List of Indian documentary films
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This is a list of Indian documentary films arranged in alphabetical order.
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| Title | Year | Language | Director(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3D Stereo Caste | 2012 | Malayalam | A. S. Ajith Kumar |
| 7 Notes to Infinity | 2012 | English | Shrenik Rao |
| Abode of Kings: Rajasthan | 1990 | English | Shyam Benegal |
| About Love | 2019 | Marathi, English | Archana Atul Phadke |
| A Child of the Streets | 1967 | English | Shyam Benegal |
| A Historical Sketch of Indian Women | 1975 | English | Mani Kaul |
| Amar Lenin (My Lenin) | 1970 | Bengali | Ritwik Ghatak |
| And the Show Goes On | 1996 | English | Mrinal Sen |
| An Encounter with Faces | 1978 | English | Vidhu Vinod Chopra |
| Animal Reproduction and Artificial Insemination in Bovines | 1983 | English | Shyam Benegal |
| An Insignificant Man | 2017 | English, Hindi | Khushboo Ranka |
| A Treasure in the Snow (Sikkim) | 2002 | English | Goutam Ghose |
| A Tribute to Odissi | 1986 | English | Goutam Ghose |
| Arrival | 1980 | Hindi | Mani Kaul |
| A Quilt of Many Cultures: South India | 1990 | English | Shyam Benegal |
| "Ancient River & Ancestors" | 2016 | English | AjuKarthick G |
| Baavra Mann | 2013 | English | Jaideep Varma |
| Bala | 1976 | English | Satyajit Ray |
| Bal Sansar | 1974 | Hindi | Shyam Benegal |
| Before My Eyes | 1989 | English | Mani Kaul |
| 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 Briski |
| Bunkar: The Last of the Varanasi Weavers | 2018 | English, Hindi | Satyaprakash 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 Jha |
| Father, Son, and Holy War | 1995 | Hindi, English | Anand Patwardhan |
| Festival of India | 1985 | French, English | Shyam Benegal |
| Final Solution | 2003 | English, Hindi | Rakesh 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 |
| Indian Youth: An Exploration | 1968 | English | Shyam Benegal |
| India's Struggle for National Shipping | 1947 | Hindi | Paul Zils |
| India's Daughter | 2015 | English, Hindi | Leslee Udwin |
| India's Forbidden Love | 2018 | English, Tamil | Sadhana Subramaniam |
| 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 |
| I Want to Be an American | 2013 | English, Spanish | Qaushiq Mukherjee |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Raga and Melody | 1972 | English | Shyam Benegal |
| Ram ke Naam | 1992 | Hindi, English | Anand 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 |
| 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 Inner Eye | 1972 | English | Satyajit Ray |
| The House That Ananda Built | 1968 | English | Fali Bilimoria |
| The Little Tea Shop | 1972 | English | Sai Paranjpye |
| The Pulsating Giant | 1971 | English | Shyam Benegal |
| The Raag Imam Kalyan | 1972 | English | Shyam Benegal |
| The Shruti and Graces of Indian Music | 1972 | English | Shyam Benegal |
| The Quiet Revolution - Part-1 | 1974 | English | Shyam Benegal |
| The Quiet Revolution - Part-2 | 1975 | 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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