This is a list of Indian documentary films arranged in alphabetical order.
Title Year Language Director(s) Notes 3D Stereo Caste 2012 Malayalam A. S. Ajith Kumar 7 Notes to Infinity 2012 English Shrenik Rao A Celebration Of Hindu Spirituality, Diversity And Faith Kumbh Mela 2022 English Gopinath Krishnamoorthy A Child of the Streets 1967 English Shyam Benegal A Historical Sketch of Indian Women 1975 English Mani Kaul A Quilt of Many Cultures: South India 1990 English Shyam Benegal A Spectacle For The Gods Kulasekharapattinam 2022 English Gopinath Krishnamoorthy A Treasure in the Snow (Sikkim) 2002 English Goutam Ghose A Tribute to Odissi 1986 English Goutam Ghose Abode of Kings: Rajasthan 1990 English Shyam Benegal About Love 2019 Marathi, English Archana Atul Phadke Amar Lenin (My Lenin) 1970 Bengali Ritwik Ghatak An Encounter with Faces 1978 English Vidhu Vinod Chopra An Insignificant Man 2017 English, Hindi Khushboo Ranka Ancient River & Ancestors 2016 English AjuKarthick G And the Show Goes On 1996 English Mrinal Sen Animal Reproduction and Artificial Insemination in Bovines 1983 English Shyam Benegal Arrival 1980 Hindi Mani Kaul Baavra Mann 2013 English Jaideep Varma Bal Sansar 1974 Hindi Shyam Benegal Bala 1976 English Satyajit Ray Before My Eyes 1989 English Mani Kaul Beyond Genocide: Bhopal 1986 HindiEnglish Tapan Bose 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 BriskiBunkar: The Last of the Varanasi Weavers2018English, HindiSatyaprakash 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 Chariot Of The Gods - Jagannath Puri Rath Yatra 2025 English Gopinath Krishnamoorthy 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 Dance Of The Gods Theyyam 2023 English Gopinath Krishnamoorthy Dance of The Tigers Pulikali 2023 English Gopinath Krishnamoorthy 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 JhaFather, Son, and Holy War1995Hindi, EnglishAnand Patwardhan Festival of Elephants - Thrissur Pooram 2025 English Gopinath Krishnamoorthy Festival of India 1985 French, English Shyam Benegal Festival Of The Untameable Spirit - Jallikattu 2022 English Gopinath KrishnamoorthyFinal Solution2003English, HindiRakesh 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 I Want to Be an American 2013 English, Spanish Qaushiq Mukherjee India's Daughter 2015 English, Hindi Leslee UdwinIndia's Forbidden Love2018English, TamilSadhana Subramaniam India's Struggle for National Shipping 1947 Hindi Paul Zils Indian Youth: An Exploration 1968 English Shyam Benegal 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 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 Martial Arts Of India Gatka 2024 English Gopinath Krishnamoorthy Martial Arts Of India Kalari 2024 English Gopinath Krishnamoorthy Martial Arts Of India Pelwhan 2024 English Gopinath Krishnamoorthy Martial Arts Of India Silamabam 2024 English Gopinath Krishnamoorthy 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 Mysteries of the Oracle: Unveiling Kodungallur Bharani 2025 English Gopinath Krishnamoorthy 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 Racing The Bulls, Running With Time Kambala 2023 English Gopinath Krishnamoorthy Raga and Melody 1972 English Shyam BenegalRam ke Naam1992Hindi, EnglishAnand 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 Rhythm Of The Oars - The Epic Boat Race 2025 English Gopinath Krishnamoorthy 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 Bleeding Goddess - Ambubachi Festival at Maa Khamika Temple 2025 English Gopinath Krishnamoorthy The Burning Ghat Of Varanasi Manikarnika 2023 English Gopinath Krishnamoorthy The House That Ananda Built 1968 English Fali Bilimoria The Inner Eye 1972 English Satyajit Ray The Little Tea Shop 1972 English Sai Paranjpye The Pulsating Giant 1971 English Shyam Benegal The Quiet Revolution - Part-1 1974 English Shyam Benegal The Quiet Revolution - Part-2 1975 English Shyam Benegal The Raag Imam Kalyan 1972 English Shyam Benegal The Secret Lives Of Aghori Sadhus 2022 English Gopinath Krishnamoorthy The Shruti and Graces of Indian Music 1972 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
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