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List Of Indian Documentary Films
This is a list of Indian documentary films arranged in alphabetical order. {, class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 95%;" , - ! Title !! Year !! Language !! Director(s) , - , ''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 film), 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 , Englis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
7 Notes To Infinity
; ''7 Notes to Infinity'' is a 2012 documentary film directed by Shrenik Rao. It is a musical documentary which pays tribute to Indian classical music and explores the universality of music through infinite musical compositions created from seven pitches. Synopsis The film explains the context in which Indian classical music evolved, and illustrates the role of the great king Maharaja Swathi Thirunal Rama Varma. Legendary musicians, the likes of Dr M. Balamuralikrishna, Padma Bhushan, T. V. Gopalakrishnan, Prince of the Travancore Royal Family- Aswathi Thirunal Rama Varma, the direct descendant of the great king Maharaja Swathi Thirunal, Sanjay Subrahmanyan and a group of young and enthusiastic music students feature prominently in the film. With unprecedented access, ''7 Notes to Infinity'' was shot extensively in Padmanabhapuram Palace, in Kanyakumari district, the famous Padmanabhaswamy Temple, Kuthira Malika and Kowdiar Palace in Thiruvananthapuram.The documentary also ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Our City
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Vibha Bakshi
Vibha Bakshi (born 23 September 1970) is an Indian filmmaker, journalist, and founder of Responsible Films. She is known for her films that highlight issues of gender inequality. Vibha's most notable films as both director and producer include '' Daughters of Mother India'' and '' Son Rise''. Both films are winners of the National Film Awards from the President of India. She is the recipient of four National Film Awards from the President of India. Vibha has been awarded the Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters by the Boston University in 2018 for her work as a journalist and filmmaker. Early life and education Vibha was born on 23 September 1970 in Mumbai, India. Her father, Ved Chhabra, is a businessman and was named among the ''Top 100 business leaders'' by Forbes in 2018, and her mother Geeta Chhabra, is a poet and writer. Vibha attended Convent of Jesus and Mary and St Xaviers College, Mumbai. She went to the United States for her undergraduate study in Journalism and Broa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daughters Of Mother India
Daughters of Mother India is a 2014 documentary film directed and produced by Vibha Bakshi on the aftermath of the brutal gang rape and murder of a 23-year-old medical student Nirbhaya in Delhi on December 16, 2012. For the first time in the history of the Delhi Police, Vibha was able to gain access to the Delhi Police control and command room right after Nirbhaya's death. The documentary throws light on how people’s perception is changing towards sexual assault against women with a focus on the police. The documentary has received numerous awards both nationally and internationally, including from the President of India for Best Film Social Issue in the 62nd National Film Festival Awards. The documentary was screened for over 150,000 police officers in India to gender sensitize the force. Background The documentary was made on the aftermath of the sexual assault of Nirbhaya that happened on the intervening night of 16th December 2012 in a moving bus in New Delhi. The 23 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nila Madhab Panda
Nila Madhab Panda (born 18 October 1973) is an Indian film producer and director. Panda has produced and directed over 70 films, documentaries and shorts based on social issues such as climate change, child labor, education, water issues, sanitation and many other developmental issues in India. Most of his films draw inspiration from his own life, having won several awards and critical acclaim for his films which have been received as entertaining yet socially relevant. Early life Panda hails from Dasharajpur Village, in Subarnapur District of Western Odisha, the youngest of five siblings. Education in a rural Indian village meant a school with no building, and walking 4-9 km daily. In 1995, after failing to graduate, Panda left Delhi and landed the job of a camera attendant. There he learnt the intricacies of filmmaking. He is stated to have studied Entrepreneurship at IIM Bangalore. Career Nila Madhab Panda is an Odia director and producer involved in making ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prakash Jha
Prakash Jha (born 27 February 1952) is an Indian film producer, actor, director and screenwriter, mostly known for his political and socio-political films such as “Hip Hip Hurray” (1984), ''Damul'' (1984), ''Mrityudand'' (1997), ''Gangaajal'' (2003), ''Apaharan'' (2005), including multi-starrer movies like ''Raajneeti'' (2010), ''Aarakshan'' (2011) '' Chakravyuh'' (2012), and Satyagraha (2013), Dirty Politics (2015 ). He is also the maker of National Film Award winning documentaries like, ''Faces After The Storm'' (1984) and ''Sonal'' (2002). He runs a production company, Prakash Jha Productions. He also owns the P&M Mall in Patna and the P&M Hi-Tech Mall in Jamshedpur. Biography Early life and education Prakash Jha was raised at his family's farm in Barharwa, Bettiah, West Champaran, Bihar, India. His father's name is Shri Tej Nath Jha. He did his schooling from Sainik School Tilaya, Koderma district and Kendriya Vidyalaya No. 1, Bokaro Steel City, Jharkhand. Later, h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rajesh S
Rajesh S is an Indian professional footballer who plays as a striker. Early life Rajesh S was born in Pozhiyoor, a fishing hamlet at the southernmost tip of Kerala. His father and three brothers are fishermen. As a child, he was spotted by a local football coach who asked him to join the SMRC Pozhiyoor academy. Career Early career Rajesh started his career at SMRC and played for SMRC and United Kerala in the Thiruvananthapuram Super Division. He later joined BEML, a club in Bangalore. He has represented Karnataka and Railways in the Santosh Trophy and has scored 28 goals in total in the tournament. He scored 8 goals in 2018 Santosh Trophy for Karnataka and was adjudged as the best footballer in the tournament. Gokulam Kerala Rajesh made his professional debut on 27 October 2018 against Mohun Bagan after coming on as a substitute in the second half. He played a part in his team's equalising goal and later forced a fingertip save from the keeper. He scored his first I-League ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Children Of The Pyre
''Children of the Pyre'' (''Ta paidia tis pyras'') is a 2008 film documentary directed and produced by Rajesh S. Jala. The film documents the stories of seven children who cremate dead bodies and steal cremation shrouds at India's largest crematorium, Manikarnika, on the banks of the Ganges. Jala, also the cinematographer, shot over 100 hours of footage at the crematorium and surrounding sites, including candid interviews with the seven children described in the film, who discuss their difficult life cremating dead bodies and stealing shrouds from the bodies brought to the crematorium and reselling them to merchants for a nominal fee. In 2009, the filmmaker launched a project to improve the lives of the 300 children working at the crematorium. The film was awarded "Best Documentary" at the 2008 Montréal World Film Festival, 2008 São Paulo International Film Festival, 2008 Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles, 2009 Asiatica Film Mediale, 2009 IDPA, and the "Silver Lotus Award" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Celluloid Man
''Celluloid Man'' is a 2012 documentary film directed by Shivendra Singh Dungarpur that explores the life and work of legendary Indian archivist P. K. Nair, founder of the National Film Archive of India and guardian of Indian cinema. ''Celluloid Man'' has been screened at 50 film festivals – one of the few Indian films to have been selected for such a high number of festivals. The film has won two National Awards at the 60th National Film Awards, including Best Biographical Film and Best Editing for Irene Dhar Malik. The film was released in India on 3 May 2013 to coincide with the centenary of Indian cinema. Synopsis P. K. Nair's fascination with cinema began as a child and he watched his first few films lying on the white sand floor of a cinema in Trivandrum. He was a collector even then - collecting ticket stubs, lobby cards, even weighing machine tickets sporting pictures of the stars of the day. He grew up to be a great collector of films. 1,700 films were made in Ind ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Satyaprakash Upadhyay
''Bunkar: The Last of the Varanasi Weavers'' is an Indian documentary that focuses on the lives of the weavers of Varanasi. It was directed by Satyaprakash Upadhyay. It showcases the nuances of the handloom sector in Varanasi, what makes it stand out from other handloom products and the issues that affect its artisans. The film was made in 2018 and had its world premiere in the Indian Panorama at 49th International Film Festival of India in Goa Goa () is a state on the southwestern coast of India within the Konkan region, geographically separated from the Deccan highlands by the Western Ghats. It is located between the Indian states of Maharashtra to the north and Karnataka to the .... The film's director, Satyaprakash Upadhyay, has also won Best Debutante Director (Documentary) Award at Jaipur International Film Festival (JIFF) 2019. It won "Best arts and culture film" in the 2018 National Film Awards. Background Varanasi or Kashi is known to have been, and continues ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Last Of The Varanasi Weavers
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Zana Briski
Zana Briski (born 25 October 1966) is a British people, British photographer and filmmaker, best known for ''Born into Brothels'', the 2004 Academy Awards, Oscar winner of the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature, which she directed. She founded Kids with Cameras, a non-profit organization that teaches the art of photography to marginalized children in communities throughout the world. Her interest in photography began at age 10. After earning a master's degree at the University of Cambridge, she studied documentary photography at International Center of Photography in New York City, New York. In 1995, she made her first trip to India, producing a story on female infanticide. In 1997, Briski returned to India and began her project on the prostitutes of Calcutta's red-light district, which led to her work with the children of prostitutes. Her latest projec''Reverence''is an experiential multimedia exhibit about transformation. Inspired by dreams of a praying mantis, she was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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