pg150JagritiExpress/SaminaMishra/Pg203MrinaliniSarabhai:TheArtistandHerArt/YadavanChandran/Pg232Noproblem!6monthswiththeBarefootGrandmamas/YasminKidwai/Pg241

YearOfProduction

2013

Sama–MuslimMysticMusicofIndia/ShaziaKhan/Pg291TaanaBaana:ThewarpandweftofIndia/GargiSen/Pg317TheQuantumIndians/RajaChoudhury/Pg349TheWomeninBlueBerets/FaridaPacha/Pg360Yoga:AligningtotheSource/RajaChoudhury/Pg387

2012

BlendingBorders:AfricaIndiaForumSummit-II/AnuRadha/Pg49ExpressionsinHarmony/AnuRadha/Pg100JourneyofAyurveda/BappaRay/Pg207Palimpsest-IndiaandEurope/ArchanaKapoor/Pg249SoundCheck:MusicofContemporaryIndia/NeelaVenkatraman/Pg301TapestriesofChange:AnIndo-AfricanStoryofEmpowerment/AnuRadha/Pg318

2011

1000FeetofHope/StormthePictureCompany/Pg4ABrushwithLife/SujataKulshreshtha/Pg8AWorldofBeautyandGrace-IslamicArchitectureofIndia/BenoyK.Behl/Pg21AnIndianSymphony/YasminKidwai/Pg29Bandhan/AnurradhaPrasad/Pg39BhinnaShadja-NoteExtraordinaire/AmolPalekar,SandhyaGokhale/Pg46BondingwithAfrica/AnitaSaluja/Pg51BridgingtheGapBetweenIndiaandBharat-MahatmaGandhiNationalRuralEmploymentGuaranteeAct/PuneetaRoy/Pg54BridgingWorlds-TheStoryoftheIndianDiasporainMalaysiaandSingapore/AnirbanDuttaGupta/Pg55BridgingWorlds-FromGirmityatoGovernment:TheJourneyofIndiansinMauritius/NaveenPandita/Pg56BridgingWorlds-KnowIndia,KnowYourself/NikhilPherwani/Pg57

YearOfProduction

432 433

2011

ConnectingHearts-India’sPanAfricaE-Network/AnuRadha/Pg82FaithRevisited/IshaniK.Dutta/Pg103India2.0-TowardsaNetworkedNation/AnuRadha,SumitOsmandShaw/Pg 143It’sCricket,No?/SudhirAggarwal/Pg202LivingStories-StorytellingtraditionsofIndia/NeelaVenkatraman/Pg220MagicRealismandAfter-IndianEnglishFiction:1981-2011/SureshKohli/Pg 226 MedievalMarvels/ManuRewal/Pg230ModernSpacesIndianLight/ManuRewal/Pg231NirvanaandBeyond-AnIndianJourney/JuhiSinha/Pg239OctoberVignettes-DelhiCWG2010/YasminKidwai/Pg243Revealed:TheGoldenTemple/RajendraSrivathsaKondapalli/Pg279SixYardsofGrace-TheHandicraftedIndianSaree/DheerajPiplani/Pg297SwamiVivekanand:AnIntrospect/AlokeBanerjee,JaydipMukherjee/Pg 316 TheCarbonMerchants/AaradhanaKohliKapur/Pg322TheMusalman-PreservationofaDream/IshaniK.Dutta/Pg339ThePathbreakers-Part4/TarunShahani/Pg346ThisisAsia’sTime/ArchanaKapoor/Pg362WhyCan’tI?/Dr.LavlinThadani/Pg382

2010

APeople’sProject-AfilmonIBSA/ArchanaKapoor/Pg14APerfectBlend-TeafromtheEasternHimalayas/AlokeBanerjee,JaydipMukherjee/Pg15Animare-ADigitalStory/AaradhanaKohliKapur/Pg34EmergingTies:India&CentralAsia/RashmiMathurLuthra/Pg97EnrichingtheRainbow/ArchanaKapoor/Pg99Footstepsintofuture-IndiaandRussiainthe21stCentury/Dr.Indrajit/Pg 105God’sChosenOne/JyotsnaSood/Pg116

YearOfProduction

2010

Humsaye-TwoNations,TwoNeighbours/AparnaS.Reddy/Pg128IntheSeasonofBlueStorm/NaghmaIman/Pg131IndiaByChoice/YasminKidwai/Pg153IndiaEmpowered/MuraliNagarajan/Pg154LoveSongoftheWorld/IshaniK.Dutta/Pg222MartialTraditionsoftheIndianArmy/RakhiThakur/Pg228OntheWingsofCourage/Capt.RajivOjha/Pg245ResurgentManas/GautamSaikia/Pg278ThePathbreakers-Part3/SrenikSett,SujataSett/Pg345UrduandModernIndia/AparnaS.Reddy/Pg371VibrantColours/VivekVerma/Pg374

2009

AFragmentofHistory/UmaChakravarti/Pg9ALaCart!!!-FoodintheStreetsofIndia/PriaAhluwalia/Pg11AreYouListening?/JoydeepGhosh,SantanuMitra/Pg35BeyondTradition/RajeshS.Jala/Pg44CanYouHearMe?/DheerajPiplani/Pg66ChandrayaanI-IndiaontheMoon/RohitLal/Pg70CinemawithaPurpose/AnuRadha/Pg72DeviDurga/AnjanDas/Pg86IndianElections-AMammothDemocraticExercise/LaxmanaDalmia/Pg 168KashmirVotes-AssemblyElections2008/DavidDevadas/Pg210KolkataBlues/JoydeepGhosh/Pg213MastQalandar/RajeevSrivastava/Pg229NegotiatingJustice/RishuNigam/Pg238PartnersinProgress/Dr.ChandanMitra/Pg250ReligiousLinkagesbetweenBhutanandLadakh/RameshSharma/MovingPictureCompany/Pg276

YearOfProduction

434 435

2009

SoldiersofPeace/B.Kumar/Pg298TheAlkapStory/JoydeepGhosh/Pg320ThePathofCompassion-BuddhistHeritageofIndia/BenoyK.Behl/Pg342TheSpiritofIndia/JuhiSinha/Pg353ThroughaLensClearly-RaghuRai’sIndia/SureshKohli/Pg363WateringtheGrassroots/VibhuKashyap,R.Sarada/Pg381

2008

AShortHistoryofIndianSpices/ShantanuDey/Pg19BacktoGondwanaland/RajivChawla/Pg36BeatingtheRetreat-AMusicalDream/VivekVerma/Pg40CitizenoftheWorld-KhanAbdulGhaffarKhan/AparnaKataraSharma/Pg 73 CradlebytheStream/RajeshS.Jala/Pg84FriendsforEvermore/AaradhanaKohliKapur/Pg109HealingtheWorld/ManishChoudhary/Pg121HistoryDeconstructed-AfilmonIndia’sLookEastpolicy/ArchanaKapoor/Pg125HumSabEkHain-Weareallinittogether/SujataSett,SrenikSett/Pg127InSearchoftheRajah/GoutamGhose/Pg129IndiaandtheUN/AnitaSaluja/Pg151IsmatandAnnie/JuhiSinha/Pg200Jammu&Kashmir-QuestforLastingPeace/Capt.RajivOjha/Pg204Maadhyam-TheMedium/AnkitaKumar/Pg223PeacetoProsperity-WomenEmpowerment/Capt.RajivOjha/Pg254RockingtheHills/SavyasaachiJain/Pg284ThePathbreakers-Part1/AnuRadha/Pg343ThePathbreakers-Part2/NaazishHussaini/Pg344TheShillongChamberChoirandtheLittleHomeSchool/UrmiJuvekar/Pg 350 TheStoryofGitanjali-Songofferings/MalayBhattacharya/Pg354UrduHaiJiskaNaam/SubhashKapoor/MEKAFilms/Pg372

YearOfProduction

2007

ATaleofTwoCities-MumbaiandBombay/SarojSatyanarayan/Pg20BismillahandBenaras/JuhiSinha/Pg48DismantlingtheDigitalDivide/RajanKhosla/Pg89DoesGandhiMatter?/ManojRaghuvanshi/Pg91FootstepsofNikitin/RajeshS.Jala/Pg106India-Myanmar:AnEnduringBond/AnitaSaluja/Pg132IndiaandSouthEastAsia-3000YearsofMaritimeContacts/NikhilPadgaonkar/Pg149IndiaInfrastructure-AnOpportunity/AnitaRoy/Pg156IndiaInnovates/MayuricaBiswas/Pg157KaziNazrulIslam-TheRebelPoet/AnjanDas/Pg212

Mahatma-AGreatSoulof20thCentury/VithalbhaiK.Jhavery/Pg227MusicalBandsofIndia/RakeshShrivastava/Pg234NRIsintheGulf-SomeSuccessStories/RameshSharma/MovingPictureCompany/Pg242PalashikiJung/DiptenduDey/Pg248PatherPanchali-ALivingResonance/AlokeBanerjee/Pg253PeacetoProsperity-YouthandDevelopment/Capt.RajivOjha/Pg255PeacetoProsperity-Kashmiriyat&Shrines/Capt.RajivOjha/Pg256RenewingIndia/RishuNigam/Pg277SanyuktRashtrameinHindi-HindiintheUnitedNations/RahulSingh/Pg 293SongoftheSanctuary/NaghmaIman/Pg299TheOnenessofCreation/BenoyK.Behl/Pg341TheSkyisNottheLimit/IshaniK.Dutta/Pg351

2006

BollywoodMeinHindi/ManojRaghuvanshi/Pg50FreeMedia,FreeCountry/RuchitaPuri/Pg108GlimpsesofaKashmiriVillage/DavidDevadas/Pg113

YearOfProduction

436 437

2006

IndiaUnlimited/RameshJayaram/Pg158Ladakh-ACradleofBuddhism/BenoyK.Behl/Pg215OperationImdad/P.N.Khera/Pg246PartnershipsforProsperity-AfilmonIndo-GulfEconomicrelations/RashmiMathurLuthra/Pg251RoadtoAfghanistan/AparnaS.Reddy/Pg283SeedsofKnowledge/JanhaviPrasada/Pg294SpirittoSoul/ZilaKhan/Pg302TheTrailblazer:MulkRajAnand/SureshKohli/Pg355WomenEntrepreneurs/MadhureetaAnand/Pg385

2005

AnIndivisibleUnity-Part1/Namewrongonsite/Pg30AnIndivisibleUnity-Part2/TarunMathur/Pg31AnIndivisibleUnity-Part3/TarunMathur/Pg32AnekaRasa/AnganaZhaveri/Pg33DowntheAges-IndiaandChina/ShivendraSingh/Pg92EnduringFriendship-India-NepalEconomicCo-operation/A.M.Films&Advertising/Pg98GreenSignals-TheEnvironmentinIndia/ParthaSarkar/Pg118IndianHeritageSitesinAden/Pg142IntegralIndia-GuruLama/AaradhanaKohliKapur/Pg174IntegralIndia-APerfectHarmony/AaradhanaKohliKapur/Pg175IntegralIndia-ApostleofPeace/AaradhanaKohliKapur/Pg176IntegralIndia-TwinVillages/AaradhanaKohliKapur/Pg177IntegralIndia-DivineMusic/AaradhanaKohliKapur/Pg178IntegralIndia-GamefortheBrave/AaradhanaKohliKapur/Pg179IntegralIndia-PerfectStrokes/AaradhanaKohliKapur/Pg180

YearOfProduction

2005

IntegralIndia-PrayersinStone/AaradhanaKohliKapur/Pg181IntegralIndia-Leh:ACosmopolitanHaven/AaradhanaKohliKapur/Pg182IntegralIndia-TheLegendofSohniMahiwal/AaradhanaKohliKapur/Pg 183IntegralIndia-ThePashminaStory/AaradhanaKohliKapur/Pg184IntegralIndia-TheGastronomicalJourney/AaradhanaKohliKapur/Pg186IntegralIndia-InSearchofShiva/AaradhanaKohliKapur/Pg186IntegralIndia-SublimeArt/AaradhanaKohliKapur/Pg187IntegralIndia-ALastHarmony/AaradhanaKohliKapur/Pg188IntegralIndia-Dardpura...AVillageofPain/AaradhanaKohliKapur/Pg189IntegralIndia-InvisibleLines/AaradhanaKohliKapur/Pg190IntegralIndia-OfRightsandWrongs/AaradhanaKohliKapur/Pg191IntegralIndia-HamlavarKhabardar/AaradhanaKohliKapur/Pg192IntegralIndia-IronButterflies/AaradhanaKohliKapur/Pg193IntegralIndia-Fourdaysin1947/AaradhanaKohliKapur/Pg194IntegralIndia-PeaceforDevelopment/AaradhanaKohliKapur/Pg195IntegralIndia-Accession/AaradhanaKohliKapur/Pg196IntegralIndia-HealingTouch/AaradhanaKohliKapur/Pg197ITRevolutioninIndia/SamirKukreja/Pg201KashmirinIndianPoetry/SureshKohli/Pg209NectarinStone/RoyDaniels/Pg237Peacekeepers/ManishChoudhary/Pg257RevisitingIndiabyRail/StudioSuper/Pg280StepsandStrides-I:ASilentWhiteRevolution-Baroda/Pg303StepsandStrides-II:JewelryDesign/TrishaDas/Pg304StepsandStrides-III:UrgaGram-Palahi,Punjab/TrishaDas/Pg305StepsandStrides-IV:SikkimOrchids/TrishaDas/Pg306StepsandStrides-V:GolfinMartinpurva,Lucknow/TrishaDas/Pg307StepsandStrides-VI:Women’sMicroCreditinKerala/TrishaDas/Pg308StepsandStrides-VII:BharatRatnaMGRSchool-Chennai/TrishaDas/Pg309StepsandStrides-VIII:PARAMSuperComputer-Pune/TrishaDas/Pg310

YearOfProduction

438 439

2005

StepsandStrides-IX:Women’sIndiaTrust-Mumbai/TrishaDas/Pg311StepsandStrides-X:Women’sFisheriesandShareCropping-Bihar/TrishaDas/Pg312TheJoyfulRhythmsofaKashmiriWedding/DavidDevadas/Pg328ThePatientStone/AaradhanaKohliKapur/Pg347Winningafuture,Part1/ArunKumar/Pg383Winningafuture,Part2/ArunKumar/Pg384

2004

ABridgeSoNear/UshaAlbuquerque/Pg7AdventureSportsinIndia/Col.Kapoor/Pg26India&ASEAN-PartnersinProgress/UmeshBist/Pg133India&ASEAN-Partnersinprogress:Thailand/UmeshBist/Pg134India&ASEAN-Partnersinprogress:Cambodia/UmeshBist/Pg135India&ASEAN-PartnersinProgress:Singapore/UmeshBist/Pg136India&ASEAN-PartnersinProgress:Malayasia/UmeshBist/Pg137India&ASEAN-PartnersinProgress:Vietnam/UmeshBist/Pg138India&ASEAN-PartnersinProgress:Laos/UmeshBist/Pg139India&ASEAN-PartnersinProgress:Phillipines/UmeshBist/Pg140India&ASEAN-PartnersinProgress:Indonesia/UmeshBist/Pg141IndianLegends-Part1/SunilMutreja/Pg169IndianLegends-Part2/SunilMutreja/Pg170Interface:AfilmonIFS/MediartPvtLtd/Pg198Kashmir:TheLandofDivineLove/BenoyK.Behl/Pg211LifeEncoded-Biotechnology:TheIndianEffort/VandanaKohli/Pg219RebuildingthePlayground/AmitabhMunshi/Pg275RoohPunjabDi/UmeshBist/Pg285Sewa-BankingonIndiaWomen/CharanMann/Pg295TemplesofLearning-PremierResearchInstitutesofIndia/UmaSwamy/Pg 319

YearOfProduction

2004

TheEmpireWritesBack/ShomaChaudhury/Pg324TheSelfPortrait/SabiaKhan/Pg348TimelessFriendship-Part1/A.K.Kidwai,TarunMathur/Pg364TimelessFriendship-Part2/A.K.Kidwai,TarunMathur/Pg365TimelessFriendship-Part3/A.K.Kidwai,TarunMathur/Pg366

2003

CallofHiddenParadise/ApurbaBasu/Pg65Dharma:ThePathofRighteousness,PartI/YusufMehta/Pg87Dharma:ThePathofRighteousness,PartII/YusufMehta/Pg88FulfillingtheVision/ANI/Pg111HomingPigeons/AaradhanaKohliKapur/Pg126PassionforPeace/PushpeshPant/Pg252PrideofIndia-ShamaZaidi/MayaRao/Pg262PrideofIndia-RituKumar/MayaRao/Pg265PrideofIndia-MallikaSarabhai/MayaRao/Pg267RhythmicEchoesandReflections/NareshSharma/Pg281RisingOvertheOceans/NandanKudhyadi/Pg282SoulConnection/ArvindSingh/Pg300

2002

AJourneytoanAncientland-RoadtoMyanmar/GautamBora/Pg10BeyondMidnight/ArunKumarT.R./Pg43Bhutan-FortressoftheGods/RameshSharma/MovingPictureCompany/Pg 47 BridgesOfFriendship/NandanKudhyadi/Pg53CentralAsia-HarmonyinTime:Uzbekistan/ShailendarGoel/Pg67CentralAsia-TheBridgeAcrossForever:Tajikistan/ShailendraGoel/Pg68CentralAsia-TheLandofManas:Kyrgyztan/ShailendraGoel/Pg69ColoursfromIndia/DimpleKharbanda/Pg80JanaGanaMana/SiddharthKak/Pg205

YearOfProduction

440 441

2002

Kalaripayyat/P.AshokKumar/Pg208MadeinBollywood/SanjeevBhargava/Pg224MuhammadBairamBegTurkman/PrithwirajMishra/Pg233PrideofIndia-ElaBhatt/MayaRao/Pg263PrideofIndia-NainaLalKidwai/MayaRao/Pg264PrideofIndia-KiranMazumdarShaw/MayaRao/Pg266PrideofIndia-ShrutiSharma/MayaRao/Pg268Rasa-TheFountainofLife/SiddharthKak/Pg271Shunya-TheBeginningofKnowledge/AntaraKak/Pg296TheIndiaofAndréMalraux/NikhilPadgaonkar/Pg326TheTreasureintheSnow:AFilmonSikkim/GoutamGhose/Pg356Triveni:WhereRiversMeet-Part1/AbhilashBhattacharya/Pg369Triveni:WhereRiversMeet-Part2/AbhilashBhattacharya/Pg370

2001

ABridgeOverTime-AfilmontheMekong-Gangaco-operation,Part1/ArchanaKapoor/Pg5ABridgeOverTime-AfilmontheMekong-Gangaco-operation,Part2/ArchanaKapoor/Pg6BambooFlute-BirahBhariyoGharAanganKone,Part2/KumarShahani/Pg 38

DreamingYoung,DreamingGlobal/MeeraDewan/Pg93FabricofLove-ChristianityinIndia/PushpMann/Pg101India-SouthAfrica,Part1:ABondForgedbyHistory/SiddharthBhatia/Pg 159India-SouthAfrica,Part2:AHarmoniousRelationship/SiddharthBhatia/Pg 160 IndianDemocracySpreadsitsWings/DavidDevadas/Pg167Rasamanjari-ABouquetofDelight/RaghuVyas/Pg272

YearOfProduction

2001

RumiintheLandofKhusrau/MuzaffarAli/Pg288SAARCintheNewMillennium/JawedNaqvi,AmitJolly,S.Kumar/Pg289TheBlueBerets/AshokRaina/Pg321TheHealingTree/UshaAlbuquerque/Pg325TheNameofaRiver/AnupSingh/Pg340TheWorldofPeries/K.BikramSingh/Pg361Vanashree-TheLivingTree/SiddharthKak/Pg373Vietnam-IndiaFriendshipTree-Vol1:CulturesofIndia&Vietnam/LyQuangTrung/Pg375Vietnam-IndiaFriendshipTree-Vol2:CulturesofIndia&Vietnam/LyQuangTrung/Pg376Vietnam-IndiaFriendshipTree-Vol3:TheStruggleforNationalLiberation/LyQuangTrung/Pg377Vietnam-IndiaFriendshipTree-Vol4:StruggleandVictory/LyQuangTrung/Pg378Vietnam-IndiaFriendshipTree-Vol5:VietnamIndiaonthemove/LyQuangTrung/Pg379Vietnam-IndiaFriendshipTree-Vol6:Vietnam-Indiaonthemove/LyQuangTrung/Pg380

2000

BambooFlute-BirahBhariyoGharAanganKone,Part1/KumarShahani/Pg 37 CornershopstoLords/KabirKhan/Pg83EchoesfromthePast-OldMonumentsofDelhi/DeepakGupta/Pg95HerOwnSky/SabihaFarhat/Pg123IntheLandofChhinnopatro/SaibalMitra/Pg130India:TheCyberFrontiers-TheCyberFrontiers,Part1/RameshSharma/MovingPictureCompany/Pg161

YearOfProduction

442 443

2000

India:TheCyberFrontiers-TheCyberFrontiers,Part2/RameshSharma/MovingPictureCompany/Pg162India:TheCyberFrontiers-TheCyberFrontiers,Part3/RameshSharma/MovingPictureCompany/Pg163LandofBuddha/AbhaDayal/Pg216Lokapriya/ArunKhopkar/Pg221OurNovelsinEnglish/IndranilChakravarty/Pg247Rasikapriya/ArunKhopkar/Pg274

1999

AbidingGrace-GlimpsesoftheNorthEast/GautamBora/Pg23Adoor:AJourneyinFrames/RajivMehrotra/Pg25Adya-Unbounded/AaradhanaKohliKapur/Pg27Cityscapes-Lucknow/RameshSharma/MovingPictureCompany/Pg75Cityscapes-Mysore/RameshSharma/MovingPictureCompany/Pg76Cityscapes-Shillong/RameshSharma/MovingPictureCompany/Pg78DivineShadows/GirijaPattanaik/Pg90Einlassen/AaradhanaKohliKapur/Pg96FromtheFoothillsofKilimanjaro/AmitabhMunshi/Pg110GlobalInformationHighway-IndiaMovesintothefastlane/JawedNaqvi/Pg 115Nisbat...Connection/MuzaffarAli/Pg240OfMelodiesDivine/JuhiSinha/Pg244StructuresofMemory/VivanSundaram/Pg313TheChangingFaceofIndianCountryside/RanjanKumarSingh,UpenderSood/Pg323TheSouthImperativesofCo-operation/SuhasBorker/Pg352TheWayofBuddha/UmeshBist/Pg359WomeninPanchayat/AnjaliKhosla,SanjayBarnela/Pg386

YearOfProduction

1998

ARiveranditsValley/JahnuBarua/Pg17ARiver’sStory-TheQuestfortheBrahmaputra/JahnuBarua/Pg18BreakingBarriers-TheNewIndianWomen/PallavDas/Pg52Cityscapes-Delhi/RameshSharma/MovingPictureCompany/Pg74Cityscapes-Chandigarh/RameshSharma/MovingPictureCompany/Pg77Cityscapes-Calcutta/RameshSharma/MovingPictureCompany/Pg79FacetsofOurMusic,OurInstruments/VivekVerma/Pg102FragranceofLove/MuzaffarAli/Pg107IndianNobelLaureates/AlokeBanerjee/Pg171KuchipudiRevisited/YaminiKrishnamurthy/Pg214LandofMemories/ArunKumar/Pg217NaukaCaritramu-BoatSong:TrinityofCarnaticWomenMusicians/SarojSatyanarayan/Pg236RootsofDatia/K.BikramSingh/Pg287SAARC-LookingBeyondPropheciesofDoom/JawedNaqvi/Pg290TheUnfinishedRevolution-Part1/SuhasBorker/Pg357TheUnfinishedRevolution-Part2/SuhasBorker/Pg358

1997

GlimpsesofIndianPaintings/K.BikramSingh/Pg114IndiainSpace/KaranBali/Pg155TheMakingofaNation-Part1:Aprologue/RameshSharma/MovingPictureCompany/Pg329TheMakingofaNation-Part2:Birthofnationalism/RameshSharma/MovingPictureCompany/Pg330TheMakingofaNation-Part3:TheEconomicAgenda/RameshSharma/

MovingPictureCompany/Pg331

YearOfProduction

444 445

1997

TheMakingofaNation-Part4:TheShapingofIndia’sforeignpolicy/RameshSharma/MovingPictureCompany/Pg332TheMakingofaNation-Part5:DemocracyinAction/RameshSharma/MovingPictureCompany/Pg333TheMakingofaNation-Part6:Womenandthenation/RameshSharma/MovingPictureCompany/Pg334TheMakingofaNation-Part7:Asocietyintransition/RameshSharma/MovingPictureCompany/Pg335TheMakingofaNation-Part8:Cinemaandthenation/RameshSharma/MovingPictureCompany/Pg336TheMakingofaNation-Part9:Secularismandthenation/RameshSharma/MovingPictureCompany/Pg337TheMakingofaNation-Part10:Agendaforthefuture/RameshSharma/MovingPictureCompany/Pg338

1996

India5555-Part3/S.Krishnaswamy/Pg146India5555-Part4/S.Krishnaswamy/Pg147

1995

ColoursofDreams/AlokeBanerjee,JaydipMukherjee/Pg81India5555-Part1/S.Krishnaswamy/Pg144India5555-Part2/S.Krishnaswamy/Pg145India’sTrystWithDestiny/RameshSharma/MovingPictureCompany/Pg 166MagicintheMaking/RitabanGhatak/Pg225PopMusicofIndia/RameshSharma/MovingPictureCompany/Pg261TheIndianOcean/SiddharthBhatia/Pg327TransitionTimes-Part1/ShantanuDey/Pg367TransitionTimes-Part2/ShantanuDey/Pg368

YearOfProduction

1994

ANationCelebrates/KabirKhan/Pg13Dwitaya/SurajPurohit/Pg94IndiaBusinessOverview‘94/RameshSharma/MovingPictureCompany/Pg 152IslaminIndia-AFusionofCultures/PrashunBhaumik/Pg199Rasayatra-TheTravellingSong/NandanKudhyadi/Pg273

1992

RootedImagination/ShomaChaudhury/Pg286

1991

Bhavantarana/KumarShahani/Pg45Sanchari/ArunKhopkar/Pg292

1990

FiguresofThought/ArunKhopkar/Pg104SufiTraditionsofIndia/KhalidSultan/Pg314

1989

AgricultureFirst-AchievementsinAgriculturalSciencesandTechnologyinIndia/Mohi-Ud-DinMirza/Pg28

1987

DesignClassicsofIndia/MadhureetaNegi/Anand/Pg85

1985

IndianWinsFreedom/BhanumurthyAlur/Pg173QuitIndia/R.Krishnamohan/Pg270

YearOfProduction

446 447

1982

PeopleofPeace-Part1:TheMessage/JohnDayal/Pg258PeopleofPeace-Part2:TheMission/JohnDayal/Pg259PeopleofPeace-Part3:TheFusion/JohnDayal/Pg260

1980

AaoHajjKaren/MazahirRahim/Pg22

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Name of Documentary Year Duration Shorter YouTube link

1 1000 feet of hope 2011 25 Minutes http://goo.gl/2OzTPc2 A Brush with Life 2011 32Minutes http://goo.gl/5J4wyf3 A La Cart (Food in the Street of India) 2009 29 Minutes http://goo.gl/NSK1bO4 A Land, Strangely Familiar 2013 50 Minutes http://goo.gl/qVubQN5 A Nation Celebrates 1994 28 Minutes http://goo.gl/jg42PC6 A River’s Story: The Quest for

Brahmaputra 1998 55 Minutes http://goo.gl/zY6oKm

7 A World of Beauty and Grace: Islamic Architecture of India

2011 32Minutes http://goo.gl/aZeObA

8 Abiding Grace: Glimpses of the North East

1999 55 Minutes http://goo.gl/EAXd5V

9 An Indian Symphony 2011 26 minutes http://goo.gl/N9NY6e10 An Indivisible Unity: A film on Indian

Muslims Part 1 2005 30 Minutes http://goo.gl/PAQYRK

11 An Indivisible Unity: A film on Indian Muslims Part 2

2005 30 Minutes http://goo.gl/1JsvHk

12 An Indivisible Unity: A film on Indian Muslims Part 3

2005 30 Minutes http://goo.gl/e4euAP

13 Bandhan 2011 26 Minutes http://goo.gl/SazJE414 Beyond Chicken Tikka Masala 2013 26 minutes http://goo.gl/s5ZLSC15 Blending Borders: Africa India Forum

Summit-II 2012 29 Minutes http://goo.gl/vr5z6T

16 Bridges of Friendship 2002 26 Minutes http://goo.gl/ul1E7R17 Bridging the Gap between India and

Bharat: MGNREGA 2011 52 Minutes http://goo.gl/vjDrbw

18 CityScapes: Chandigarh 1998 30 Minutes http://goo.gl/IoPKfP 19 CityScapes: Lucknow 1999 30 Minutes http://goo.gl/jFk9Th 20 Connecting Hearts: India’s Pan Africa

E-Network2011 9 Minutes http://goo.gl/p6pTM8

21 Dharma: The Path of Righteousness Part 1

2009 22 Minutes http://goo.gl/4r0bv0

22 Dharma: The Path of Righteousness Part 2

2009 21 Minutes http://goo.gl/4r0bv0

DocumentaryfilmsavailableinArabic

448 449

Sl. Name of Documentary Year Duration Shorter YouTube link

23 Echoes From The Past 2000 30 Minutes http://goo.gl/ciCgdt 24 Expressions in Harmony 2012 9 Minutes http://goo.gl/8UmWmQ25 Faith Revisited 2011 26 Minutes http://goo.gl/BPxeFc26 Fragrance of Love 1998 60 Minutes http://goo.gl/9OFAJO 27 Gandhi Lives 2013 52 Minutes http://goo.gl/N5rxsr28 Green Signals: The Environment

in India 2005 30 Minutes http://goo.gl/QVpJAK

29 Harmony Fest 2013 45 Minutes http://goo.gl/44VSNz30 Hello India 2013 45 Minutes http://goo.gl/c3iuI831 Her Own Sky 2000 27 Minutes http://goo.gl/jDwHjC 32 Homing Pigeons 2003 31 Minutes http://goo.gl/ztqPwg33 Humsaye-Two Nations, Two

Neighbours 2010 30 Minutes http://goo.gl/vTF0jd

34 India 2.0: Towards a Networked Nation

2011 24 minutes http://goo.gl/ZuHq2Q

35 India by Choice 2010 29 Minutes http://goo.gl/n5MZVg36 India In Space 1997 56Minutes http://goo.gl/M8zLP137 India: The Cyber Frontiers (Pt.I) 2000 26 Minutes http://goo.gl/eZII5h 38 India: The Cyber Frontiers (Pt.II) 2000 24 Minutes http://goo.gl/xUM8Ru 39 India: The Cyber Frontiers (Pt.III) 2000 25 Minutes http://goo.gl/1LvhpG 40 Indian Democracy Spreads its

Wings 2001 30 Minutes http://goo.gl/uwnSQ2

41 Indian Nobel Laureates 1998 31 Minutes http://goo.gl/6TxQPB 42 Integral India: Guru Lama 2005 4 Minutes http://goo.gl/6OY7nk43 Integral India: A Perfect Harmony 2005 5 Minutes http://goo.gl/6OY7nk44 Integral India: Apostle of Peace 2005 4 Minutes http://goo.gl/6OY7nk45 Integral India: Twin Villages 2005 5 Minutes http://goo.gl/6OY7nk46 Integral India: Divine Music 2005 3 Minutes http://goo.gl/6OY7nk47 Integral India: Game for the Brave 2005 5 Minutes http://goo.gl/6OY7nk48 Integral India: Perfect Strokes 2005 5 Minutes http://goo.gl/6OY7nk



49 Integral India: Prayers in Stone 2005 5 Minutes http://goo.gl/6OY7nk50 Integral India: The Cosmopolitan

Haven2005 5 Minutes http://goo.gl/6OY7nk

51 Integral India: The Legend of Sohni Mahiwal

2005 5 Minutes http://goo.gl/6OY7nk

52 Integral India: The Pashmina Story 2005 5 Minutes http://goo.gl/6OY7nk53 Integral India: The Gastronomical

Journey 2005 5 Minutes http://goo.gl/6OY7nk

54 Integral India: In Search of Shiva 2005 5 Minutes http://goo.gl/6OY7nk55 Integral India: Sublime Art 2005 4 Minutes http://goo.gl/6OY7nk56 Integral India: A Last Harmony 2005 5 Minutes http://goo.gl/6OY7nk57 Integral India: Dardpura… A

Village of Pain 2005 6 Minutes http://goo.gl/hAxInI

58 Integral India: Invisible Lines 2005 6 Minutes http://goo.gl/hAxInI59 Integral India: Of Rights and

Wrong2005 6 Minutes http://goo.gl/hAxInI

60 Integral India: Hamlavar Khabardar

2005 6 Minutes http://goo.gl/hAxInI

61 Integral India: Iron Butterflies 2005 5 Minutes http://goo.gl/hAxInI62 Integral India: Four Days in 1947 2005 6 Minutes http://goo.gl/hAxInI63 Integral India: Peace for

Development2005 6 Minutes http://goo.gl/hAxInI

64 Integral India: Accession 2005 6 Minutes http://goo.gl/hAxInI65 Integral India: Healing Touch 2005 6 Minutes http://goo.gl/hAxInI66 Islam In India – A Fusion of

Cultures (Part-I) 1994 30 Minutes http://goo.gl/vsZ4o1

67 Islam In India - A Fusion of Cultures (Part II)

1994 30 Minutes http://goo.gl/g6KnyI

68 IT Revolution In India 2005 30 Minutes http://goo.gl/HMkAjy69 Jana Gana Mana 2002 45Minutes http://goo.gl/BWT5hb70 Journey of Ayurveda 2012 46 Minutes http://goo.gl/XnE5rr


450 451


71 Kashmir in Indian Poetry 2005 51 Minutes http://goo.gl/Wwf4vY72 Kashmir: The Land of Divine

Love2005 50 Minutes http://goo.gl/DI2T9l

72 Ladakh - A Cradle of Buddhism 2006 9 Minutes http://goo.gl/w7HOxE73 Land Of Buddha 2000 60 Minutes http://goo.gl/p42FPU74 Life Encoded Biotechnology: The

Indian Effort 2004 31 Minutes http://goo.gl/pJ8Evj

75 Living Stories: Story telling traditions of India

2011 36 Minutes http://goo.gl/cRLt5e

76 Love Song of the world 2010 26minutes http://goo.gl/TMRJza77 Made in Bollywood 2002 25 Minutes http://goo.gl/7lMJ1778 Medieval Marvels 2011 25 Minutes http://goo.gl/CRcjfG79 Modern Spaces Indian Light 2011 26 Minutes http://goo.gl/FVzsE780 Mrinalini Sarabhai: The Artist and

Her Art 2013 51 Minutes http://goo.gl/KstfmL

81 Nectar In Stone 2005 56 Minutes http://goo.gl/ENuXyV82 Nisbat… Connection 1999 30 Minutes http://goo.gl/gmUciM 83 No problem! 6 months with the

Barefoot Grandmamas2013 56 minutes http://goo.gl/J4sSAA

84 October Vignettes Delhi: CGW 2010

2011 28 Minutes http://goo.gl/Lh0Vlp

85 Of Melodies Divine 1999 29 Minutes http://goo.gl/wtxXlP 86 PeaceKeepers 2005 28Minutes http://goo.gl/Zr61a587 Pride of India – Ela Bhatt 2002 24 Minutes http://goo.gl/pbjIuu88 Pride of India – Kiran Mazumdar

Shaw 2002 21 Minutes http://goo.gl/1K087H

89 Pride of India – Mallika Sarabhai 2003 24 Minutes http://goo.gl/Tp6eFB90 Pride of India – Naina Lal Kidwai 2002 23 Minutes http://goo.gl/VgQzDG91 Pride of India – Ritu Kumar 2003 24 Minutes http://goo.gl/2DBzrx

92 Pride of India – Shama Zaidi 2003 23 Minutes http://goo.gl/Wd3coZ


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Name of Documentary Year Duration Shorter YouTube link

93 Pride of India – Shruti Sharma 2002 21 Minutes http://goo.gl/PZ2dfF94 Rasa- The Fountain of Life 2002 45 Minutes http://goo.gl/WZmZbx95 Rasamanjari 2001 50 Minutes http://goo.gl/pECuNE96 Rebuilding The Playground 2004 28 Minutes http://goo.gl/niDDsi97 Revealed: The Golden Temple 2011 48 Minutes http://goo.gl/kKX59498 Revisiting India By Rail 2005 60 Minutes http://goo.gl/tb8ZQF99 Rhythmic Echoes and Reflections 2003 30 Minutes http://goo.gl/Hfmddf100 Rising Over the Oceans 2003 25 Minutes http://goo.gl/V36jOV101 Rumi in the Land of Khusrau 2001 30 Minutes http://goo.gl/drHi87102 Sama – Muslim Mystic Music of

India 2013 52 Minutes http://goo.gl/PsrGxz

103 Sewa: Banking on Indian Women 2004 30 Minutes http://goo.gl/AwHV4X 104 Six Yards of Grace: The

Handicrafted Indian Saree2011 23 Minutes http://goo.gl/tcXY6n

105 Steps and Strides: A Silent White Revolution – Baroda

2005 5 Minutes http://goo.gl/AbcM9q

106 Steps and Strides: Jewelry Design 2005 5 Minutes http://goo.gl/AbcM9q

107 Steps and Strides: Urga Gram – Palahi, Punjab


108 Steps and Strides: Sikkim orchids 2005 5 Minutes http://goo.gl/AbcM9q

109 Steps and Strides: Golf in Martinpurva, Lucknow


110 Steps and Strides: Women’s Micro Credit in Karala


111 Steps and Strides: Bharat Ratna MGR School – Chennai


112 Steps and Strides: PARAM Super Computer – Pune



452 453


113 Steps and Strides: Women’s India Trust – Mumbai


114 Steps and Strides: Women’s Fisheries and Share Cropping-Bihar


115 Tapestries of Change: An Indo-African Story of Empowerment

2012 11 Minutes http://goo.gl/1C6SkN

116 The Blue Berets 2001 30 Minutes http://goo.gl/gPtCuG117 The Carbon Merchants 2011 24 Minutes http://goo.gl/YG5Oc8118 The Making of A Nation Part 1:

A Prologue1997 28 Minutes http://goo.gl/qTrg3p

119 The Making of A Nation Part 2: Birth of Nationalism

1997 29 Minutes http://goo.gl/7DsH6c

120 The Making of A Nation Part 3: The Economic Agenda

1997 25 Minutes http://goo.gl/YgB7dj

121 The Making of A Nation Part 4: The Shaping of India’s Foreign Policy

1997 27 Minutes http://goo.gl/36fngN

122 The Making of A Nation Part 5: Democracy in Action

1997 25Minutes http://goo.gl/s9WD2L

123 The Making of A Nation Part 6: Women and the Nation

1997 25 Minutes http://goo.gl/jnkJHp

124 The Making of A Nation Part 7: A Society in Transition

1997 25Minutes http://goo.gl/7jT5hR

125 The Making of A Nation Part 8: Cinema and the Nation

1997 27 Minutes http://goo.gl/Z6t7pj

126 The Making of A Nation Part 9: Secularism and the Nation

1997 28 Minutes http://goo.gl/ttMKSo

127 The Making of A Nation Part 10: Agenda for the Future

1997 27 Minutes http://goo.gl/g6xGby

128 The Musalman: Preservation of a Dream

2011 10 Minutes http://goo.gl/0y8jRm



129 The Patient Stone 2005 36 Minutes http://goo.gl/PibpL6130 The Self Portrait (Muslim Women-

India) 2004 36 Minutes http://goo.gl/sWhRi4

131 The Treasure in the Snow : A Film on Sikkim

2002 28 Minutes http://goo.gl/4sGOew

132 The Way of Buddha 1999 30 Minutes http://goo.gl/ljngL6133 The Women in Blue Berets 2013 48 Minutes http://goo.gl/LNwZxC134 Timeless Friendship Part 1 2004 28 Minutes http://goo.gl/zpiI7T

135 Timeless Friendship Part 2 2004 28 Minutes http://goo.gl/FKCxQM

136 Timeless Friendship Part 3 2004 28 Minutes http://goo.gl/Q7bsNy

137 Triveni: Where Rivers Meet Part 1 2002 23 Minutes http://goo.gl/Td3h9a

138 Triveni: Where Rivers Meet Part 2 2002 23 Minutes http://goo.gl/txK4L4

139 Why can’t I? 2011 24 Minutes http://goo.gl/xDKyna

140 Women In Panchayati Raj 1999 32 Minutes http://goo.gl/d7srzl


454 455


1 BridgesofFriendship 2002 26Minutes http://goo.gl/E28dN92 Dharma:ThePathof

RighteousnessPart12009 22Minutes http://goo.gl/KvofWd

3 Dharma:ThePathofRighteousnessPart2

2009 21Minutes http://goo.gl/KvofWd

4 FulfillingtheVision 2003 12Minute http://goo.gl/mqcM0M5 India:TheCyberFrontiers(Pt.I) 2000 26Minutes http://goo.gl/ixSmfa6 India:TheCyberFrontiers(Pt.II) 2000 24Minutes http://goo.gl/EBS2rw

7 India:TheCyberFrontiers(Pt.III) 2000 25Minutes http://goo.gl/MB4wjB

8 Indian Legends Part 1 2004 25Minutes http://goo.gl/kGlbHL

9 Kashmir:TheLandofDivineLove 2004 50Minutes http://goo.gl/6LgBIc

10 Ladakh-ACradleofBuddhism 2006 9Minutes http://goo.gl/e01n4U

11 PeaceKeepers 2005 28Minutes http://goo.gl/HrXqQS

12 PrideofIndia–ElaBhatt 2002 24Minutes http://goo.gl/p5mtE5

13 PrideofIndia–MallikaSarabhai 2003 24Minutes http://goo.gl/8IbafJ

14 PrideofIndia–NainaLalKidwai 2002 23Minutes http://goo.gl/EuKaQ7

15 PrideofIndia–RituKumar 2003 24Minutes http://goo.gl/MxhjMk

16 PrideofIndia–ShamaZaidi 2003 23Minutes http://goo.gl/1SIJYb

17 PrideofIndia–ShrutiSharma 2002 21Minutes http://goo.gl/DNLAu0

18 Rasa-TheFountainofLife 2002 45Minutes http://goo.gl/xkZrOm

19 Rasamanjari 2001 50Minutes http://goo.gl/RjBdev

20 RisingOvertheOceans 2003 25Minutes http://goo.gl/h4wyTD

21 Steps and Strides Part 1 to Part 10 2005 51Minutes http://goo.gl/u4OFE1

22 TheBlueBerets 2001 30Minutes http://goo.gl/XFgLBl

DocumentaryfilmsavailableinChinese


23 TheWayofBuddha 1999 30Minutes http://goo.gl/h2DroQ24 Triveni:WhereRiversMeetPart1 2002 23Minutes http://goo.gl/Xs7VDr25 Triveni:WhereRiversMeetPart2 2002 23Minutes http://goo.gl/e97SUO26 Yoga: Aligning to the Source 2013 26Minutes http://goo.gl/rd2iRP

DocumentaryfilmsavailableinChinese

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NameofDocumentary Year Duration ShorterYouTubeLink

1 1000 feet of hope 2011 25Minutes http://goo.gl/e4JVvB2 ABrushwithLife 2011 32Minutes http://goo.gl/btzJ61

3 A La Cart (Food in the Street of India)

2009 29Minutes http://goo.gl/BAh9XP

4 ALand,StrangelyFamiliar 2013 50Minutes http://goo.gl/5sNX8N

5 ARiver’sStory:TheQuestforBrahmaputra

1998 55Minutes http://goo.gl/CGa6hI

6 AWorldofBeautyandGrace:Islamic Architecture of India

2011 32Minutes http://goo.gl/oRqc8y

7 AbidingGrace:GlimpsesoftheNorth East

1999 55Minutes http://goo.gl/pKjv1c

8 Adventure Sports in India 2004 27Minutes http://goo.gl/SYla1T

9 Adya-Unbounded 1999 30Minutes http://goo.gl/WTbeqd

10 AnIndianSymphony 2011 26 minutes http://goo.gl/yMbcDp

11 AnIndivisibleUnity:AfilmonIndianMuslimsPart1

2005 30Minutes http://goo.gl/pqgmlx


2005 30Minutes http://goo.gl/ZR7Xub


2005 30Minutes http://goo.gl/ZrwZ53

14 Bandhan 2011 26Minutes http://goo.gl/la81ID

15 BeyondChickenTikkaMasala 2013 26 minutes http://goo.gl/EvGtVi

16 BlendingBorders:AfricaIndiaForumSummit-II

2012 29Minutes http://goo.gl/yHTQHL

17 BridgesofFriendship 2002 26Minutes http://goo.gl/v5CdGf

18 BridgingtheGapbetweenIndiaandBharat:MGNREGA

2011 52Minutes http://goo.gl/PCDJFM

DocumentaryfilmsavailableinFrench

19 CityScapes:Lucknow 1999 30Minutes http://goo.gl/EQzTaU20 CityScapes:Mysore 1999 30Minutes http://goo.gl/qgwJ90

21 ConnectingHearts:India’sPanAfricaE-Network

2011 9Minutes http://goo.gl/34tLRH


2009 22Minutes http://goo.gl/hOlR02


2009 21Minutes http://goo.gl/hOlR02

24 EchoesFromThePast 2000 30Minutes http://goo.gl/C5iG69

25 ExpressionsinHarmony 2012 9Minutes http://goo.gl/LH4wZl

26 Fabric of Love 2001 24Minutes http://goo.gl/rVnkYK

27 FaithRevisited 2011 26Minutes http://goo.gl/ix1beA

28 Fragrance of Love 1998 60Minutes http://goo.gl/Gf2PHv

29 GandhiLives 2013 52Minutes http://goo.gl/TJ5RXp

30 GlimpsesofIndianPaintingsPart 1

1997 30Minutes http://goo.gl/E4SjXD


1997 30Minutes http://goo.gl/ljLckT

32 GreenSignals:TheEnvironmentin India

2005 30Minutes http://goo.gl/JQxhJY

33 HarmonyFest 2013 45 minutes http://goo.gl/ros43I

34 Hello India 2013 45Minutes http://goo.gl/sSgPRm

35 Homing Pigeons 2003 31Minutes http://goo.gl/b0ICt3

36 Humsaye-TwoNations,TwoNeighbours

2010 30Minutes http://goo.gl/651vLs

37 India2.0:TowardsaNetworkedNation

2011 24 minutes http://goo.gl/rUanKR

38 IndiabyChoice 2010 29Minutes http://goo.gl/54qFXU

39 India’sTrystWithDestiny 1995 30Minutes http://goo.gl/9UdTS6


458 459

40 India In Space 1997 56Minutes http://goo.gl/C1uW3E41 India:TheCyberFrontiers(Pt.I) 2000 26Minutes http://goo.gl/bgRMgI

42 India:TheCyberFrontiers(Pt.II) 2000 24Minutes http://goo.gl/EPZ8Rx

43 India:TheCyberFrontiers(Pt.III) 2000 25Minutes http://goo.gl/m4rMpK

44 IndianDemocracySpreadsitsWings

2001 30Minutes http://goo.gl/5MUEtT

45 Indian Legends Part 2 2004 29Minutes http://goo.gl/65S3eF

46 Indian Nobel Laureates 1998 31Minutes http://goo.gl/fvm7Ka

47 IntegralIndia:ALastHarmony 2005 5Minutes http://goo.gl/sldXlK

48 Integral India: A Perfect Harmony

2005 5Minutes http://goo.gl/uANVZ3

49 Integral India: Accession 2005 6Minutes http://goo.gl/6dFc5i

50 Integral India: Apostle of Peace 2005 4Minutes http://goo.gl/uANVZ3

51 IntegralIndia:Dardpura…AVillage of Pain

2005 6Minutes http://goo.gl/6dFc5i

52 IntegralIndia:DivineMusic 2005 3Minutes http://goo.gl/uANVZ3

53 IntegralIndia:FourDaysin1947 2005 6Minutes http://goo.gl/6dFc5i

54 IntegralIndia:GamefortheBrave


55 IntegralIndia:GuruLama 2005 4Minutes http://goo.gl/uANVZ3



57 IntegralIndia:HealingTouch 2005 6Minutes http://goo.gl/6dFc5i

58 Integral India: In Search of Shiva 2005 5Minutes http://goo.gl/uANVZ3

59 Integral India: Invisible Lines 2005 6Minutes http://goo.gl/6dFc5i

60 IntegralIndia:IronButterflies 2005 5Minutes http://goo.gl/6dFc5i

61 IntegralIndia:OfRightsandWrong



62 Integral India: Peace for Development


63 IntegralIndia:PerfectStrokes 2005 5Minutes http://goo.gl/uANVZ3

64 IntegralIndia:PrayersinStone 2005 5Minutes http://goo.gl/uANVZ3

65 Integral India: Sublime Art 2005 4Minutes http://goo.gl/uANVZ3

66 IntegralIndia:TheCosmopolitan Haven


67 IntegralIndia:TheGastronomicalJourney


68 IntegralIndia:TheLegendofSohniMahiwal


69 IntegralIndia:ThePashminaStory


70 IntegralIndia:TwinVillages 2005 5Minutes http://goo.gl/uANVZ3

71 IslamInIndia–AFusionofCultures(Part-I)

1994 30Minutes http://goo.gl/s2aO5E

72 IslamInIndia-AFusionofCultures(Part-II)

1994 30Minutes http://goo.gl/waWdA5

73 ITRevolutionInIndia 2005 30Minutes http://goo.gl/24Q9h9

74 JourneyofAyurveda 2012 46Minutes http://goo.gl/GjhM87

75 KashmirinIndianPoetry 2005 51Minutes http://goo.gl/45zPIB

76 Kashmir:TheLandofDivineLove

2004 50Minutes http://goo.gl/ZBxmhD

77 Ladakh-ACradleofBuddhism 2006 9Minutes http://goo.gl/Xyvncq

78 LandOfBuddha 2000 60Minutes http://goo.gl/6HAlaJ

79 LifeEncodedBiotechnology:TheIndianEffort

2004 31Minutes http://goo.gl/zGba3G

80 LivingStories:StorytellingtraditionsofIndia

2011 36Minutes http://goo.gl/EDNlPr

81 Love Song of the world 2010 26minutes http://goo.gl/ryqdg9


460 461

82 MadeinBollywood 2002 25Minutes http://goo.gl/20Wnkn83 MedievalMarvels 2011 25Minutes http://goo.gl/iB5rPw

84 ModernSpacesIndianLight 2011 26Minutes http://goo.gl/fJBMPe

85 MrinaliniSarabhai:TheArtistand Her Art

2013 51Minutes http://goo.gl/1b1Y7u

86 Nectar In Stone 2005 56Minutes http://goo.gl/OdAJmW

87 Nisbat…Connection 1999 30Minutes http://goo.gl/D2KRSo

88 No problem! 6 months with the BarefootGrandmamas

2013 56 minutes http://goo.gl/MPvKzH

89 OctoberVignettesDelhi:CGW2010

2011 28Minutes http://goo.gl/JcLgZ1

90 OfMelodiesDivine 1999 29Minutes http://goo.gl/l2h8dM

91 PeaceKeepers 2005 28Minutes http://goo.gl/1kcNfo

92 PrideofIndia–ElaBhatt 2002 24Minutes http://goo.gl/xCLBTc

93 PrideofIndia–KiranMazumdarShaw

2002 21Minutes http://goo.gl/nqy5CN

94 PrideofIndia–MallikaSarabhai 2003 24Minutes http://goo.gl/bMqYQN

95 PrideofIndia–NainaLalKidwai 2002 23Minutes http://goo.gl/Iqc4OX

96 PrideofIndia–ShamaZaidi 2003 23Minutes http://goo.gl/8GvjCk

97 PrideofIndia–ShrutiSharma 2002 21Minutes http://goo.gl/CoS95Q

98 Rasa-TheFountainofLife 2002 45Minutes http://goo.gl/c6Uy1k

99 Rasamanjari 2001 50Minutes http://goo.gl/dq6Q2Y

100 RebuildingThePlayground 2004 28Minutes http://goo.gl/1eSKr5

101 Revealed:TheGoldenTemple 2011 48Minutes http://goo.gl/V90YPL

102 RevisitingIndiaByRail 2005 60Minutes http://goo.gl/XL3SRA

103 RhythmicEchoesandReflections

2003 30Minutes http://goo.gl/YdLZr0


104 RisingOvertheOceans 2003 25Minutes http://goo.gl/524vvc105 RoohPunjabDi 2004 30Minutes http://goo.gl/A0RJxv

106 Sewa:BankingonIndianWomen

2004 30Minutes http://goo.gl/S5VrpH

107 SixYardsofGrace:TheHandicraftedIndianSaree

2011 23Minutes http://goo.gl/U4sGGM

108 SoulConnection 2003 54Minutes http://goo.gl/zGIBxY

109 Steps and Strides: A Silent WhiteRevolution–Baroda

2005 5Minutes http://goo.gl/anB0On

110 StepsandStrides:BharatRatnaMGRSchool–Chennai


111 StepsandStrides:GolfinMartinpurva,Lucknow


112 StepsandStrides:JewelryDesign


113 StepsandStrides:PARAMSuperComputer–Pune


114 StepsandStrides:Sikkimorchids


115 StepsandStrides:UrgaGram–Palahi,Punjab


116 Steps and Strides: Women’s FisheriesandShareCropping-Bihar


117 Steps and Strides: Women’s IndiaTrust–Mumbai


118 Steps and Strides: Women’s MicroCreditinKarala


119 TapestriesofChange:AnIndo-AfricanStoryofEmpowerment

2012 11Minutes http://goo.gl/TnErYG

120 TheBlueBerets 2001 30Minutes http://goo.gl/ngUe0j

121 TheCarbonMerchants 2011 24Minutes http://goo.gl/d8CYEM


462 463

122 TheMakingofANationPart1:A Prologue

1997 28Minutes http://goo.gl/9NtPuR

123 TheMakingofANationPart10:Agenda for the Future

1997 27Minutes http://goo.gl/ghwQiD

124 TheMakingofANationPart2:BirthofNationalism

1997 29Minutes http://goo.gl/a7NUab

125 TheMakingofANationPart3:TheEconomicAgenda

1997 25Minutes http://goo.gl/NHVtYb

126 TheMakingofANationPart4:TheShapingofIndia’sForeignPolicy

1997 27Minutes http://goo.gl/gIJ1Gq

127 TheMakingofANationPart5:DemocracyinAction

1997 25Minutes http://goo.gl/SLfaJk

128 TheMakingofANationPart6:WomenandtheNation

1997 25Minutes http://goo.gl/jT6iHr

129 TheMakingofANationPart7:ASocietyinTransition

1997 25Minutes http://goo.gl/ZnhzWd

130 TheMakingofANationPart8:CinemaandtheNation

1997 27Minutes http://goo.gl/tMZnZ9

131 TheMakingofANationPart9:SecularismandtheNation

1997 28Minutes http://goo.gl/ocfYA8

132 TheMusalman:Preservationofa Dream

2011 10Minutes http://goo.gl/GIq1Ot

133 ThePatientStone 2005 36Minutes http://goo.gl/cbbruF

134 TheSelfPortrait(MuslimWomen-India)

2004 36Minutes http://goo.gl/0X2hKn

135 TheStoryofGitanjali:Songofferings

2008 30Minutes http://goo.gl/M4nkhB

136 TheTreasureintheSnow:AFilmonSikkim

2002 28Minutes http://goo.gl/Aoc1GV

137 TheWayofBuddha 1999 30Minutes http://goo.gl/IhZx2M

138 TheWomeninBlueBerets 2013 48Minutes http://goo.gl/UdOxQG


139 Triveni:WhereRiversMeetPart 1

2002 23Minutes http://goo.gl/5NQfD8


2002 23Minutes http://goo.gl/5NQfD8

141 Whycan’tI? 2011 24Minutes http://goo.gl/sqq7Wm

142 WomenInPanchayatiRaj 1999 32Minutes http://goo.gl/s9Z1WB


464 465


1 ANationCelebrates 1994 28Minutes http://goo.gl/3DPGqw2 ARiver’sStory:TheQuestfor

Brahmaputra1998 55Minutes http://goo.gl/7fFE4b

3 Adventure Sports in India 2004 27Minutes http://goo.gl/bPIkib4 AnIndivisibleUnity:Afilmon

IndianMuslimsPart12005 30Minutes http://goo.gl/LYL5cY


2005 30Minutes http://goo.gl/IG3sSD


2005 30Minutes http://goo.gl/GGqdFP

7 BridgesofFriendship 2002 26Minutes http://goo.gl/iK6cGF

8 CityScapes:Lucknow 1999 30Minutes http://goo.gl/rGHOau


2009 22Minutes http://goo.gl/rgAxRr


2009 21Minutes http://goo.gl/rgAxRr

11 GlimpsesofIndianPaintingsPart1 1997 30Minutes http://goo.gl/kgxMF7

12 GlimpsesofIndianPaintingsPart2 1997 30Minutes http://goo.gl/J5IfBW


2005 30Minutes http://goo.gl/zADq6j

14 HerOwnSky 2000 27Minutes http://goo.gl/h5NHkO

15 Homing Pigeons 2003 31Minutes http://goo.gl/8xVCIl

16 India In Space 1997 56Minutes http://goo.gl/F6kTUC

17 India:TheCyberFrontiers(Pt.II) 2000 24Minutes http://goo.gl/YZiBXT

18 India:TheCyberFrontiers(Pt.III) 2000 25Minutes http://goo.gl/EacpaU


2001 30Minutes http://goo.gl/3qdbmS

20 Indian Nobel Laureates 1998 31Minutes http://goo.gl/zc29gE

DocumentaryfilmsavailableinGerman

21 IndianRootofTibetanBuddhism

2014 50Minutes http://goo.gl/wP9ANU

22 ITRevolutionInIndia 2005 30Minutes http://goo.gl/vFGbFo23 KashmirinIndianPoetry 2005 51Minutes http://goo.gl/YYlnvp

24 LandOfBuddha 2000 60Minutes http://goo.gl/ImaAI9


2004 31Minutes http://goo.gl/Ss77jq

26 Nectar In Stone 2005 56Minutes http://goo.gl/EDf8D2

27 Nisbat…Connection 1999 30Minutes http://goo.gl/4RvNDr

28 OfMelodiesDivine 1999 29Minutes http://goo.gl/8WzSAQ

29 PrideofIndia–ElaBhatt 2002 24Minutes http://goo.gl/mqqk6i


2002 21Minutes http://goo.gl/0jJ9h5

31 PrideofIndia–MallikaSarabhai 2003 24Minutes http://goo.gl/xnE5f0

32 PrideofIndia–NainaLalKidwai 2002 23Minutes http://goo.gl/vl66OO

33 PrideofIndia–RituKumar 2003 24Minutes http://goo.gl/zULeQK

34 PrideofIndia–ShamaZaidi 2003 23Minutes http://goo.gl/w6aKeW

35 PrideofIndia–ShrutiSharma 2002 21Minutes http://goo.gl/WWo8Jl

36 Rasa-TheFountainofLife 2002 45Minutes http://goo.gl/Y1g7Zj

37 Rasamanjari 2001 50Minutes http://goo.gl/HKZ8iF

38 RebuildingThePlayground 2004 28Minutes http://goo.gl/lqdbE3

39 RevisitingIndiaByRail 2005 60Minutes http://goo.gl/7JjwtQ


2003 30Minutes http://goo.gl/epjY1J

41 RisingOvertheOceans 2003 25Minutes http://goo.gl/8YY0P2

42 RoohPunjabDi 2004 30Minutes http://goo.gl/snmZMl


466 467

43 StepsandStrides-Part1toPart 10

2005 5Minutes http://goo.gl/8lPUzM

44 TheBlueBerets 2001 30Minutes http://goo.gl/emRh1C


1997 28Minutes http://goo.gl/6ovqKY

46 TheMakingofANationPart10: Agenda for the Future

1997 27Minutes http://goo.gl/NBloJO


1997 29Minutes http://goo.gl/DksQO9


1997 25Minutes http://goo.gl/UQuzme


1997 27Minutes http://goo.gl/UmV3Za


1997 25Minutes http://goo.gl/W0iayu


1997 25Minutes http://goo.gl/Kc1aAg


1997 25Minutes http://goo.gl/8VFGFd


1997 27Minutes http://goo.gl/zFDi2c


1997 28Minutes http://goo.gl/vicJQE


2004 36Minutes http://goo.gl/tOCHmF


2002 28Minutes http://goo.gl/lnxEU7

57 TheWayofBuddha 1999 30Minutes http://goo.gl/VFLMN7


Sl. No.

NameofDocumentary Year Duration ShorterYouTubelink

1 ANationCelebrates 1994 28Minutes http://goo.gl/NwIwdf2 ARiver’sStory:TheQuestfor

Brahmaputra1998 55Minutes http://goo.gl/9LuubO

3 BridgesofFriendship 2002 26Minutes http://goo.gl/xz7SvD

4 CityScapes:Lucknow 1999 30Minutes http://goo.gl/k1RKOJ


2009 22Minutes http://goo.gl/HeuRG2


2009 21Minutes http://goo.gl/HeuRG2

7 HerOwnSky 2000 27Minutes http://goo.gl/oKnySj

8 Homing Pigeons 2003 31Minutes http://goo.gl/mHaIWm

9 India In Space 1997 56Minutes http://goo.gl/lckdxH

10 India:TheCyberFrontiers(Pt.I) 2000 26Minutes http://goo.gl/YgEVHN

11 India:TheCyberFrontiers(Pt.II) 2000 24Minutes http://goo.gl/2DlJ2Q

12 India:TheCyberFrontiers(Pt.III) 2000 25Minutes http://goo.gl/YJXAyI

13 Indian Legends Part 1 2004 25Minutes http://goo.gl/Y9DlSU

14 Indian Nobel Laureates 1998 31Minutes http://goo.gl/6IHD9Z

15 ITRevolutionInIndia 2005 30Minutes http://goo.gl/7RT3Zy

16 LandOfBuddha 2000 60Minutes http://goo.gl/GEadMh


2004 31Minutes http://goo.gl/yb6bvv

18 Nisbat…Connection 1999 30Minutes http://goo.gl/0IWMxx

19 OfMelodiesDivine 1999 29Minutes http://goo.gl/Tlo035

20 PrideofIndia–ElaBhatt 2002 24Minutes http://goo.gl/1gvcDJ

21 PrideofIndia–MallikaSarabhai 2003 24Minutes http://goo.gl/EdbsjH

22 PrideofIndia–NainaLalKidwai 2002 23Minutes http://goo.gl/bF9TE8

DocumentaryfilmsavailableinJapanese

468 469

23 PrideofIndia–RituKumar 2003 24Minutes http://goo.gl/FSUW2z24 PrideofIndia–ShamaZaidi 2003 23Minutes http://goo.gl/OHld4H

25 PrideofIndia–ShrutiSharma 2002 21Minutes http://goo.gl/UyMjhJ

26 Rasa-TheFountainofLife 2002 45Minutes http://goo.gl/TqMXup

27 Rasamanjari 2001 50Minutes http://goo.gl/S6k7kd

28 RisingOvertheOceans 2003 25Minutes http://goo.gl/lBSq0k

29 Steps and Strides Part 1 to Part 10

2005 5Minuteseach part

http://goo.gl/mLRUxF

30 TheBlueBerets 2001 30Minutes http://goo.gl/fuI87d


1997 28Minutes http://goo.gl/sXR9po


1997 27Minutes http://goo.gl/eIwnLK


1997 29Minutes http://goo.gl/4XcFf5


1997 25Minutes http://goo.gl/Eb1xqr


1997 27Minutes http://goo.gl/9TsBMI


1997 25Minutes http://goo.gl/Pdvcg0


1997 25Minutes http://goo.gl/Y9ujmR


1997 25Minutes http://goo.gl/pHjNdO


1997 27Minutes http://goo.gl/4QxsCD


1997 28Minutes http://goo.gl/FAyOss

41 TheWayofBuddha 1999 30Minutes http://goo.gl/U7dSO4


2002 23Minutes http://goo.gl/1fM8tu


2002 23Minutes http://goo.gl/l64568

DocumentaryfilmsavailableinJapanese

Sl. No.


1 ANationCelebrates 1994 28Minutes http://goo.gl/nwxAv7


2005 30Minutes http://goo.gl/XETWIX


2005 30Minutes http://goo.gl/eCh9VI


2005 30Minutes http://goo.gl/mQY0ar

5 EchoesFromThePast 2000 30Minutes http://goo.gl/34npZo

6 Fragrance of Love 1998 60Minutes http://goo.gl/EOyPLd

7 Homing Pigeons 2003 31Minutes http://goo.gl/tB7fQ4

8 India In Space 1997 56Minutes http://goo.gl/AzVu51

9 India:TheCyberFrontiers(Pt.I) 2000 26Minutes http://goo.gl/iMyBfK

10 India:TheCyberFrontiers(Pt.II) 2000 24Minutes http://goo.gl/Yi5FbS

11 India:TheCyberFrontiers(Pt.III) 2000 25Minutes http://goo.gl/ByYoA6


2001 30Minutes http://goo.gl/wB0ms2

13 IntegralIndia:GuruLama 2005 4Minutes http://goo.gl/HyzSHc


2005 5Minutes http://goo.gl/HyzSHc

15 Integral India: Apostle of Peace 2005 4Minutes http://goo.gl/HyzSHc

16 IntegralIndia:TwinVillages 2005 5Minutes http://goo.gl/HyzSHc

17 IntegralIndia:DivineMusic 2005 3Minutes http://goo.gl/HyzSHc



19 IntegralIndia:PerfectStrokes 2005 5Minutes http://goo.gl/HyzSHc

20 IntegralIndia:PrayersinStone 2005 5Minutes http://goo.gl/HyzSHc



DocumentaryfilmsavailableinPersian

470 471







25 Integral India: In Search of Shiva 2005 5Minutes http://goo.gl/HyzSHc

26 Integral India: Sublime Art 2005 4Minutes http://goo.gl/HyzSHc

27 IntegralIndia:ALastHarmony 2005 5Minutes http://goo.gl/HyzSHc


2005 6Minutes http://goo.gl/5ORV7B

29 Integral India: Invisible Lines 2005 6Minutes http://goo.gl/5ORV7B





32 IntegralIndia:IronButterflies 2005 5Minutes http://goo.gl/5ORV7B

33 IntegralIndia:FourDaysin1947 2005 6Minutes http://goo.gl/5ORV7B



35 Integral India: Accession 2005 6Minutes http://goo.gl/5ORV7B

36 IntegralIndia:HealingTouch 2005 6Minutes http://goo.gl/5ORV7B


1994 30Minutes http://goo.gl/brKUrQ


1994 30Minutes http://goo.gl/cXYmdl

39 Nisbat…Connection 1999 30Minutes http://goo.gl/VlFdtX

40 OfMelodiesDivine 1999 29Minutes http://goo.gl/gLJCOA


2004 30Minutes http://goo.gl/DuYLbz


42 TheBlueBerets 2001 30Minutes http://goo.gl/BxBSt143 TheMakingofANationPart1:

A Prologue1997 28Minutes http://goo.gl/ibYWG0


1997 27Minutes http://goo.gl/JAArP8


1997 29Minutes http://goo.gl/EQTdpz


1997 25Minutes http://goo.gl/1ONpfB


1997 27Minutes http://goo.gl/dRccZ6


1997 25Minutes http://goo.gl/gmGpfr


1997 25Minutes http://goo.gl/9KNtMq


1997 25Minutes http://goo.gl/orUU2u


1997 27Minutes http://goo.gl/Q9qBaC


1997 28Minutes http://goo.gl/6d06WD

53 ThePatientStone 2005 36Minutes http://goo.gl/OEmKiY

54 WomenInPanchayatiRaj 1999 32Minutes http://goo.gl/H35AW3


472 473

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1 1000 feet of hope 2011 25Minutes http://goo.gl/TlXDfP

2 ABrushwithLife 2011 32Minutes http://goo.gl/q9iiJB

3 A La Cart !!! 2009 29Minutes http://goo.gl/536ymR

4 ANationCelebrates 1994 28Minutes http://goo.gl/9lvKZP


2011 32Minutes http://goo.gl/9LCOAa


1999 55Minutes http://goo.gl/pVHI4V

7 AnIndianSymphony 2011 26 minutes http://goo.gl/oofuAQ

8 Bandhan 2011 26Minutes http://goo.gl/Dve8Pi

9 BeyondChickenTikkaMasala 2013 26 minutes http://goo.gl/Pp8IET


2011 52Minutes http://goo.gl/FwuIDn

12 CityScapes:Calcutta 1998 30Minutes http://goo.gl/afdk2u

13 CityScapes:Chandigarh 1998 30Minutes http://goo.gl/A3vEC7

14 CityScapes:Delhi 1998 30Minutes http://goo.gl/nAeSdf

15 CityScapes:Lucknow 1999 30Minutes http://goo.gl/f05Scg


2009 22Minutes http://goo.gl/nuVw6j


2009 21Minutes http://goo.gl/nuVw6j

18 Fabric of Love 2001 24Minutes http://goo.gl/fqpmed

19 FaithRevisited 2011 26Minutes http://goo.gl/dpVfJq

20 Fragrance of Love 1998 60Minutes http://goo.gl/PjXzF9

21 FulfillingtheVision 2003 15Minutes http://goo.gl/AGtZAv

22 GandhiLives 2013 52Minutes http://goo.gl/9vvnyn

DocumentaryfilmsavailableinPortuguese


1997 30Minutes http://goo.gl/xcyelA


1997 30Minutes http://goo.gl/rGQFBV

25 HarmonyFest 2013 45 minutes http://goo.gl/N0qeTu

26 Hello India 2013 45 Minutes

27 HerOwnSky 2000 27Minutes http://goo.gl/TleIWH

28 Homing Pigeons 2003 31Minutes http://goo.gl/mXQXOy


2010 30Minutes http://goo.gl/N2Gakz


2011 24 minutes http://goo.gl/QxyF59

31 IndiabyChoice 2010 29Minutes http://goo.gl/IukgE3

32 India:TheCyberFrontiers(Pt.I) 2000 26Minutes http://goo.gl/s0WTBB

33 India:TheCyberFrontiers(Pt.II) 2000 24Minutes http://goo.gl/NxZhlk

34 India:TheCyberFrontiers(Pt.III) 2000 25Minutes http://goo.gl/uQhUop


2001 30Minutes http://goo.gl/h2FnBB

36 Indian Legends Part 1 2004 25Minutes http://goo.gl/gqAZHn

37 Indian Nobel Laureates 1998 31Minutes http://goo.gl/l79oF7

38 JourneyofAyurveda 2012 46Minutes http://goo.gl/uroA1l


2004 50Minutes http://goo.gl/OZqS3o


2011 36Minutes http://goo.gl/wU7tk0

41 Love Song of the world 2010 26minutes http://goo.gl/d8Bb3m

42 MadeinBollywood 2002 25Minutes http://goo.gl/QMshtZ

43 MedievalMarvels 2011 25Minutes http://goo.gl/GBAojP


474 475

44 ModernSpacesIndianLight 2011 26Minutes http://goo.gl/MZ2Jne45 MrinaliniSarabhai:TheArtist

and Her Art 2013 51Minutes http://goo.gl/hmIFQy

46 Nisbat…Connection 1999 30Minutes http://goo.gl/iC4BV6


2013 56 minutes http://goo.gl/FQpiLu


2011 28 Minutes

http://goo.gl/NJTKPw

49 OfMelodiesDivine 1999 29Minutes http://goo.gl/Z1EXqb

50 PrideofIndia–ElaBhatt 2002 24Minutes http://goo.gl/OLxD4J


2002 21Minutes http://goo.gl/i5UNWL

52 PrideofIndia–MallikaSarabhai 2003 24Minutes http://goo.gl/w51rFb

53 PrideofIndia–NainaLalKidwai 2002 23Minutes http://goo.gl/nkUGEw

54 PrideofIndia–RituKumar 2003 24Minutes http://goo.gl/7yh3z0

55 PrideofIndia–ShamaZaidi 2003 23Minutes http://goo.gl/YalC5B

56 PrideofIndia–ShrutiSharma 2002 21Minutes http://goo.gl/kPYoC7

57 Rasa-TheFountainofLife 2002 45Minutes http://goo.gl/tZeaU7

58 Rasamanjari 2001 50Minutes http://goo.gl/HZNGqH

59 Revealed:TheGoldenTemple 2011 48Minutes http://goo.gl/oPCezB


2003 30Minutes http://goo.gl/grI4je

61 Sama–MuslimMysticMusicofIndia

2013 52Minutes http://goo.gl/6gwkH0


2004 30Minutes http://goo.gl/uSChbP


2011 23Minutes http://goo.gl/Ov10UW

64 SoulConnection 2003 54Minutes http://goo.gl/fFrtP7

65 Steps and Strides: Part 1 to 10 2005 5Minutes http://goo.gl/QlhIjj


66 TheBlueBerets 2001 30Minutes http://goo.gl/MXzYJV

67 TheCarbonMerchants 2011 24Minutes http://goo.gl/oKIwgq

68 TheMakingofANationPart1:APrologue

1997 28Minutes http://goo.gl/8LQLrE


1997 27Minutes http://goo.gl/ajTVOP


1997 29Minutes http://goo.gl/4TzDuW

71 TheMakingofANationPart3:TheEconomic Agenda

1997 25Minutes http://goo.gl/tC9l9H


1997 27Minutes http://goo.gl/t5hB6h


1997 25Minutes http://goo.gl/Bnu5qw


1997 25Minutes http://goo.gl/ETkaEv


1997 25Minutes http://goo.gl/sAJIyK


1997 27Minutes http://goo.gl/rqkWA6


1997 28Minutes http://goo.gl/sHgS3l

78 TheMusalman:PreservationofaDream

2011 10Minutes http://goo.gl/rrhRE8


2008 30Minutes http://goo.gl/XPf0jc


2002 28Minutes http://goo.gl/NEZczR

81 TheWayofBuddha 1999 30Minutes http://goo.gl/vSPcLX

82 TheWomeninBlueBerets 2013 48Minutes http://goo.gl/QIas89

83 Triveni:WhereRiversMeetPart1 2002 23Minutes http://goo.gl/Dg3YgC

84 Triveni:WhereRiversMeetPart2 2002 23Minutes http://goo.gl/J9OLG0

85 Whycan’tI? 2011 24Minutes http://goo.gl/UhQvjG

86 WomenInPanchayatiRaj 1999 32Minutes http://goo.gl/t0rc1o


476 477

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1 ANationCelebrates 1994 28Minutes http://goo.gl/YGd2Tk

2 CityScapes:Delhi 1998 30Minutes http://goo.gl/8lYmnA

3 CityScapes:Lucknow 1999 30Minutes http://goo.gl/2Q7P8N

4 HerOwnSky 2000 27Minutes http://goo.gl/4Hj25s

5 Homing Pigeons 2003 31Minutes http://goo.gl/ZacO1v

6 India In Space 1997 56Minutes http://goo.gl/NnWriS

7 India:TheCyberFrontiers(Pt.I) 2000 26Minutes http://goo.gl/FRpASY

8 India:TheCyberFrontiers(Pt.II) 2000 24Minutes http://goo.gl/R8iKdH

9 India:TheCyberFrontiers(Pt.III) 2000 25Minutes http://goo.gl/wAMMB2

10 Indian Legends Part 1 2004 25Minutes http://goo.gl/4sZl6Y


1994 30Minutes http://goo.gl/5dbE5u


1994 30Minutes http://goo.gl/eRF8ob

13 Nisbat…Connection 1999 30Minutes http://goo.gl/VZCKBV

14 OfMelodiesDivine 1999 29Minutes http://goo.gl/jv1l1r

15 RoadtoAfghanistan 2006 30Minutes http://goo.gl/ftqdIA


2004 30Minutes http://goo.gl/bw6SI9

17 Steps and Strides part 1 to 10 2005 5MinutesEach part

http://goo.gl/W8sz00


1997 28Minutes http://goo.gl/p2xfFb


1997 29Minutes http://goo.gl/jmqzbA

DocumentaryfilmsavailableinPushto


1997 25Minutes http://goo.gl/SZxwz4


1997 27Minutes http://goo.gl/laVV5j


1997 25Minutes http://goo.gl/F17nTe


1997 25Minutes http://goo.gl/GhLVQP


1997 25Minutes http://goo.gl/5BaiPG


1997 27Minutes http://goo.gl/c7fmHW


1997 28Minutes http://goo.gl/kzIK2F


1997 27Minutes http://goo.gl/P9vIo0

28 TimelessFriendshipPart1 2004 28Minutes http://goo.gl/ukKz5X

29 TimelessFriendshipPart2 2004 28Minutes http://goo.gl/ULc7ej

30 TimelessFriendshipPart3 2004 28Minutes http://goo.gl/EtKSkB

31 WomenInPanchayatiRaj 1999 32Minutes http://goo.gl/Qi1blw

DocumentaryfilmsavailableinPushto

478 479

Sl. No.


1 1000 feet of hope 2011 25Minutes http://goo.gl/IqNsnE

2 ABrushwithLife 2011 32Minutes http://goo.gl/WejPXi

3 A La Cart (Food in the Street of India)

2009 29Minutes http://goo.gl/YlSqIT

4 ANationCelebrates 1994 28Minutes http://goo.gl/UUV1rc


1998 55Minutes http://goo.gl/Z0HYGR


2011 32Minutes http://goo.gl/IgNKve


1999 55Minutes http://goo.gl/JFFe6x


2005 30Minutes http://goo.gl/kpyDse


2005 30Minutes http://goo.gl/RxNXos


2005 30Minutes http://goo.gl/Y1kdnj

11 Bandhan 2011 26Minutes http://goo.gl/8QcPcd

12 BeyondChickenTikkaMasala 2013 26 minutes http://goo.gl/dXuUxp

13 BridgesofFriendship 2002 26Minutes http://goo.gl/oQQryh


2011 52Minutes http://goo.gl/E6PwEa

15 CityScapes:Chandigarh 1998 30Minutes http://goo.gl/zC0Hmf

16 CityScapes:Mysore 1999 30Minutes http://goo.gl/Yz2PI6

17 Colours From India 2002 40Minutes http://goo.gl/JPNEd1


2009 22Minutes http://goo.gl/7PxS0a


2009 21Minutes http://goo.gl/7PxS0a

DocumentaryfilmsavailableinRussian

20 FaithRevisited 2011 26Minutes http://goo.gl/YMbg1W21 Fragrance of Love 1998 60Minutes http://goo.gl/tLiYd7

22 FootstepsofNikitin 2007 61Minutes http://goo.gl/Jz9Q4Q

23 GandhiLives 2013 52Minutes http://goo.gl/LfozEF


1997 30Minutes http://goo.gl/TIQwtx


1997 30Minutes http://goo.gl/My1O1b


2005 30Minutes http://goo.gl/MXkRGA

27 HarmonyFest 2013 45 minutes http://goo.gl/fEH90s

28 HerOwnSky 2000 27Minutes http://goo.gl/zGpzfN

29 Homing Pigeons 2003 31Minutes http://goo.gl/M8edzh


2010 30Minutes http://goo.gl/Ul4DeM


2011 24 minutes http://goo.gl/RRcm5s

32 IndiabyChoice 2010 29Minutes http://goo.gl/JPTrCt

33 India In Space 1997 56Minutes http://goo.gl/aJkC1n

34 India:TheCyberFrontiers(Pt.I) 2000 26Minutes http://goo.gl/ZUWG0h

35 India:TheCyberFrontiers(Pt.II) 2000 24Minutes http://goo.gl/fww3xU

36 India:TheCyberFrontiers(Pt.III) 2000 25Minutes http://goo.gl/EA8PQn


2001 30Minutes http://goo.gl/WQd2NJ

38 Indian Legends Part 2 2004 29Minutes http://goo.gl/J46Dq8

39 Indian Nobel Laureates 1998 31Minutes http://goo.gl/UGRkYq

40 IntegralIndia:GuruLama 2005 4Minutes http://goo.gl/hFeJs8


2005 64Minutes http://goo.gl/hFeJs8


480 481

42 Integral India: Apostle of Peace 2005 5Minutes http://goo.gl/hFeJs843 IntegralIndia:TwinVillages 2005 4Minutes http://goo.gl/hFeJs8

44 IntegralIndia:DivineMusic 2005 5Minutes http://goo.gl/hFeJs8



46 IntegralIndia:PerfectStrokes 2005 5Minutes http://goo.gl/hFeJs8

47 IntegralIndia:PrayersinStone 2005 5Minutes http://goo.gl/hFeJs8









52 Integral India: In Search of Shiva 2005 5Minutes http://goo.gl/hFeJs8

53 Integral India: Sublime Art 2005 5Minutes http://goo.gl/hFeJs8

54 IntegralIndia:ALastHarmony 2005 4Minutes http://goo.gl/hFeJs8


2005 5Minutes http://goo.gl/9yzglW

56 Integral India: Invisible Lines 2005 6Minutes http://goo.gl/9yzglW





59 IntegralIndia:IronButterflies 2005 6Minutes http://goo.gl/9yzglW

60 IntegralIndia:FourDaysin1947 2005 5Minutes http://goo.gl/9yzglW




62 Integral India: Accession 2005 6Minutes http://goo.gl/9yzglW63 IntegralIndia:HealingTouch 2005 6Minutes http://goo.gl/9yzglW


1994 30Minutes http://goo.gl/3JTrR4


1994 30Minutes http://goo.gl/oSwt7g

66 ITRevolutionInIndia 2005 30Minutes http://goo.gl/OhchMN

67 JanaGanaMana 2002 45Minutes http://goo.gl/tW18kI

68 JourneyofAyurveda 2012 46Minutes http://goo.gl/y0i4ic

69 LandOfBuddha 2000 60Minutes http://goo.gl/3mD4ic


2004 31Minutes http://goo.gl/KAFuTG


2011 36Minutes http://goo.gl/AHgrmC

72 Love Song of the world 2010 26minutes http://goo.gl/Kj06ag

73 MadeinBollywood 2002 25Minutes http://goo.gl/d5uH1J

74 MedievalMarvels 2011 25Minutes http://goo.gl/f6ETHW

75 ModernSpacesIndianLight 2011 26Minutes http://goo.gl/gcmzje


2013 51Minutes http://goo.gl/n0YXCL

77 Nectar In Stone 2005 56Minutes http://goo.gl/aPbh2D

78 Nisbat…Connection 1999 30Minutes http://goo.gl/Pzc5KP


2013 56 minutes http://goo.gl/qYDepr


2011 28 Minutes

http://goo.gl/fJF4cW

81 OfMelodiesDivine 1999 29Minutes http://goo.gl/Y7qnB0

82 PeaceKeepers 2005 28Minutes http://goo.gl/DNDTlX


482 483

83 PrideofIndia–ElaBhatt 2002 24Minutes http://goo.gl/rbCN3f84 PrideofIndia–KiranMazumdar

Shaw 2002 21Minutes http://goo.gl/Wii1XG

85 PrideofIndia–MallikaSarabhai 2003 24Minutes http://goo.gl/goQKRj

86 PrideofIndia–NainaLalKidwai 2002 23Minutes http://goo.gl/YhU4SW

87 PrideofIndia–RituKumar 2003 24Minutes http://goo.gl/jycjBz

88 PrideofIndia–ShamaZaidi 2003 23Minutes http://goo.gl/U217FK

89 PrideofIndia–ShrutiSharma 2002 21Minutes http://goo.gl/6rZz40

90 Rasa-TheFountainofLife 2002 45Minutes http://goo.gl/fyA72L

91 Rasamanjari 2001 50Minutes http://goo.gl/WH5i3m

92 Revealed:TheGoldenTemple 2011 48Minutes http://goo.gl/zqlSP3

93 RevisitingIndiaByRail 2005 60Minutes http://goo.gl/HIRXrp

94 RisingOvertheOceans 2003 25Minutes http://goo.gl/IRw9W6

95 Sama–MuslimMysticMusicofIndia

2013 52Minutes http://goo.gl/ODL2En


2004 30Minutes http://goo.gl/42N4Mv

97 Shunya–TheBeginningofKnowledge

2002 46Minutes http://goo.gl/ETehJ6


2011 23Minutes http://goo.gl/xoZqmu

99 Steps and Strides Part 1 to 10 2005 5Minutes http://goo.gl/NLYMqo

100 TheBlueBerets 2001 30Minutes http://goo.gl/hw4xwG

101 TheCarbonMerchants 2011 24Minutes http://goo.gl/KJfyjB


1997 28Minutes http://goo.gl/E4bKYS


1997 27Minutes http://goo.gl/BgNrYU



1997 29Minutes http://goo.gl/orYZuz


1997 25Minutes http://goo.gl/FKjjUP


1997 27Minutes http://goo.gl/KNQkxs


1997 25Minutes http://goo.gl/5o8hcb


1997 25Minutes http://goo.gl/kBfdis


1997 25Minutes http://goo.gl/7EHjit


1997 27Minutes http://goo.gl/fJyxvt


1997 28Minutes http://goo.gl/8AQJQz


2011 10Minutes http://goo.gl/zV0xQ7

113 ThePatientStone 2005 36Minutes http://goo.gl/wm8hNv


2008 30Minutes http://goo.gl/MzR5jY


2002 28Minutes http://goo.gl/ux2Tjd

116 TheWayofBuddha 1999 30Minutes http://goo.gl/iRLd2c

117 TheWomeninBlueBerets 2013 48Minutes http://goo.gl/ruS6Qf


2002 23Minutes http://goo.gl/uMlqYu


2002 23Minutes http://goo.gl/uMlqYu

120 Whycan’tI? 2011 24Minutes http://goo.gl/94qYki

121 WomenInPanchayatiRaj 1999 32Minutes http://goo.gl/1jbUOa


484 485

Sl. No.

NameoftheDocumentary Year Duration ShorterYouTubeLink

1 1000 feet of hope 2011 25Minutes http://goo.gl/XZ0sqh

2 ABridgeOverTimeGangaMekongPart2

2001 30Minutes http://goo.gl/3JDyPI

3 ABridgeOverTimeGangaMekongPart1

2001 30Minutes http://goo.gl/3JDyPI

4 ABrushwithLife 2011 32Minutes http://goo.gl/lRbW4E

5 A La Cart !!! 2009 29Minutes http://goo.gl/gzIrbR

6 ALand,StrangelyFamiliar 2013 50Minutes http://goo.gl/pXn65J

7 ANationCelebrates 1994 28Minutes http://goo.gl/52lLyQ


1998 55Minutes http://goo.gl/IJXd2e


2011 32Minutes http://goo.gl/oLYD2Q


1999 55Minutes http://goo.gl/E1Y0DS

11 Adoor:JourneyInFrames 1999 33Minutes http://goo.gl/GMeznY

12 Adventure Sports in India 2004 27Minutes http://goo.gl/hdSC5J

13 AnIndianSymphony 2011 26 minutes http://goo.gl/iETQNF

14 BeyondChickenTikkaMasala 2013 26 minutes http://goo.gl/j6s2D9

15 BridgesofFriendship 2002 26Minutes http://goo.gl/UHYdgH


2011 52Minutes http://goo.gl/utTgGX

17 Call of Hidden Paradise 2003 55Minutes http://goo.gl/GgKLA8

18 CityScapes:Chandigarh 1998 30Minutes http://goo.gl/IRrri6

19 CityScapes:Lucknow 1999 30Minutes http://goo.gl/JD53Kj

20 CityScapes:Mysore 1999 30Minutes http://goo.gl/uw1Ay1

DocumentaryfilmsavailableinSpanish

21 Design Classics of India 1987 32Minutes http://goo.gl/zh8naU22 Dharma:ThePathof

RighteousnessPart12009 22Minutes http://goo.gl/Tycyg7


2009 21Minutes http://goo.gl/Tycyg7

24 EchoesFromThePast 2000 30Minutes http://goo.gl/vYlfjf

25 Fabric of Love 2001 24Minutes http://goo.gl/NVaiCN

26 FaithRevisited 2011 26Minutes http://goo.gl/Jbc3jx

27 Fragrance of Love 1998 60Minutes http://goo.gl/3hq5DL

28 GandhiLives 2013 52Minutes http://goo.gl/EB9A9f


1997 30Minutes http://goo.gl/P2YEOT


1997 30Minutes http://goo.gl/xqldWy


2005 30Minutes http://goo.gl/NLe2GB

32 HarmonyFest 2013 45 minutes http://goo.gl/ydbUKA

33 Hello India 2013 45Minutes http://goo.gl/1uBEm1

34 HerOwnSky 2000 27Minutes http://goo.gl/nGVmQv

35 Homing Pigeons 2003 31Minutes http://goo.gl/EVzeck

36 Humsaye–TwoNations,TwoNeighbours

2010 30Minutes http://goo.gl/icamb6

37 India’sTrystWithDestiny 1995 30Minutes http://goo.gl/FiPHx8


2011 24 minutes http://goo.gl/SYjk3Z

39 IndiabyChoice 2010 29Minutes http://goo.gl/uAQxBD

40 India In Space 1997 56Minutes http://goo.gl/S8Negi

41 India:TheCyberFrontiers(Pt.I) 2000 26Minutes http://goo.gl/w9NTcW


486 487

42 India:TheCyberFrontiers(Pt.II) 2000 24Minutes http://goo.gl/If70zU43 India:TheCyberFrontiers(Pt.III) 2000 25Minutes http://goo.gl/fYKweL


2001 30Minutes http://goo.gl/IOtNlZ

45 Indian Legends Part 1 2004 25Minutes http://goo.gl/hy3UYy

46 Indian Legends Part 2 2004 29Minutes http://goo.gl/4vsW09

47 Indian Nobel Laureates 1998 31Minutes http://goo.gl/BT58BU

48 IndianRootofTibetanBuddhism

2014 50Minutes http://goo.gl/PFqUs5

49 IntegralIndia:GuruLama 2005 4Minutes http://goo.gl/ablWD0


2005 5Minutes http://goo.gl/ablWD0

51 Integral India: Apostle of Peace 2005 4Minutes http://goo.gl/ablWD0

52 IntegralIndia:TwinVillages 2005 5Minutes http://goo.gl/ablWD0

53 IntegralIndia:DivineMusic 2005 3Minutes http://goo.gl/ablWD0



55 IntegralIndia:PerfectStrokes 2005 5Minutes http://goo.gl/ablWD0

56 IntegralIndia:PrayersinStone 2005 5Minutes http://goo.gl/ablWD0









61 Integral India: In Search of Shiva 2005 5Minutes http://goo.gl/ablWD0

62 Integral India: Sublime Art 2005 4Minutes http://goo.gl/ablWD0


63 IntegralIndia:ALastHarmony 2005 5Minutes http://goo.gl/ablWD064 IntegralIndia:Dardpura…A

Village of Pain 2005 6Minutes http://goo.gl/Mz8Hm4

65 Integral India: Invisible Lines 2005 6Minutes http://goo.gl/Mz8Hm4


2005 6Minutes http://goo.gl/Mz8Hm4



68 IntegralIndia:IronButterflies 2005 5Minutes http://goo.gl/Mz8Hm4

69 IntegralIndia:FourDaysin1947 2005 6Minutes http://goo.gl/Mz8Hm4



71 Integral India: Accession 2005 6Minutes http://goo.gl/Mz8Hm4

72 IntegralIndia:HealingTouch 2005 6Minutes http://goo.gl/Mz8Hm4


1994 30Minutes http://goo.gl/L5I9eD


1994 30Minutes http://goo.gl/p9t2WA

75 ITRevolutionInIndia 2005 30Minutes http://goo.gl/nVPmYT

76 JanaGanaMana 2002 45Minutes http://goo.gl/VrKi2l

77 JourneyofAyurveda 2012 46Minutes http://goo.gl/HXbvxx

78 KashmirinIndianPoetry 2005 51Minutes http://goo.gl/hHZ8Ep


2004 50Minutes http://goo.gl/2UxBWi

80 Ladakh-ACradleofBuddhism 2006 9Minutes http://goo.gl/f1Bu1f

81 LandOfBuddha 2000 60Minutes http://goo.gl/UmyYJ1


2004 31Minutes http://goo.gl/lWGU9l


2011 36Minutes http://goo.gl/u9NkrH


488 489

84 Love Song of the world 2010 26minutes http://goo.gl/cgDMHe85 MadeinBollywood 2002 25Minutes http://goo.gl/A50R3u

86 MedievalMarvels 2011 25Minutes http://goo.gl/gVknFu

87 ModernSpacesIndianLight 2011 26Minutes http://goo.gl/i0utFi


2013 51Minutes http://goo.gl/Be4nCA

89 Nectar In Stone 2005 56Minutes http://goo.gl/wwe29w

90 Nisbat…Connection 1999 30Minutes http://goo.gl/6ZW06w


2013 56 minutes http://goo.gl/I6FSAB


2011 28Minutes http://goo.gl/VR4Toc

93 OfMelodiesDivine 1999 29Minutes http://goo.gl/epkyNe

94 PeaceKeepers 2005 28Minutes http://goo.gl/L7017p

95 PrideofIndia–ElaBhatt 2002 24Minutes http://goo.gl/puzdVF

96 PrideofIndia–MallikaSarabhai 2003 24Minutes http://goo.gl/zwIAe4

97 PrideofIndia–NainaLalKidwai 2002 23Minutes http://goo.gl/8tn7sV

98 PrideofIndia–RituKumar 2003 24Minutes http://goo.gl/clWtAw

99 PrideofIndia–ShamaZaidi 2003 23Minutes http://goo.gl/NpFjWs

100 PrideofIndia–ShrutiSharma 2002 21Minutes http://goo.gl/01wUl5

101 Rasa-TheFountainofLife 2002 45Minutes http://goo.gl/3VOk7v

102 Rasamanjari 2001 50Minutes http://goo.gl/IYp03T

103 RebuildingThePlayground 2004 28Minutes http://goo.gl/OUq78o

104 Revealed:TheGoldenTemple 2011 48Minutes http://goo.gl/c3N4cq

105 RevisitingIndiaByRail 2005 60Minutes http://goo.gl/WV4SBX


106 RisingOvertheOceans 2003 25Minutes http://goo.gl/2ATCKn107 RoohPunjabDi 2004 30Minutes http://goo.gl/uaWisA

108 RumiintheLandofKhusrau 2001 30Minutes http://goo.gl/YccPd2


2004 30Minutes http://goo.gl/Az1QfP


2011 23Minutes http://goo.gl/iAwdJE

111 SoulConnection 2003 54Minutes http://goo.gl/d0EJc4

112 Steps and Strides Part 1 to 10 2005 5Minutes http://goo.gl/JY0tjN

113 TheBlueBerets 2001 30Minutes http://goo.gl/BAsflQ

114 TheCarbonMerchants 2011 24Minutes http://goo.gl/QO2AL3

115 TheHealingTree 2001 27Minutes http://goo.gl/XebKkY


1997 28Minutes http://goo.gl/7QLlJJ


1997 29Minutes http://goo.gl/8696jM


1997 25Minutes http://goo.gl/rjPxCn


1997 27Minutes http://goo.gl/4U6VIm


1997 25Minutes http://goo.gl/yDzvBh


1997 25Minutes http://goo.gl/fzvZbf


1997 25Minutes http://goo.gl/f3g3zm


1997 27Minutes http://goo.gl/04rptQ


1997 28Minutes http://goo.gl/RR8Wwg


490 491


1997 27Minutes http://goo.gl/L64Dlk


2011 10Minutes http://goo.gl/c5vWp1

127 ThePatientStone 2005 36Minutes http://goo.gl/eCqyMw


2004 36Minutes http://goo.gl/sX2dQC


2008 30Minutes http://goo.gl/8SyUR7


2002 28Minutes http://goo.gl/nGUeyD

131 TheWayofBuddha 1999 30Minutes http://goo.gl/nXZVtv

132 TheWomeninBlueBerets 2013 48Minutes http://goo.gl/MGOLWt


2002 23Minutes http://goo.gl/uRksh4


2002 23Minutes http://goo.gl/uRksh4

135 Vanashree:ThelivingTree 2001 22Minutes http://goo.gl/M88IlP

136 Whycan’tI? 2011 24Minutes http://goo.gl/HdBxJf

137 WomenInPanchayatiRaj 1999 32Minutes http://goo.gl/5rPFop


Sl. Name of the films

Producer/Director

Category Originallanguage

Sub-titlesavailable

English French Spanish Arabic German

1 27 Down Awtar Krishna Kaul

NFDC Hindi √ √ √ √ √

2 3 Idiot RajkuamrHirani

Bollywood Hindi √

3 AchhootKanya FranzOsten NFDC Hindi √

4 Adi Shankarcharya

G.V.Iyer NFDC Sanskrit √ √ √ √ √

5 Agantuk SatyajitRay NFDC Bangla √ √ √ √ √

6 Antareen MrinalSen NFDC Bangla √ √ √ √ √

7 Antarjali Yatra (Mahayatra)

GautamGhose

NFDC Bangla √ √ √ √

8 Atyachar BhaskarChandavakar

NFDC Marathi √ √ √ √ √

9 Badshah Abbas-Mustan Bollywood Hindi √

10 BandhJharokhen

Prema Karanth


11 Bandhan N.R.Acharya NFDC Hindi

12 Bidyapati DebakiBose NFDC Bangla √

13 Black SanjayLeelaBhanshali

Bollywood Hindi √

14 Border J.P.Dutta Bollywood Hindi √

15 Chalte Chalte AzizMirza Bollywood Hindi √

16 Dhadkan Dharmesh Dharshan

Bollywood Hindi √

17 Dharavi SdhirMishra NFDC Hindi √ √ √ √ √

18 Diksha Arun Kaul NFDC Hindi √ √ √ √ √

19 Doghi Sumitra Bhave,SunilSukthankar

NFDC Marathi √ √ √ √ √

20 EkDoctorkimaut

TapanSinha NFDC Hindi √ √ √ √ √

21 EkGhar GirishKasaravalli

NFDC Hindi √ √ √

22 GadarEkPremKatha

Anil Sharma Bollywood Hindi √

23 Ganashatru SatyajitRay NFDC Bangla √ √ √ √ √

ListofFilmsfornon-commercialscreening rights in DVD format

492 493

Sl. Name of the films

Producer/Director

Category Original Sub-titlesavailable


24 Godan Dilip Chitre NFDC Hindi √ √ √ √ √

25 Hum Saath Saath Hain

Sooraj Barjatiya

Bollywood Hindi √

26 Iqbaal Nagesh Kukunoor

Bollywood Hindi √

27 JaaneBhidoYaaro

Kundan Shah NFDC Hindi √ √ √ √

28 JhuktiTakkoaarGappo

RitwikGhatak NFDC Bangla √ √

29 Kasba Kumar Shahani


30 Katha Don Ganpatravanchi

ArunKhopkar NFDC Marathi √ √ √ √ √

31 KoiMilGaya RakeshRoshan

Bollywood Hindi √

32 KomalGandhar RitwikGhatak NFDC Bangla √ √

33 Kunku V. Shantaram NFDC Marathi √

34 MainZindaHoon SudhirMishra NFDC Hindi √ √ √ √

35 Mammo ShayamBenegal


36 MarhiDaDeeva Surinder Singh NFDC Punjabi √ √ √ √ √

37 Nagarik RitwikGhatak NFDC Bangla √ √

38 Naseem SaeedAkhtarMirza


39 Paheli AmolPalekar Bollywood Hindi √

40 Pardes SubhashGhai Bollywood Hindi √

41 Party GovindNihlani NFDC Hindi √ √ √ √ √

42 PhirMilenge Revathy Bollywood Hindi √

43 Pinjar Chandra PrakashDwivedi

Bollywood Hindi √

44 SantDyaneshwar Vishnupant GovindDamle,Sheikh

NFDC Marathi √

45 Sati Aparna Sen NFDC Bangla √ √

46 Sholay RameshSippy Bollywood Hindi √


Sl. No.

Name of the films

Producer/Director

Category Original Sub-titlesavailable


47 Shool Eeshwar Nivas Bollywood Hindi √

48 Stri K.S. Sethumadhavan

NFDC Telugu √ √ √ √ √

49 Subarnarekha RitwikGhatak NFDC Bangla √ √

50 SurajkaSatvanGhoda

ShayamBenegal NFDC Hindi √ √ √ √ √

51 Taal SubhashGhai Bollywood Hindi √

52 TaareZameenPar

Aamir Khan Bollywood Hindi √

53 Tarang Kumar Shahani NFDC Hindi √ √ √ √ √

54 TheMakingoftheMahatma

ShayamBenegal NFDC English √ √ √ √

55 TitashEktiNadir Nam

RitwikGhatak NFDC Bangla √ √

56 Yaadein SubhashGhai Bollywood Hindi √

57 Yugant Aparna Sen NFDC Bangla √ √ √ √ √


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