Documentary

Manavalakurichi, My Village

Through a sentimental journey of Lakshmi to her village, Manavalakurichi in Kanyakumari district in Tamil Nadu, this film demonstrates the overall transformation that has taken place in rural India. However, for all its progress, Manavalakurichi, for instance, still retain sits old character. It is still a land of fisherfolk, people who constantly battle with the stormy seas to earn a living. But there is a change : now there are three co-operatives which find a good market for their catch in the hinterland.

Sleeping Cities

Trailing the lives of two men and a woman, Cities of Sleep takes us into the world of different improvised sleeping spaces and night shelters to provide an experimental portrait of a set of unique sleep practices in Delhi.

King of The Jungle

Through a conversation among several animals in the jungle,this animation film brings forth the message of family planning.

Khilone Wala

The film is on the theme of national integration.

Kailash At Ellora

The grandeur of the rock-cut carvings of the Kailash temple in the Ellora caves is highlighted in this film Situated 18 miles north west of Aurangabad, these caves still remain an architectural marvel even today.

Jallianwalla Bagh

The massacre of Jallianwalla Bagh is a flash point of history and heritage of our nation. For the making of this film, material was collected from various sources in India and abroad. Filmic material was procured from newsreel organisations in Europe which were operating in India during the first half of the 20th Century and archival material from India Office Library, London, Nehru Museum and the National Archives. This film tries to bring home the role played by this incident in our struggle for freedom.

Healthy and Happy (Swasthya Aur Sananda)

By observing simple rules of hygiene and sanitation, sickness and disease can be banished and this is what the cartoon, meant for audience in rural areas, attempts to depict. While explaining the two important aspects of rural sanitation - clean and safe drinking water and the use of sanitary latrines, the film also depicts the proper methods of constructing sanitary wells and latrines.

Gandhi, Nehru and Modern Art

The film shows the emergence of individual modern artist as a result of colonical transformation of the country, colonial hegemony and its nationalistic negation and also focused how Gandhiji and Nehru influenced the artist during the years leading to and following independence.

Friendship ( Dosti )

Friendship is an animation short based on one of the story of Panchtantra. This is a story of four friends a deer, a crow, a rat and a tortoise living happily in the Jungle. One day the deer is captured by a hunter and from there the adventure of friendship begins. This musical tale portrays the power of unity which is a quintessential element of coexistence and survival.

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