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Indira Gandhi's interview with Jonathan Dimbleby
An interview with Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi. Mrs. Gandhi is asked some rather uncomfortable questions by Thames Televisions Jonathan Dimbleby regarding Indian Politics and the crack down on the press while she was Prime Minister. Mrs.…
Tags: Emergency, India, Indira Gandhi, Shah Commission
Indira Gandhi's speech
Indira Gandhi's Speeh in 1976
Tags: India, Indira Gandhi
Amir Khusro
The son of a Turkish nobleman, Amir Khusro was born in Patiali village of Etah district (now in Uttar Pradesh). He was a poet, philosopher and musician whose contributions to music were as important as his contributions to language and literature.…
Tags: Amir Khusro, Culture, India, Music, Sufism
Captain M. N. MULLA I. N. (M.V.C.)
The film is about the heroism of Capt. M. N. Mulla who lost his life on board the frigate `Khukri' which was sunk by an enemy submarine during the conflict with Pakistan in 1971.
Tags: 1971, India, India-Pakistan War, Khukri, M.N. Mulla
City on the water
The film about the typical urban problems faced by the city of Bombay as its population has grown and how the idea about developing N Bombay evolved - the new city of 2 million that was being planned and developed across the harbor. The film speaks…
Tags: Bombay, Cities, India, Urban Planning
The Chola heritage
The film highlighting the Dravidian temple architecture and bronze sculpture which attained the creative pinnacle during the rule of the Cholas in the 10th and the 11th centuries. Cholas were great temple builders. The temple of Vijayalaya Cholesvara…
Tags: Archeology, Architecture, Cholas, History, India, Temples
Chitrakathi
Pinguli is an old village on the Konkan coast, about 32 km north of Goa. Here, a unique Thakur community of sixty families has preserved for hundreds of years three different folk forms: Chitrakathi, marionettes and leather puppets. Chitrakathi arose…
Tags: Art, Chitrakathi, Culture, Goa, India, Paithan Paintings, Puppetry
Raga
A short TV filler rendering the raga Megh Malhar as sung by Ustad Amir Khan. The Megh Malhar evoking the rain gods is generally sung between 11.30 PM and 1.00 AM.
Tags: Art, Culture, India, Music, Raga Malhar, Ustad Amir Khan
Mahabalipuram
The monuments of Mahabalipuram, popularly known as the 'Seven Pagodas', are filmed here in vivid detail and the camera has succeeded in capturing something of the atmosphere that pervades this ancient site. The elaborately sculptured rock-cut caves…
Tags: History, India, Mahabalipuram