
6.9A Suitable Girl follows three young women in India struggling to maintain their identities and follow their dreams amid intense pressure to get married. The film examines the women's complex relationship with marriage, family, and society.
Lord Louis Mountbatten arrives in India in March 1947 as Britain's Last Viceroy. He is committed to transfer administrative and authoritative power to an independent and sovereign India. Six months later India indeed was set free, but it had also been partitioned and overwhelmed by an orgy of sectarian violence involving Hindus, Muslims and Sikhs.
0.0A stunning display by Nyishi tribesmen from the hills of Arunachal Pradesh, north-eastern India.
0.0Amateur footage of the devastation caused by one of South Asia's worst earthquakes.
Shot over 3 months through the Monsoon, Nick Read's film captures the unvarnished reality of life for four children living in the slums and on the streets of Mumbai: seven-year-old Deepa, who lives next to an open rubbish dump and runs barefoot through Mumbai traffic selling flowers to help support her family; 11-year-old Salaam, who, a few weeks after running away from his abusive stepmother lives rough outside the main railway station; and twins Hussan and Hussein, also 11, who risk cholera and infection fishing for scraps in a filthy canal so they can earn money to eat.
0.0Traditional games, dancing and music among the people of Sikkim - in vivid colour.
0.0The future Edward VIII opens a durbar and enjoys a day at the races before inspecting the fire brigade in Calcutta.
0.0An elephantine spectacle, likely part of the celebrations for the visit of the Prince and Princess of Wales to India.
0.0Dignitaries including the Nizam of Hyderabad gather to celebrate the Durbar in honour of George V, who arrives by boat in Bombay.
0.0Millions of Muslims flee to Lahore in the newly created state of Pakistan, prompted by the partition of British India.
0.0A Christian take on 'Edenless' India, where heathens are unafraid of snakes, and build 'interesting' temples to their gods.
0.0What’s the hidden message inside this intriguing film, shot at a Salvation Army establishment in western India?
0.0The thronging streets of Chennai in festive mood are captured by this lively amateur film.
0.0A trip to the spectacular city of Bundi and a Kathakali dance performance, filmed in vivid colour.
0.0Extraordinary footage of prayers in the Punjabi capital.
0.0A film produced to celebrate the coronation of George V as King-Emperor at the Imperial Durbar of 1911.
0.0An intimate insight into the servant culture and lifestyle of the Viceroy of India and family, as they visit Simla (Shimla) and Lahore.
0.0A motorist's excursion captures a world made by hand in the environs of Rawalpindi, Lahore and Karachi.
