1,472 Films & TV Shows Set In India
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Kabuliwala
๐ฎ๐ณ IndiaA poor Afghani leaves his family behind to earn a living as a dried fruit vendor in India. Profoundly homesick, he befriends a young girl who reminds him of his own daughter. Meanwhile, the locals are distrustful of all foreigners.
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Shehar Aur Sapna
๐ฎ๐ณ IndiaThe film was based on Abbas's own story, One Thousand Nights on a Bed of Stones, which describes the struggle in the life of pavement dwellers in the backdrop of rapid industrialization.
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Seven Steps
๐ฎ๐ณ India The 1940sDuring WWII an army doctor is brought a drunken Anglo-Indian woman, whom he'd once loved, for treatment.
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Opera House
๐ฎ๐ณ IndiaA lover follows his sweetheart to her hometown and becomes embroiled in a murder mystery.
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Mughal-e-Azam
๐ฎ๐ณ India The 16th CenturySet in the 16th century AD, the movie brings to life the tale of the doomed love affair between the Mughal Crown Prince Saleem and the beautiful, ill-fated court dancer, whose fervor and intensity perpetrates a war between the prince and his father the great Mughal Emperor Akbar, and threatens to bring an empire to its knees.
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Goliath II
๐ฎ๐ณ IndiaGoliath II is a 6-inch-tall elephant (son of the huge Goliath). He's a big disappointment to his father, but mom is proud of Goliath II anyway. Goliath II is constantly getting into trouble because he's so small. In particular, the tiger Raja looks for every opportunity to try a bite-size taste of elephant. After one incident where he ran away and his mother scolded him, he runs away. After he's rescued, the rest of the elephants are terrified of a mouse, but Goliath II stands his ground.
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Chaudhvin Ka Chand
๐ฎ๐ณ IndiaThe setting is the city of Lucknow in northern India, where Islamic culture flourished. Two of the three best friends who live in this city have fallen in love with the same woman named Jameela unknowingly. Aslam and Nawab are the two friends caught in this love triangle. Written by Anonymous Nawab Pyare Mian gets a close look at a stunning woman in a busy market place, and is left stunned by her beauty. Unable to get her out of his mind, he asks his friends, Shedad and Aslam, for assistance. Then to Nawab's delight he spots her at his sister's birthday celebration, and asks Nasibhan to find out who she is. After a few misunderstandings, he does find out her name, which is Jameela. But the problem is that his friend, Aslam, has also fallen for her, and the friends will have to make sacrifices for each other, then after that the decision will be Jameela's to decide who to chose for her life-partner.
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Cone of Silence
England ๐ฎ๐ณ IndiaA seasoned pilot is condemned for an error which causes a crash. The pilot later dies in a crash with similar circumstances and an examiner looks for scientific reasons for the crashes.
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Parthiban Kanavu
๐ฎ๐ณ India The 7th Century7th century AD. Parthiban, the Chola King, dies in battle leaving incomplete his desire to be free from the yoke of the Pallavas. His son Vikraman (Gemini Ganesh) is determined to fulfill his father's dream. He is arrested by the Pallava king, Narasimhavarman and exiled to an island where he is chosen the king
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The World of Apu
๐ฎ๐ณ IndiaApu is a jobless ex-student dreaming vaguely of a future as a writer. An old college friend talks him into a visit up-country to a village wedding...
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Kaagaz Ke Phool
๐ฎ๐ณ IndiaThe film tells, in flashback, the story of Suresh Sinha, a famous film director and his relationship with an aspiring actress.
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The Indian Tomb
๐ฎ๐ณ IndiaDer deutsche Millionen-Film! โ Seetha and Harold Berger are rescued from the desert by a caravan and brought to a small village. However, the greedy owner of the house where they are lodged betrays the law of hospitality and reveals their location to Prince Ramigani. The couple tries to escape but is hunted and captured by Ramigani and his men. Meanwhile Irene Rhode and her husband Walter Rhode suspect that Maharaja Chandra is not telling the truth about Harold's destiny. The conspirator Ramigani forces Seetha to accept to get married with Chandra to provoke the wrath of the priests and get the alliance of Prince Padhu and his army. In the meantime, Harold succeeds in escaping from the dungeon and seeks out Seetha to save her.
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The Tiger of Eschnapur
๐ฎ๐ณ IndiaDer deutsche Millionen-Film! โ In Eschnapur, a German architect saves the life of the Maharajah's favorite temple dancer and becomes Maharajah's friend but their friendship is tested when the architect and the dancer fall in-love, triggering the Maharajah's vengeful ire.
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The Stranglers of Bombay
๐ฎ๐ณ India The 1820sThis is true! This is real! This actually happened! โ In 1826 British-ruled India, the secret Cult of Thugee demonstrates their worship of their goddess, Kali, by the mutilation and mass murder of thousands of Indians while pirating the shipments of the British East-Indian Tea Company. As the British military leaders play down the implications of the piracy and disappearances, a lone captain realizes that they are not just coincidence and sets out to uncover the source of the deviltry, at the risk of his career. Based on history.
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Under the Blue Sky
๐ฎ๐ณ India The 1930sSet in the turbulent 1930s, this is the story of a poor Chinese hawker selling his merchandise, Chinese silk, in the streets of Calcutta. This was the time when China was repulsing a brutal attack of militarist Japan and when an outraged Rabindranath Tagore wrote to his friend in Japan, the great poet Noguchi: โI wish your countrymen, whom I love so much, not success but remorseโ. This film holds the dubious distinction of being the first to be banned (though temporarily) in independent India.
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Harry Black and the Tiger
๐ฎ๐ณ IndiaMan Against Beast! Woman Against Man! โ In the mysterious jungle of India, Harry Black, a skilled hunter, hunts a dangerous tiger which attacked. This tiger has already claimed hundreds of victims. While recovering from his wounds will review the most important moments of his life.
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Parosh Pathar
๐ฎ๐ณ IndiaThe Philosopher's Stone โ An underpaid middle-aged clerk finds a stone that changes iron to gold on touch.
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Runaway
๐ฎ๐ณ IndiaKanchan, all of eight years old, is always up to pranks and mischief in his village home. He finds his father a cruel demon who keeps his mother oppressed and imprisoned. In his dreams, the big city is El Dorado, until he reaches there.
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Kalapani
๐ฎ๐ณ IndiaBased on A.J.Cronin's 'Beyond This Place', this movie narrates the story of an untiring crusade for justice. A young man, learning about his father's wrongful implication in a fifteen-year-old murder, vows to bring the true criminals to justice and release his innocent father from 'kaala paani' (life imprisonment), for which he enlists the help of a press reporter, a retired police inspector and an unwitting prostitute who happens to possess some key evidence.
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Howrah Bridge
๐ฎ๐ณ IndiaRakesh lives with his brother, Madan, and his dad in Rangoon. Madan has fallen into bad company and steals the family heirloom, in the shape of a dragon, some cash and runs away to India. Shortly thereafter, his dead body is found under Calcutta's Howrah Bridge. Rakesh travels to Calcutta in order to find out the mystery behind Madan's death, and also try to recover the family heirloom.
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Dilli Ka Thug
๐ฎ๐ณ IndiaKishore is a conman who has little respect for the rich. He learns that the person responsible for his friend's death is the same who led to his own father's death. He swears to bring him to justice.
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Pyaasa
๐ฎ๐ณ IndiaVijay, a destitute poet, searches for true love while attempting to get his work published. With the assistance of two women in his life, his dream comes true - but at a cost that causes Vijay to rethink his worldview.
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The Flute and the Arrow
๐ฎ๐ณ IndiaA film about the muria people of the Bastar jungle in central India. It was entered into the 1958 Cannes Film Festival.
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Gotoma the Buddha
๐ฎ๐ณ India The 5th Century BCThis Indian documentary had its world premiere in Paris. Told simply and straightforwardly, the film traces the life of Buddha, from humble priest to religious icon. The central character's search for wisdom and inner peace may not seem like ideal visual fare, but director Rajbana Khanna makes it so. Emphasis is placed upon Buddha's relationship with the land, conveyed by lyrical shots of India's vast and varied terrain. Prior to its official release, Gotoma the Buddha was feted with a "special mention" at the 1957 Cannes Film Festival; few viewers will hold it in lesser esteem.
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