List of Indian documentary films


This is a list of Indian documentary films arranged in alphabetical order.
TitleYearLanguageDirectorNotes
3D Stereo Caste2012MalayalamA. S. Ajith Kumar
7 Notes to Infinity2012EnglishShrenik Rao
Abode of Kings: Rajasthan1990EnglishShyam Benegal
About Love2019Marathi, EnglishArchana Atul Phadke
A Child of the Streets1967EnglishShyam Benegal
A Historical Sketch of Indian Women1975EnglishMani Kaul
Amar Lenin 1970BengaliRitwik Ghatak
Andhere me Roshni ki kiran2025prabudh entertainment Indian documentary films
An Encounter with Faces1978EnglishVidhu Vinod Chopra
Animal Reproduction and Artificial Insemination in Bovines1983EnglishShyam Benegal
Acupressure ka Jalwa2023HindiIndian documentary films, Acupressure council
A Treasure in the Snow 2002EnglishGoutam Ghose
A Maiya Thawe wali2025Hindiprabudh entertainment
Arrival1980HindiMani Kaul
A Quilt of Many Cultures: South India1990EnglishShyam Benegal
Ancient River & Ancestors2016EnglishAjuKarthick G
Bihar ka Jalwa2025Hindisudha, indian documentary films
Bala1976EnglishSatyajit Ray
Bal Sansar1974HindiShyam Benegal
Before My Eyes1989EnglishMani Kaul
Beyond Genocide: Bhopal1986Hindi
English		Tapan Bose
Beyond the Himalayas1996EnglishGoutam Ghose
Bombay: Our City1985English, HindiAnand Patwardhan
Bodh gaya ka Mahabodhi Mandir2025Hindiprabudh entertainment Indian documentary films
Born into Brothels2005Bengali, EnglishZana Briski
Bunkar: The Last of the Varanasi Weavers2018English, HindiSatyaprakash Upadhyay
Calcutta My El Dorado 1990EnglishMrinal Sen
Celluloid Man2012English, Hindi, Kannada, BengaliShivendra Singh Dungarpur
Chief Minister of Bihar 1947 to 20252025HindiIndian Documentary Films Nechua jalalpur gopalganj Bihar
Children of the Pyre2008HindiRajesh S. Jala
Chitrakathi1977HindiMani Kaul
Chooriyan1993HindiSai Paranjpye
Classic Dance Forms of India: Koodiattam1986HindiPrakash Jha
Climate's First Orphans2005EnglishNila Madhab Panda
Close to Nature1967EnglishShyam Benegal
Digital yug ka sanskar2025Hindiprabudh entertainment Indian documentary films
Daughters of Mother India2014Hindi, EnglishVibha Bakshi
Development in Irrigation1981EnglishGoutam Ghose
Dhrupad1983HindiMani Kaul
Didi1994HindiPrakash Jha
Ek Ghat Ki Kahani1987HindiGoutam Ghose
Epilepsy1976EnglishShyam Benegal
Faces After the Storm1981EnglishPrakash Jha
Father, Son, and Holy War1995Hindi, EnglishAnand Patwardhan
Festival of India1985French, EnglishShyam Benegal
Final Solution2003English, HindiRakesh Sharma
Foundations of Progress1972EnglishShyam Benegal
Friends Together1978HindiPrakash Jha
Growth for a Golden Future1982EnglishShyam Benegal
Gulabi Gang2012 in Dubai;
2014 in India		Hindi, BundeliNishtha Jain
Horoscope for a Child1969EnglishShyam Benegal
Hungry Autumn1974EnglishGoutam Ghose
I Am 201967EnglishS. N. S. Sastry
I Can Love Too2011English, KannadaMrinmoy Bhowmick
Indian Youth: An Exploration1968EnglishShyam Benegal
India's Struggle for National Shipping1947HindiPaul Zils
India's Daughter2015English, HindiLeslee Udwin
India's Forbidden Love2018English, TamilSadhana Subramaniam
Inshallah, Football2010Kashmiri, Urdu, EnglishAshvin Kumar
Inshallah, Kashmir2012Kashmiri, Urdu, Hindi,EnglishAshvin Kumar
Interdependence Film 20192019English, French, ItalianNila Madhab Panda
I Want to Be an American2013English, SpanishQaushiq Mukherjee
Jalwa Acupressure ka2024HindiIndian Documentary Films
Jawaharlal Nehru1982HindiShyam Benegal
Jeevan Smriti 2013Bengali, EnglishRituparno Ghosh
Jyanto Durga 2010BengaliArin Paul
Kakkoos2017TamilDivya Bharathi
Kalahandi2001OdiaGoutam Ghose
L'archivio a oriente2012Italian, Persian, ChineseGoutam Ghose
Ladies First2018HindiUraaz Bahl
Laloorinu Parayanullathu2012MalayalamSathish Kalathil
Land of Sand Dunes1986EnglishGoutam Ghose
Learning Modules for Rural Children1974EnglishShyam Benegal
Loknayak2004HindiPrakash Jha
Love in India2009Tamil, Bengali, English, HindiQaushiq Mukherjee
Machines2016HindiRahul Jain
Mati Manas 1985HindiMani Kaul
May I Think, Sir?1983EnglishPrakash Jha
Menstrual Man2013Hindi, Tamil, EnglishAmit Virmani
Mohor1990HindiGoutam Ghose
Moving Perspectives1964EnglishMrinal Sen
My Mother: A Freudian introspection1997BengaliSandip Ray
Naga Story: The Other Side of Silence2003Nagamese, Meitei, English and 14 Naga languagesGopal Menon
Nature Symphony1990EnglishShyam Benegal
Nechua jalalpur2024HindiIndian documentary films
New Earth1973EnglishGoutam Ghose
New Horizons in Steel1977EnglishShyam Benegal
Notes on the Green Revolution1972EnglishShyam Benegal
Ode to a Child1979EnglishPrakash Jha
President of India 1950 to 20252025HindiIndian documentary films
Pas de deux1981EnglishPrakash Jha
Power to the People1972EnglishShyam Benegal
Pregnant Silence: Conception of a Genius1991EnglishSandip Ray
Prime minister of India 1947 to 20252025HindiIndian Documentary Films
Quest for a Nation1970EnglishShyam Benegal
Rabindranath Tagore1961EnglishSatyajit Ray
Raga and Melody1972EnglishShyam Benegal
Ram ke Naam1992Hindi, EnglishAnand Patwardhan
Ramkinkar Baij1975BengaliRitwik Ghatak
Reaching Out to People1979EnglishShyam Benegal
Dr. Shri prakash Baranwal2024HindiIndian documentary films
Red Ant Dream2013Gondi, Odia, PunjabiSanjay Kak
Rhythms of a Land and Its People1976EnglishPrakash Jha
Riding Solo to the Top of the World2006EnglishGaurav Jani
Rupiya2023Hindiprabudh entertainment Indian documentary films
Sachin: A Billion Dreams2017English, Marathi, HindiJames Erskine
Sangathan1983HindiShyam Benegal
Sange Meel Se Mulaqat 1989HindiGoutam Ghose
Sarimen2020EnglishQaushiq Mukherjee
Satyajit Ray1982English, Bengali, HindiShyam Benegal
Shreevatsya1983EnglishPrakash Jha
Siddeshwari1990HindiMani Kaul
Sikkim1971EnglishSatyajit Ray
Silent Ghungroos2006EnglishGauri Warudi
Sinhasta, or The Path to Immortality1968EnglishShyam Benegal
Sonal2002HindiPrakash Jha
Steel: A Whole New Way of Life1971EnglishShyam Benegal
Suee2009HindiSai Paranjpye
Suhani Sadak1973HindiShyam Benegal
Sukumar Ray1987BengaliSatyajit Ray
Swajaldhara2002HindiNila Madhab Panda
Tailing Pond2020EnglishSaurav Vishnu
Tala and Rhythm1971EnglishShyam Benegal
Tata Steel: Seventy Five Years of the Indian Steel Industry1983EnglishShyam Benegal
Thariode2020MalayalamNirmal Baby Varghese
The Bird of Time1991EnglishGoutam Ghose
The Inner Eye1972EnglishSatyajit Ray
The House That Ananda Built1968EnglishFali Bilimoria
The Little Tea Shop1972EnglishSai Paranjpye
The Pulsating Giant1971EnglishShyam Benegal
The Raag Imam Kalyan1972EnglishShyam Benegal
The Shruti and Graces of Indian Music1972EnglishShyam Benegal
The Quiet Revolution - Part-11974EnglishShyam Benegal
The Quiet Revolution - Part-21975EnglishShyam Benegal
Tomorrow Begins Today: Industrial Research1976EnglishShyam Benegal
Tripura Prasanga 1982BengaliMrinal Sen
Valley of Hope - Amar Seva Sangam A Journey2019English, TamilArin Paul
Vande Mataram1990BengaliRituparno Ghosh
Veenavaadanam2008MalayalamSathish Kalathil
Violence: What Price? Who Pays? No. 51974EnglishShyam Benegal
War and Peace2002English, HindiAnand Patwardhan
Why Export?1970EnglishShyam Benegal
You Can Prevent Burns1974EnglishShyam Benegal
Zindagi Ek Safar 1991HindiSandip Ray