When a work's copyright expires, it enters the public domain. The following is a list of creators whose works enter the public domain in 2025 as per Copyright law of India.
List of works that are entering into public domain in India
Works entering public domain after 60 years from author's death
These works enter the public domain 60 years after the author's death (or, in the case of a multi-author work, the death of the last surviving author), counted from the beginning of the following calendar yearIndian Copyright Act, 1957
Name Birth Death Occupation(s) Pingali Venkayya 1876-08-02 1963-07-04 writer, designer A. S. Subbaraj 1914-10-28 1963-02-22 politician Karam Chand Thapar 1900-01-01 1963-01-01 banker Swami Ramdas 1884-04-10 1963-08-02 guru Lala Shri Ram 1884-04-27 1963-01-11 businessperson Laxminarayan Sahu 1890-01-01 1963-01-18 politician, historian, writer, poet, journalist F. G. Natesa Iyer 1880-11-11 1963-01-23 actor, film actor G. Ramanathan 1963-01-01 actor, composer Bernard Spencer 1909-11-09 1963-09-11 poet Jaganath Rao Bhonsle 1907-12-10 1963-05-14 leader, politician, military personnel Prasad Das Roy 1888-09-02 1963-04-18 writer, children's writer Baba Kharak Singh 1868-06-20 1963-10-06 political activist Chilakalapudi Seeta Rama Anjaneyulu 1907-07-11 1963-10-08 actor, film director Rahul Sankrityayan 1893-04-09 1963-04-14 autobiographer, writer, linguist, biographer, freedom fighter M. Govinda Pai 1883-03-23 1963-09-06 poet Raghu Vira 1902-12-30 1963-05-14 politician, linguist Acharya Shivpujan Sahay 1893-08-09 1963-01-21 writer, novelist Kavalam Madhava Panikkar 1895-06-03 1963-12-10 scientist, barrister, politician, historian, university teacher, author, journalist, diplomat Babu Gulabrai 1888-01-17 1963-04-13 writer, philosopher, essayist, literary critic, literary scholar Devudu Narasimha Sastri 1896-01-01 1963-01-01 writer, journalist Chintaman Vinayak Joshi 1892-01-19 1963-11-21 writer Sabu Dastagir 1924-01-27 1963-12-02 actor, film actor Sivananda Saraswati 1887-09-08 1963-07-14 writer, philosopher, yoga instructor, autobiographer Amar Nath Kak 1889-01-01 1963-01-01 writer Jai Narayan Vyas 1899-02-18 1963-03-14 politician Saifuddin Kitchlew 1888-01-15 1963-10-09 barrister, politician Syed Abdul Rahim 1909-08-17 1963-06-11 association football player, association football manager B. A. Saletore 1902-01-01 1963-01-01 historian, author Rajendra Prasad 1884-12-03 1963-02-28 lawyer, politician C. S. Ranga Iyer 1895-01-01 1963-01-01 author, journalist Annie Mascarene 1902-06-06 1963-07-19 politician, freedom fighter Ralph Griffith 1882-03-04 1963-12-11 politician, diplomat Gopal Singh Nepali 1926-01-01 1963-04-17 writer, poet, lyricist Athar-Ali Fysee 1883-08-28 1963-11-03 tennis player, table tennis player Anasuya Shankar 1928-01-01 1963-01-01 author
Works entering public domain after 60 years from publication
These works enter the public domain 60 years after the date of first publication, counted from the beginning of the following calendar year: Anonymous works Photographs Cinematographic works (aka movies/films) Sound recordings Government works Works of corporate authorship or of international organizations
Movies
See also 2024 in public domain Copyright law of India 1963 in India
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