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This is a '''list of Indian documentary films''' arranged in alphabetical order.
This is a '''list of Indian documentary films''' arranged in alphabetical order.
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! Title !! Year !! Language !! Director(s)  
! Title !! Year !! Language !! Director(s) !! Notes
|-
|-
| ''[[3D Stereo Caste]]''
| ''3D Stereo Caste''
| 2012
| 2012
| Malayalam
| Malayalam
| A. S. Ajith Kumar
| A. S. Ajith Kumar
|
|-
|-
| ''[[7 Notes to Infinity]]''
| ''[[7 Notes to Infinity]]''
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| English
| English
| [[Shrenik Rao]]
| [[Shrenik Rao]]
|
|-
|-
| ''Abode of Kings: Rajasthan''
| ''Abode of Kings: Rajasthan''
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| English
| English
| [[Shyam Benegal]]
| [[Shyam Benegal]]
|
|-
| ''[[About Love (2019 film)|About Love]]''
| 2019
| Marathi, English
| Archana Atul Phadke
|
|-
|-
| ''A Child of the Streets''
| ''A Child of the Streets''
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| English
| English
| [[Shyam Benegal]]
| [[Shyam Benegal]]
|
|-
|-
| ''A Historical Sketch of Indian Women''
| ''A Historical Sketch of Indian Women''
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| English
| English
| [[Mani Kaul]]
| [[Mani Kaul]]
|
|-
|-
| ''[[Amar Lenin]]'' (My Lenin)
| ''[[Amar Lenin]]'' (My Lenin)
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| Bengali
| Bengali
| [[Ritwik Ghatak]]
| [[Ritwik Ghatak]]
|
|-
|-
| ''And the Show Goes On''
| ''And the Show Goes On''
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| English
| English
| [[Mrinal Sen]]
| [[Mrinal Sen]]
|
|-
|-
| ''An Encounter with Faces''
| ''An Encounter with Faces''
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| English
| English
| [[Vidhu Vinod Chopra]]
| [[Vidhu Vinod Chopra]]
|
|-
|-
| ''Animal Reproduction and Artificial Insemination in Bovines''
| ''Animal Reproduction and Artificial Insemination in Bovines''
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| English
| English
| [[Shyam Benegal]]
| [[Shyam Benegal]]
|
|-
|-
| ''[[An Insignificant Man]]''
| ''[[An Insignificant Man]]''
| 2017
| 2017
| English, Hindi
| English, Hindi
| Khushboo Ranka  
| Khushboo Ranka
|
|-
|-
| ''A Treasure in the Snow'' (Sikkim)
| ''A Treasure in the Snow'' (Sikkim)
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| English
| English
| [[Goutam Ghose]]
| [[Goutam Ghose]]
|
|-
|-
| ''A Tribute to Odissi''
| ''A Tribute to Odissi''
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| English
| English
| [[Goutam Ghose]]
| [[Goutam Ghose]]
|
|-
|-
| ''Arrival''
| ''Arrival''
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| Hindi
| Hindi
| [[Mani Kaul]]
| [[Mani Kaul]]
|
|-
|-
| ''A Quilt of Many Cultures: South India''
| ''A Quilt of Many Cultures: South India''
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| English
| English
| [[Shyam Benegal]]
| [[Shyam Benegal]]
|
|-
|-
| "[[Ancient River & Ancestors]]"
| ''Ancient River & Ancestors''
| 2016
| 2016
| English
| English
| [[AjuKarthick G]]
| AjuKarthick G
|
|-
|-
| ''[[Baavra Mann]]''
| ''[[Baavra Mann]]''
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| English
| English
| [[Jaideep Varma]]
| [[Jaideep Varma]]
|
|-
|-
| ''[[Bala (1976 film)|Bala]]''
| ''[[Bala (1976 film)|Bala]]''
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| English
| English
| [[Satyajit Ray]]
| [[Satyajit Ray]]
|
|-
|-
| ''Bal Sansar''
| ''Bal Sansar''
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| Hindi
| Hindi
| [[Shyam Benegal]]
| [[Shyam Benegal]]
|
|-
|-
| ''Before My Eyes''
| ''Before My Eyes''
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| English
| English
| [[Mani Kaul]]
| [[Mani Kaul]]
|
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| Beyond Genocide: Bhopal
| 1986
| Hindi<br>English
| [[Tapan Bose]]
| <ref>{{cite web | last=Ninan | first=Sevanti | title=The most comprehensive film on Bhopal | website=Down To Earth | date=10 January 2025 | url=https://www.downtoearth.org.in/environment/the-most-comprehensive-film-on-bhopal-30147 | access-date=10 June 2025}}</ref>
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|-
| ''Beyond the Himalayas''
| ''Beyond the Himalayas''
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| English
| English
| [[Goutam Ghose]]
| [[Goutam Ghose]]
|
|-
|-
| ''[[Bombay: Our City]]''
| ''[[Bombay: Our City]]''
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| English, Hindi
| English, Hindi
| [[Anand Patwardhan]]
| [[Anand Patwardhan]]
|
|-
|-
| ''Books That Talk''
| ''Books That Talk''
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| English
| English
| [[Sai Paranjpye]]
| [[Sai Paranjpye]]
|
|-
|-
| ''[[Born into Brothels]]''
| ''[[Born into Brothels]]''
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| Bengali, English
| Bengali, English
| [[Zana Briski]]
| [[Zana Briski]]
|
|-
|-
|[[Bunkar: The Last of the Varanasi Weavers]]
|[[Bunkar: The Last of the Varanasi Weavers]]
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|English, Hindi
|English, Hindi
|[[Satyaprakash Upadhyay]]
|[[Satyaprakash Upadhyay]]
|
|-
|-
| ''Calcutta My El Dorado'' (City Life)
| ''Calcutta My El Dorado'' (City Life)
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| English
| English
| [[Mrinal Sen]]
| [[Mrinal Sen]]
|
|-
|-
| ''[[Celluloid Man]]''
| ''[[Celluloid Man]]''
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| English, Hindi, Kannada, Bengali
| English, Hindi, Kannada, Bengali
| Shivendra Singh Dungarpur
| Shivendra Singh Dungarpur
|
|-
|-
| ''Chains of Bondage''
| ''Chains of Bondage''
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| English
| English
| [[Goutam Ghose]]
| [[Goutam Ghose]]
|
|-
|-
| ''[[Children of the Pyre]]''
| ''[[Children of the Pyre]]''
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| Hindi
| Hindi
| [[Rajesh S. Jala]]
| [[Rajesh S. Jala]]
|
|-
|-
| ''Chitrakathi''
| ''Chitrakathi''
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| Hindi
| Hindi
| [[Mani Kaul]]
| [[Mani Kaul]]
|
|-
|-
| ''Chooriyan''
| ''Chooriyan''
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| Hindi
| Hindi
| [[Sai Paranjpye]]
| [[Sai Paranjpye]]
|
|-
|-
| ''Classic Dance Forms of India: Koodiattam''
| ''Classic Dance Forms of India: Koodiattam''
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| Hindi
| Hindi
| [[Prakash Jha]]
| [[Prakash Jha]]
|
|-
|-
| ''Climate's First Orphans''
| ''Climate's First Orphans''
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| English
| English
| [[Nila Madhab Panda]]
| [[Nila Madhab Panda]]
|
|-
|-
| ''Close to Nature''
| ''Close to Nature''
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| English
| English
| [[Shyam Benegal]]
| [[Shyam Benegal]]
|
|-
|-
| ''Dabcherry Milk Project''
| ''Dabcherry Milk Project''
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| English
| English
| [[Sai Paranjpye]]
| [[Sai Paranjpye]]
|
|-
|-
| ''[[Daughters of Mother India]]''
| ''[[Daughters of Mother India]]''
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| Hindi, English
| Hindi, English
| [[Vibha Bakshi]]
| [[Vibha Bakshi]]
|
|-
|-
| ''Development in Irrigation''
| ''Development in Irrigation''
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| English
| English
| [[Goutam Ghose]]
| [[Goutam Ghose]]
|
|-
|-
| ''Dhrupad''
| ''Dhrupad''
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| Hindi
| Hindi
| [[Mani Kaul]]
| [[Mani Kaul]]
|
|-
|-
| ''Didi''
| ''Didi''
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| Hindi
| Hindi
| [[Prakash Jha]]
| [[Prakash Jha]]
|
|-
|-
| ''Ek Ghat Ki Kahani''
| ''Ek Ghat Ki Kahani''
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| Hindi
| Hindi
| [[Goutam Ghose]]
| [[Goutam Ghose]]
|
|-
|-
| ''Epilepsy''
| ''Epilepsy''
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| English
| English
| [[Shyam Benegal]]
| [[Shyam Benegal]]
|
|-
|-
| ''Faces After the Storm''
| ''Faces After the Storm''
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| English
| English
| [[Prakash Jha]]
| [[Prakash Jha]]
|
|-
|-
|''[[Father, Son, and Holy War]]''
|''[[Father, Son, and Holy War]]''
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|Hindi, English
|Hindi, English
|[[Anand Patwardhan]]
|[[Anand Patwardhan]]
|
|-
|-
| ''Festival of India''
| ''Festival of India''
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| French, English
| French, English
| [[Shyam Benegal]]
| [[Shyam Benegal]]
|
|-
|-
|[[Final Solution (2003 film)|''Final Solution'']]
|[[Final Solution (2003 film)|''Final Solution'']]
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|English, Hindi
|English, Hindi
|[[Rakesh Sharma (filmmaker)|Rakesh Sharma]]
|[[Rakesh Sharma (filmmaker)|Rakesh Sharma]]
|
|-
|-
| ''Foundations of Progress''
| ''Foundations of Progress''
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| English
| English
| [[Shyam Benegal]]
| [[Shyam Benegal]]
|
|-
|-
| ''Friends Together''
| ''Friends Together''
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| Hindi  
| Hindi  
| [[Prakash Jha]]
| [[Prakash Jha]]
|
|-
|-
| ''Growth for a Golden Future''
| ''Growth for a Golden Future''
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| English
| English
| [[Shyam Benegal]]
| [[Shyam Benegal]]
|
|-
|-
| ''[[Gulabi Gang (film)|Gulabi Gang]]''
| ''[[Gulabi Gang (film)|Gulabi Gang]]''
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| Hindi, Bundeli
| Hindi, Bundeli
| [[Nishtha Jain]]
| [[Nishtha Jain]]
|
|-
|-
| ''Horoscope for a Child''
| ''Horoscope for a Child''
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| English
| English
| [[Shyam Benegal]]
| [[Shyam Benegal]]
|
|-
|-
| ''Hungry Autumn''
| ''Hungry Autumn''
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| English
| English
| [[Goutam Ghose]]
| [[Goutam Ghose]]
|
|-
|-
| ''I Am 20''
| ''I Am 20''
| 1967
| 1967
| English
| English
| [[imdbname:4502707|S. N. S. Sastry]]
| [[S. N. S. Sastry]]
|
|-
|-
| ''[[I Can Love Too]]''
| ''[[I Can Love Too]]''
| 2011
| 2011
| English, Kannada
| English, Kannada
| [[Mrinmoy Bhowmick]]
| Mrinmoy Bhowmick
|
|-
|-
| ''Indian Youth: An Exploration''
| ''Indian Youth: An Exploration''
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| English
| English
| [[Shyam Benegal]]
| [[Shyam Benegal]]
|
|-
|-
| ''[[India's Struggle for National Shipping]]''
| ''[[India's Struggle for National Shipping]]''
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| Hindi
| Hindi
| Paul Zils
| Paul Zils
|
|-
|-
| ''[[India's Daughter]]''
| ''[[India's Daughter]]''
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| English, Hindi
| English, Hindi
| [[Leslee Udwin]]
| [[Leslee Udwin]]
|
|-
|-
|''India's Forbidden Love''
|''India's Forbidden Love''
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|English, Tamil
|English, Tamil
|Sadhana Subramaniam
|Sadhana Subramaniam
<references group="International Emmy 2019 - Nominated" />
| <references group="International Emmy 2019 - Nominated" />
|-
|-
| ''[[Inshallah, Football]]''
| ''[[Inshallah, Football]]''
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| Kashmiri, Urdu, English
| Kashmiri, Urdu, English
| [[Ashvin Kumar]]
| [[Ashvin Kumar]]
|
|-
|-
| ''[[Inshallah, Kashmir]]''
| ''[[Inshallah, Kashmir]]''
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| Kashmiri, Urdu, Hindi,English
| Kashmiri, Urdu, Hindi,English
| [[Ashvin Kumar]]
| [[Ashvin Kumar]]
|
|-
|-
| ''Interdependence Film 2019''
| ''Interdependence Film 2019''
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| English, French, Italian
| English, French, Italian
| [[Nila Madhab Panda]]
| [[Nila Madhab Panda]]
|
|-
|-
| ''I Want to Be an American''
| ''I Want to Be an American''
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| English, Spanish
| English, Spanish
| [[Qaushiq Mukherjee]]
| [[Qaushiq Mukherjee]]
|
|-
|-
| ''[[Jai Bhim Comrade]]''
| ''[[Jai Bhim Comrade]]''
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| English, Hindi, Marathi
| English, Hindi, Marathi
| [[Anand Patwardhan]]
| [[Anand Patwardhan]]
|
|-
|-
| ''Jawaharlal Nehru''
| ''Jawaharlal Nehru''
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| Hindi
| Hindi
| [[Shyam Benegal]]
| [[Shyam Benegal]]
|
|-
|-
| ''Jeevan Smriti'' (On [[Rabindranath Tagore]])
| ''Jeevan Smriti'' (On [[Rabindranath Tagore]])
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| Bengali, English
| Bengali, English
| [[Rituparno Ghosh]]
| [[Rituparno Ghosh]]
|
|-
|-
| ''Jyanto Durga'' (Durga Live)
| ''Jyanto Durga'' (Durga Live)
| 2010
| 2010
| Bengali
| Bengali
| [[imdbname:3374652|Arin Paul]]
| [[Arin Paul]]
|
|-
|-
| ''[[Kakkoos]]''
| ''[[Kakkoos]]''
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| Tamil
| Tamil
| Divya Bharathi
| Divya Bharathi
|
|-
|-
| ''Kalahandi''
| ''Kalahandi''
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| Odia
| Odia
| [[Goutam Ghose]]
| [[Goutam Ghose]]
|
|-
|-
| ''L'archivio a oriente''
| ''L'archivio a oriente''
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| Italian, Persian, Chinese
| Italian, Persian, Chinese
| [[Goutam Ghose]]
| [[Goutam Ghose]]
|
|-
|-
| ''[[Ladies First (film)|Ladies First]]''
| ''[[Ladies First (2017 film)|Ladies First]]''
| 2018
| 2018
| Hindi
| Hindi
| Uraaz Bahl
| Uraaz Bahl
|
|-
|-
| ''[[Laloorinu Parayanullathu]]''
| ''Laloorinu Parayanullathu''
| 2012
| 2012
| Malayalam
| Malayalam
| [[Sathish Kalathil]]
| [[Sathish Kalathil]]
|
|-
|-
| ''Land of Sand Dunes''
| ''Land of Sand Dunes''
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| English
| English
| [[Goutam Ghose]]
| [[Goutam Ghose]]
|
|-
|-
| ''Learning Modules for Rural Children''
| ''Learning Modules for Rural Children''
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| English
| English
| [[Shyam Benegal]]
| [[Shyam Benegal]]
|
|-
|-
| ''Loknayak''
| ''Loknayak''
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| Hindi
| Hindi
| [[Prakash Jha]]
| [[Prakash Jha]]
|
|-
|-
| ''Love in India''
| ''Love in India''
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| Tamil, Bengali, English, Hindi
| Tamil, Bengali, English, Hindi
| [[Qaushiq Mukherjee]]
| [[Qaushiq Mukherjee]]
|
|-
|-
| ''[[Machines (film)|Machines]]''
| ''[[Machines (film)|Machines]]''
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| Hindi
| Hindi
| [[Rahul Jain]]
| [[Rahul Jain]]
|
|-
|-
| ''Mati Manas'' (The Mind of Clay)
| ''Mati Manas'' (The Mind of Clay)
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| Hindi
| Hindi
| [[Mani Kaul]]
| [[Mani Kaul]]
|
|-
|-
| ''May I Think, Sir?''
| ''May I Think, Sir?''
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| English
| English
| [[Prakash Jha]]
| [[Prakash Jha]]
|
|-
|-
| ''[[Menstrual Man]]''
| ''[[Menstrual Man]]''
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| Hindi, Tamil, English
| Hindi, Tamil, English
| Amit Virmani
| Amit Virmani
|
|-
|-
| ''Mohor''
| ''Mohor''
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| Hindi
| Hindi
| [[Goutam Ghose]]
| [[Goutam Ghose]]
|
|-
|-
| ''Moving Perspectives''
| ''Moving Perspectives''
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| English
| English
| [[Mrinal Sen]]
| [[Mrinal Sen]]
|
|-
|-
| ''My Mother: A Freudian introspection''
| ''My Mother: A Freudian introspection''
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| Bengali
| Bengali
| [[Sandip Ray]]
| [[Sandip Ray]]
|
|-
|-
| ''[[Naga Story: The Other Side of Silence]]''
| ''[[Naga Story: The Other Side of Silence]]''
| 2003
| 2003
| Nagamese, Meitei, English and 14 Naga languages
| Nagamese, Meitei, English and 14 Naga languages
| [[Gopal Menon]]
| Gopal Menon
|
|-
|-
| ''Nature Symphony''
| ''Nature Symphony''
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| English
| English
| [[Shyam Benegal]]
| [[Shyam Benegal]]
|
|-
|-
| ''Nehru''
| ''Nehru''
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| English
| English
| [[Shyam Benegal]]
| [[Shyam Benegal]]
|
|-
|-
| ''New Earth''
| ''New Earth''
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| English
| English
| [[Goutam Ghose]]
| [[Goutam Ghose]]
|
|-
|-
| ''New Horizons in Steel''
| ''New Horizons in Steel''
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| English
| English
| [[Shyam Benegal]]
| [[Shyam Benegal]]
|
|-
|-
| ''Notes on the Green Revolution''
| ''Notes on the Green Revolution''
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| English
| English
| [[Shyam Benegal]]
| [[Shyam Benegal]]
|
|-
|-
| ''Ode to a Child''
| ''Ode to a Child''
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| English
| English
| [[Prakash Jha]]
| [[Prakash Jha]]
|
|-
|-
| ''Parampara''
| ''Parampara''
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| Hindi
| Hindi
| [[Goutam Ghose]]
| [[Goutam Ghose]]
|
|-
|-
| ''Pas de deux''
| ''Pas de deux''
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| English
| English
| [[Prakash Jha]]
| [[Prakash Jha]]
|
|-
|-
| ''Power to the People''
| ''Power to the People''
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| English
| English
| [[Shyam Benegal]]
| [[Shyam Benegal]]
|
|-
|-
| ''Pregnant Silence: Conception of a Genius''
| ''Pregnant Silence: Conception of a Genius''
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| English
| English
| [[Sandip Ray]]
| [[Sandip Ray]]
|
|-
|-
| ''Puppeteers of Rajasthan''
| ''Puppeteers of Rajasthan''
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| Hindi
| Hindi
| [[Mani Kaul]]
| [[Mani Kaul]]
|
|-
|-
| ''Quest for a Nation''
| ''Quest for a Nation''
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| English
| English
| [[Shyam Benegal]]
| [[Shyam Benegal]]
|
|-
|-
| ''[[Rabindranath Tagore (film)|Rabindranath Tagore]]''
| ''[[Rabindranath Tagore (film)|Rabindranath Tagore]]''
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| English
| English
| [[Satyajit Ray]]
| [[Satyajit Ray]]
|
|-
|-
| ''Raga and Melody''
| ''Raga and Melody''
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| English
| English
| [[Shyam Benegal]]
| [[Shyam Benegal]]
|
|-
|-
|[[Ram ke Naam]]
|[[Ram ke Naam]]
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|Hindi, English
|Hindi, English
|[[Anand Patwardhan]]
|[[Anand Patwardhan]]
|
|-
|-
| ''[[Ramkinkar Baij (film)|Ramkinkar Baij]]''
| ''[[Ramkinkar Baij (film)|Ramkinkar Baij]]''
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| Bengali
| Bengali
| [[Ritwik Ghatak]]
| [[Ritwik Ghatak]]
|
|-
|-
| ''Reaching Out to People''
| ''Reaching Out to People''
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| English
| English
| [[Shyam Benegal]]
| [[Shyam Benegal]]
|
|-
|-
| ''[[Reason (film)|Reason]]''
| ''[[Reason (film)|Reason]]''
| 2019
| 2019
| English, Hindi
| English, Hindi
| [[Anand Patwardhan]]  
| [[Anand Patwardhan]]
|
|-
|-
| ''[[Red Ant Dream]]''
| ''[[Red Ant Dream]]''
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| Gondi, Odia, Punjabi
| Gondi, Odia, Punjabi
| [[Sanjay Kak]]
| [[Sanjay Kak]]
|
|-
|-
| ''Rhythms of a Land and Its People''
| ''Rhythms of a Land and Its People''
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| English
| English
| [[Prakash Jha]]
| [[Prakash Jha]]
|
|-
|-
| ''[[Riding Solo to the Top of the World]]''
| ''[[Riding Solo to the Top of the World]]''
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| English
| English
| Gaurav Jani
| Gaurav Jani
|
|-
|-
| ''Rubaro Roshni''
| ''Rubaro Roshni''
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| Hindi  
| Hindi  
| Aamir Khan Production
| Aamir Khan Production
|
|-
|-
| ''[[Sachin: A Billion Dreams]]''
| ''[[Sachin: A Billion Dreams]]''
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| English, Marathi, Hindi
| English, Marathi, Hindi
| James Erskine
| James Erskine
|
|-
|-
| ''Sangathan''
| ''Sangathan''
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| Hindi
| Hindi
| [[Shyam Benegal]]
| [[Shyam Benegal]]
|
|-
|-
| ''Sange Meel Se Mulaqat'' (On [[Ustad Bismillah Khan]])
| ''Sange Meel Se Mulaqat'' (On [[Ustad Bismillah Khan]])
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| Hindi
| Hindi
| [[Goutam Ghose]]
| [[Goutam Ghose]]
|
|-
|-
| ''Sarimen''
| ''Sarimen''
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| English
| English
| [[Qaushiq Mukherjee]]
| [[Qaushiq Mukherjee]]
|
|-
|-
| ''Satyajit Ray''
| ''Satyajit Ray''
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| ''Shreevatsya''
| ''Shreevatsya''
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| [[Prakash Jha]]
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| ''Siddeshwari''
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| [[Mani Kaul]]
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| ''[[Sikkim (film)|Sikkim]]''
| ''[[Sikkim (film)|Sikkim]]''
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| [[Satyajit Ray]]
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| ''[[Silent Ghungroos]]''
| ''[[Silent Ghungroos]]''
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| Gauri Warudi
| Gauri Warudi
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| ''Sinhasta, or The Path to Immortality''
| ''Sinhasta, or The Path to Immortality''
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| [[Shyam Benegal]]
| [[Shyam Benegal]]
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| ''Sonal''
| ''Sonal''
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| [[Prakash Jha]]
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| ''Steel: A Whole New Way of Life''
| ''Steel: A Whole New Way of Life''
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| [[Shyam Benegal]]
| [[Shyam Benegal]]
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| ''[[Suee]]''
| ''[[Suee]]''
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| [[Sai Paranjpye]]
| [[Sai Paranjpye]]
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| ''Suhani Sadak''
| ''Suhani Sadak''
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| [[Shyam Benegal]]
| [[Shyam Benegal]]
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| ''[[Sukumar Ray (film)|Sukumar Ray]]''
| ''[[Sukumar Ray (film)|Sukumar Ray]]''
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| [[Satyajit Ray]]
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| ''Swajaldhara''
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| [[Nila Madhab Panda]]
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| ''Tailing Pond''
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| Saurav Vishnu
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| ''Tala and Rhythm''
| ''Tala and Rhythm''
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| ''Tata Steel: Seventy Five Years of the Indian Steel Industry''
| ''Tata Steel: Seventy Five Years of the Indian Steel Industry''
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| [[Shyam Benegal]]
| [[Shyam Benegal]]
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| ''[[Thariode]]''
| ''[[Thariode]]''
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| [[Nirmal Baby Varghese]]
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| ''The Bird of Time''
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| ''[[The Inner Eye]]''
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| [[Satyajit Ray]]
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| ''[[The House That Ananda Built]]''
| ''[[The House That Ananda Built]]''
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| 1968
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| Fali Bilimoria  
| Fali Bilimoria
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| ''The Little Tea Shop''
| ''The Little Tea Shop''
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| [[Sai Paranjpye]]
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| ''The Pulsating Giant''
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| [[Shyam Benegal]]
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| ''The Raag Imam Kalyan''
| ''The Raag Imam Kalyan''
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| [[Shyam Benegal]]
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| ''The Shruti and Graces of Indian Music''
| ''The Shruti and Graces of Indian Music''
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| [[Shyam Benegal]]
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| ''The Quiet Revolution - Part-1''
| ''The Quiet Revolution - Part-1''
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| [[Shyam Benegal]]
| [[Shyam Benegal]]
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| ''The Quiet Revolution - Part-2''
| ''The Quiet Revolution - Part-2''
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| [[Shyam Benegal]]
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| ''Tomorrow Begins Today: Industrial Research''
| ''Tomorrow Begins Today: Industrial Research''
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| [[Shyam Benegal]]
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| ''Tripura Prasanga'' (About Tripura)
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| [[Mrinal Sen]]
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| ''Valley of Hope - Amar Seva Sangam A Journey''
| ''Valley of Hope - Amar Seva Sangam A Journey''
| 2019
| 2019
| English, Tamil
| English, Tamil
| [[imdbname:3374652|Arin Paul]]
| Arin Paul
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| ''Vande Mataram''
| ''Vande Mataram''
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| [[Rituparno Ghosh]]
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| ''[[Veenavaadanam]]''
| ''Veenavaadanam''
| 2008
| 2008
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| Malayalam
| [[Sathish Kalathil]]
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| ''Violence: What Price? Who Pays? No. 5''
| ''Violence: What Price? Who Pays? No. 5''
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| ''[[War and Peace (2002 film)|War and Peace]]''
| ''[[War and Peace (2002 film)|War and Peace]]''
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| ''Why Export?''
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| [[Shyam Benegal]]
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| ''You Can Prevent Burns''
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| [[Shyam Benegal]]
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| ''Zindagi Ek Safar'' (On [[Kishore Kumar]])
| ''Zindagi Ek Safar'' (On [[Kishore Kumar]])
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| [[Sandip Ray]]
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== References==
{{reflist}}




Latest revision as of 21:41, 19 February 2026


This is a list of Indian documentary films arranged in alphabetical order.

This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.
Title Year Language Director(s) Notes
3D Stereo Caste 2012 Malayalam A. S. Ajith Kumar
7 Notes to Infinity 2012 English Shrenik Rao
Abode of Kings: Rajasthan 1990 English Shyam Benegal
About Love 2019 Marathi, English Archana Atul Phadke
A Child of the Streets 1967 English Shyam Benegal
A Historical Sketch of Indian Women 1975 English Mani Kaul
Amar Lenin (My Lenin) 1970 Bengali Ritwik Ghatak
And the Show Goes On 1996 English Mrinal Sen
An Encounter with Faces 1978 English Vidhu Vinod Chopra
Animal Reproduction and Artificial Insemination in Bovines 1983 English Shyam Benegal
An Insignificant Man 2017 English, Hindi Khushboo Ranka
A Treasure in the Snow (Sikkim) 2002 English Goutam Ghose
A Tribute to Odissi 1986 English Goutam Ghose
Arrival 1980 Hindi Mani Kaul
A Quilt of Many Cultures: South India 1990 English Shyam Benegal
Ancient River & Ancestors 2016 English AjuKarthick G
Baavra Mann 2013 English Jaideep Varma
Bala 1976 English Satyajit Ray
Bal Sansar 1974 Hindi Shyam Benegal
Before My Eyes 1989 English Mani Kaul
Beyond Genocide: Bhopal 1986 Hindi
English 		Tapan Bose [1]
Beyond the Himalayas 1996 English Goutam Ghose
Bombay: Our City 1985 English, Hindi Anand Patwardhan
Books That Talk 1981 English Sai Paranjpye
Born into Brothels 2005 Bengali, English Zana Briski
Bunkar: The Last of the Varanasi Weavers 2018 English, Hindi Satyaprakash Upadhyay
Calcutta My El Dorado (City Life) 1990 English Mrinal Sen
Celluloid Man 2012 English, Hindi, Kannada, Bengali Shivendra Singh Dungarpur
Chains of Bondage 1974 English Goutam Ghose
Children of the Pyre 2008 Hindi Rajesh S. Jala
Chitrakathi 1977 Hindi Mani Kaul
Chooriyan 1993 Hindi Sai Paranjpye
Classic Dance Forms of India: Koodiattam 1986 Hindi Prakash Jha
Climate's First Orphans 2005 English Nila Madhab Panda
Close to Nature 1967 English Shyam Benegal
Dabcherry Milk Project 1976 English Sai Paranjpye
Daughters of Mother India 2014 Hindi, English Vibha Bakshi
Development in Irrigation 1981 English Goutam Ghose
Dhrupad 1983 Hindi Mani Kaul
Didi 1994 Hindi Prakash Jha
Ek Ghat Ki Kahani 1987 Hindi Goutam Ghose
Epilepsy 1976 English Shyam Benegal
Faces After the Storm 1981 English Prakash Jha
Father, Son, and Holy War 1995 Hindi, English Anand Patwardhan
Festival of India 1985 French, English Shyam Benegal
Final Solution 2003 English, Hindi Rakesh Sharma
Foundations of Progress 1972 English Shyam Benegal
Friends Together 1978 Hindi Prakash Jha
Growth for a Golden Future 1982 English Shyam Benegal
Gulabi Gang 2012 in Dubai;
2014 in India 		Hindi, Bundeli Nishtha Jain
Horoscope for a Child 1969 English Shyam Benegal
Hungry Autumn 1974 English Goutam Ghose
I Am 20 1967 English S. N. S. Sastry
I Can Love Too 2011 English, Kannada Mrinmoy Bhowmick
Indian Youth: An Exploration 1968 English Shyam Benegal
India's Struggle for National Shipping 1947 Hindi Paul Zils
India's Daughter 2015 English, Hindi Leslee Udwin
India's Forbidden Love 2018 English, Tamil Sadhana Subramaniam
Inshallah, Football 2010 Kashmiri, Urdu, English Ashvin Kumar
Inshallah, Kashmir 2012 Kashmiri, Urdu, Hindi,English Ashvin Kumar
Interdependence Film 2019 2019 English, French, Italian Nila Madhab Panda
I Want to Be an American 2013 English, Spanish Qaushiq Mukherjee
Jai Bhim Comrade 2011 English, Hindi, Marathi Anand Patwardhan
Jawaharlal Nehru 1982 Hindi Shyam Benegal
Jeevan Smriti (On Rabindranath Tagore) 2013 Bengali, English Rituparno Ghosh
Jyanto Durga (Durga Live) 2010 Bengali Arin Paul
Kakkoos 2017 Tamil Divya Bharathi
Kalahandi 2001 Odia Goutam Ghose
L'archivio a oriente 2012 Italian, Persian, Chinese Goutam Ghose
Ladies First 2018 Hindi Uraaz Bahl
Laloorinu Parayanullathu 2012 Malayalam Sathish Kalathil
Land of Sand Dunes 1986 English Goutam Ghose
Learning Modules for Rural Children 1974 English Shyam Benegal
Loknayak 2004 Hindi Prakash Jha
Love in India 2009 Tamil, Bengali, English, Hindi Qaushiq Mukherjee
Machines 2016 Hindi Rahul Jain
Mati Manas (The Mind of Clay) 1985 Hindi Mani Kaul
May I Think, Sir? 1983 English Prakash Jha
Menstrual Man 2013 Hindi, Tamil, English Amit Virmani
Mohor 1990 Hindi Goutam Ghose
Moving Perspectives 1964 English Mrinal Sen
My Mother: A Freudian introspection 1997 Bengali Sandip Ray
Naga Story: The Other Side of Silence 2003 Nagamese, Meitei, English and 14 Naga languages Gopal Menon
Nature Symphony 1990 English Shyam Benegal
Nehru 1984 English Shyam Benegal
New Earth 1973 English Goutam Ghose
New Horizons in Steel 1977 English Shyam Benegal
Notes on the Green Revolution 1972 English Shyam Benegal
Ode to a Child 1979 English Prakash Jha
Parampara 1985 Hindi Goutam Ghose
Pas de deux 1981 English Prakash Jha
Power to the People 1972 English Shyam Benegal
Pregnant Silence: Conception of a Genius 1991 English Sandip Ray
Puppeteers of Rajasthan 1974 Hindi Mani Kaul
Quest for a Nation 1970 English Shyam Benegal
Rabindranath Tagore 1961 English Satyajit Ray
Raga and Melody 1972 English Shyam Benegal
Ram ke Naam 1992 Hindi, English Anand Patwardhan
Ramkinkar Baij 1975 Bengali Ritwik Ghatak
Reaching Out to People 1979 English Shyam Benegal
Reason 2019 English, Hindi Anand Patwardhan
Red Ant Dream 2013 Gondi, Odia, Punjabi Sanjay Kak
Rhythms of a Land and Its People 1976 English Prakash Jha
Riding Solo to the Top of the World 2006 English Gaurav Jani
Rubaro Roshni 2019 Hindi Aamir Khan Production
Sachin: A Billion Dreams 2017 English, Marathi, Hindi James Erskine
Sangathan 1983 Hindi Shyam Benegal
Sange Meel Se Mulaqat (On Ustad Bismillah Khan) 1989 Hindi Goutam Ghose
Sarimen 2020 English Qaushiq Mukherjee
Satyajit Ray 1982 English, Bengali, Hindi Shyam Benegal
Shreevatsya 1983 English Prakash Jha
Siddeshwari 1990 Hindi Mani Kaul
Sikkim 1971 English Satyajit Ray
Silent Ghungroos 2006 English Gauri Warudi
Sinhasta, or The Path to Immortality 1968 English Shyam Benegal
Sonal 2002 Hindi Prakash Jha
Steel: A Whole New Way of Life 1971 English Shyam Benegal
Suee 2009 Hindi Sai Paranjpye
Suhani Sadak 1973 Hindi Shyam Benegal
Sukumar Ray 1987 Bengali Satyajit Ray
Swajaldhara 2002 Hindi Nila Madhab Panda
Tailing Pond 2020 English Saurav Vishnu
Tala and Rhythm 1971 English Shyam Benegal
Tata Steel: Seventy Five Years of the Indian Steel Industry 1983 English Shyam Benegal
Thariode 2020 Malayalam Nirmal Baby Varghese
The Bird of Time 1991 English Goutam Ghose
The Inner Eye 1972 English Satyajit Ray
The House That Ananda Built 1968 English Fali Bilimoria
The Little Tea Shop 1972 English Sai Paranjpye
The Pulsating Giant 1971 English Shyam Benegal
The Raag Imam Kalyan 1972 English Shyam Benegal
The Shruti and Graces of Indian Music 1972 English Shyam Benegal
The Quiet Revolution - Part-1 1974 English Shyam Benegal
The Quiet Revolution - Part-2 1975 English Shyam Benegal
Tomorrow Begins Today: Industrial Research 1976 English Shyam Benegal
Tripura Prasanga (About Tripura) 1982 Bengali Mrinal Sen
Valley of Hope - Amar Seva Sangam A Journey 2019 English, Tamil Arin Paul
Vande Mataram 1990 Bengali Rituparno Ghosh
Veenavaadanam 2008 Malayalam Sathish Kalathil
Violence: What Price? Who Pays? No. 5 1974 English Shyam Benegal
War and Peace 2002 English, Hindi Anand Patwardhan
Why Export? 1970 English Shyam Benegal
You Can Prevent Burns 1974 English Shyam Benegal
Zindagi Ek Safar (On Kishore Kumar) 1991 Hindi Sandip Ray

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ Ninan, Sevanti (10 January 2025). "The most comprehensive film on Bhopal". Down To Earth. Retrieved 10 June 2025.
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