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Indian Documentary Filmmakers
This is a list of notable documentary filmmakers from India arranged in alphabetical order. : A * A. K. Chettiar * Aarti Shrivastava * Akanksha Damini Joshi * Amudhan R P * Anand Patwardhan * Anurag Singh * Anwar Jamal * Aparna Sanyal * Arun Chadha * Ashvin Kumar * Shah Alam (filmmaker) B * Biju Toppo * Bharat Bala C * C. S. Venkiteswaran * Chalam Bennurkar D * Debalina Majumder * Deepika Narayan Bhardwaj * Dinanath Gopal Tendulkar * Dinesh D'Souza * ivya Bharathi E * Ezra Mir F * Faiza Ahmad Khan * Farha Khatun G * Gauhar Raza * Goutam Ghose * Sonali Gulati H * Harjant Gill J * Jagat Murari Jharana Jhaveri K * K P SASI * K. Bikram Singh * K. M. Chaitanya * Kabir Khan * Khushboo Ranka * KARTHICK.G L * Lalit Vachani * Leena Manimekalai * Lubna Yusuf M * Meera Chaudhary * M. F. Husain * Maga.Tamizh Prabhagaran * Mainak Bhaumik * Mazhar Kamran * Mike Pandey * Mira Nair * Meghnath * Mujibar Rahaman N * Nakul Singh Sawhney * Nandan Sax ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Documentary Film
A documentary film (often described simply as a documentary) is a nonfiction Film, motion picture intended to "document reality, primarily for instruction, education or maintaining a Recorded history, historical record". The American author and Media studies, media analyst Bill Nichols (film critic), Bill Nichols has characterized the documentary in terms of "a filmmaking practice, a cinematic tradition, and mode of audience reception [that remains] a practice without clear boundaries". Research into information gathering, as a behavior, and the sharing of knowledge, as a concept, has noted how documentary movies were preceded by the notable practice of documentary photography. This has involved the use of singular Photograph, photographs to detail the complex attributes of History, historical events and continues to a certain degree to this day, with an example being the War photography, conflict-related photography achieved by popular figures such as Mathew Brady during the Am ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dinanath Gopal Tendulkar
Dinanath Gopal Tendulkar (1909–1972) was an Indian writer and documentary film maker. He is most well known as the author of an eight-volume biography of Mahatma Gandhi, titled ''Mahatma: Life of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi''. He was also a close associate of Vithalbhai Jhaveri and collaborated for the documentary film, '' Mahatma: Life of Gandhi, 1869–1948''. He died on Monday, June 12, 1972. Early life He was born in Ratnagiri, Maharashtra ( Bombay Presidency as it was called then) and was educated first at University of Cambridge and then at Universities Marburg and Göttingen. Writer Tendulkar gained international notability for writing the eight-volume biography of Mahatma Gandhi, titled ''Mahatma: Life of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi''. His most noted work is his ''Gandhi biography,'' which was first published in 1951 with a foreword by the then Prime Minister, Jawaharlal Nehru. He was awarded the Padma Bhushan (third highest civilian honour in the Republic of India) d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Khushboo Ranka
Khushboo is a female given name of Persian origin, which means 'fragrance'. It may refer to: Film and television * ''Khushboo'' (1954 film), a 1954 Bollywood film * ''Khushboo'' (1975 film), a Hindi drama film by Gulzar * Khushboo (1979 film), a Pakistani film * ''Khushboo'' (2008 film), a Hindi romantic film by Rajesh Ram Singh * Khushboo Bangla, Indian TV channel broadcasting in the Bengali-language * Manoranjan Movies, formerly Khushboo TV, Indian TV channel broadcasting Punjabi-language films People * Khushboo (Pakistani actress) (1969-2024), Pakistani actress * Khushboo Grewal (born 1984), Punjabi actress, VJ and singer from India * Kushboo Ramnawaj (born 1990), Mauritian beauty pageant contestant * Khushbu Sundar Khushbu Sundar (born Nakhat Khan; 29 September 1970) is an Indian politician, actress, film producer and television personality. She is known for her work predominantly in Tamil language films and in a few Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada and Hin ... (bor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kabir Khan (director)
Kabir Khan is an Indian film director, screenwriter and cinematographer who works in Hindi cinema. He started his career working in documentary films, and then made his feature film directorial debut in 2006 with the adventure thriller ''Kabul Express'' (2006). He is best known for directing ''New York (2009 film), New York'' (2009), ''Ek Tha Tiger'' (2012), ''Bajrangi Bhaijaan'' (2015), and ''83 (film), 83'' (2021). His latest film ''Chandu Champion'' (2024) and ''Tariq'' (2025). was released on 14 June 2024 opening to positive reviews. This was his second sports biopic after 83. He is the board member of Mumbai Academy of the Moving Image. Early life and background Khan was born to a Muslim Urdu speaking father, Rasheeduddin Khan, and a Hindu Telugu people, Telugu-speaking mother, Leela Narayan Rao. Rasheeduddin, who was a Pashtuns, Pathan hailing from Kaimganj in Farrukhabad district, Uttar Pradesh, was a nephew of Dr. Zakir Husain (politician), Zakir Hussain (President of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
KP SASI
Karuvannur Puthanveettil Sasi (Malayalam: കെ. പി. ശശി; 14 March 1958 – 25 December 2022) was an Indian film director and cartoonist from Bengaluru. Life and career Sasi's father K. Damodaran (25 February 1912 – 3 July 1976) was a Marxist theoretician and writer and one of the founder leaders of the Communist Party of India. He started working as a cartoonist while being a student at JNU during the late seventies. He started experimenting with films on 8mm during the early eighties. His documentaries include "A Valley Refuses to Die", "We Who Make History", "Living in Fear", "In the Name of Medicine" and "Voices from a Disaster", ''Fabricated!'', ''America America'', ''Resisting Coastal Invasion'' and ''Development at Gunpoint''. His feature films include ''Ilayum Mullum'', on the social and psychological violence on women in Kerala. ''Ek Alag Mausam'' (A Different Season) (Hindi: एक अलग मौसम) is a 2003 Hindi language movie directed by Sasi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jagat Murari
Jagat Murari (5 October 1924 – 13 April 2007) was a distinguished Indian documentary filmmaker, known well for his contributions to Indian cinema as a producer, director and, above all, educator. He played a pioneering role in a number of key film institutions in India, including the Film & Television Institute of India (FTII), the National Film Archive of India (NFAI), and the Directorate of Film Festivals (DFF). Murari is well remembered for nurturing young, talented students as head of FTII, Pune between 1962 and 1971, many of whom are now well known names in the Bollywood industry, including Jaya Bhaduri, Shabana Azmi, Adoor Gopalakrishnan and Subhash Ghai. Life and career Filmmaker Murari earned a Masters in Physics at Patna University and then, feeling that his background in physics would be useful in cinema, he obtained a Masters in Cinema in 1947 from the University of Southern California, Los Angeles. His first Hollywood internship was on Orson Welles' film, ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harjant Gill
Harjant Gill is an Indian documentary filmmaker and teaches visual anthropology at Towson University. His films explore topics related to gender, sexuality, religion and belonging in India and among Indians in diaspora. Personal life Gill was born in Chandigarh, India; grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area The San Francisco Bay Area, commonly known as the Bay Area, is a List of regions of California, region of California surrounding and including San Francisco Bay, and anchored by the cities of Oakland, San Francisco, and San Jose, California, S ..., California; and now lives in Washington, D.C. Filmography * Sent Away Boys (2016) * Mardistan (documentary) (2014) * Roots of Love (2011) * Lot's Wife (2008) * Milind Soman Made Me Gay (2007) *Some Reasons For Living (2003) *Everything (2002) References External links * Film directors from Chandigarh Living people Towson University faculty American film directors of Indian descent Year of birth missing (living ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sonali Gulati
Sonali Gulati is an Indian American independent filmmaker, feminist, grass-roots activist, and educator. Gulati grew up in New Delhi, India. Her mother, a teacher and textile designer, raised her independently, She has made several films that have screened at over five hundred film festivals worldwide. Her films have screened at venues such as the Hirshhorn Museum, the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, the National Museum of Women in the Arts, and at film festivals such as the Margaret Mead Film Festival, the Black Maria Film Festival, Slamdance Film Festival, and BlackStar Film Festival. She has an MFA in Film & Media Arts from Temple University, and a BA in Critical Social Thought from Mount Holyoke College. She is currently a professor at Virginia Commonwealth University's Department of Photography & Film. Film Sonali Gulati has made several short films and a feature-length documentary film. Gulati's award-winning 2005 documentary film, '' Nalini by Day, Nancy by Night'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Goutam Ghose
Goutam Ghose (also spelled Gautam Ghosh; born 24 July 1950) is an Indian film director, actor, music director and cinematographer who works primarily in Cinema of West Bengal, Bengali cinema. He is the only Indian to have received the "Vittorio Di Sica" Award, Italy, in 1997. In 2012, the Government of West Bengal honored him with the Banga Bibhushan for lifetime achievement. Acknowledging his contributions to film, he was awarded the Knighthood of the Star of the Italian Solidarity in July 2006. Early life Goutam Ghose was born on 24 July 1950 in Calcutta, India to Santana and Prof. Himangshu Kumar Ghose. His kindergarten days began at the St John's Diocesan School (now an all-girls school). He studied there till class 4 and then moved to the neighboring Cathedral Missionary Boys' School. He graduated from the University of Calcutta. Career He started making documentaries in 1973. Took active part in group theatre movement in Calcutta. Also dedicated some time as a Photo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gauhar Raza
Gauhar Raza (born 17 August 1956) is an Indian engineer, science communicator, Urdu poet, social activist and documentary filmmaker. He is known for his films like ''Jung-e-Azadi'', on the India's First War of Independence, and '' Inqilab'' (2008) on Bhagat Singh. He was also the honorary director of Jahangirabad Media Institute. Early life and education Born in Allahabad (now Prayagraj), Uttar Pradesh, India on 17 August 1956. His family shifted to Aligarh in 1958. His father Wizarat Husain (1919–2007) was a freedom fighter, a communist party member and a renowned educationist and science teacher in Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh. His mother, a social worker, was also intensely involved in freedom struggle and had worked with Indira Gandhi in Allahabad. He completed a BSc in engineering from Aligarh Muslim University (AMU), in 1977 and MTech in Power Apparatus and Systems from Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi in 1979. He was a member of Students' Federation of Ind ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Farha Khatun
Farha Khatun is an Indian editor and documentary filmmaker known for directing the documentary '' Holy Rights'' which won Best Film on Social Issues at the 67th National Film Awards. In 2024, jurry member for Indian Documentary Section at Kolkata International Film Festival. She also Co-directed the Documentary ''I am Bonnie'' which also won Best Film on Social Issues at 65th National Film Awards The 65th National Film Awards ceremony was an event during which the Directorate of Film Festivals presented its annual National Film Awards to honour the best films of 2017 in Cinema of India, Indian cinema. The awards were announced on 13 Apr .... She has also acted in 'Abar Jodi Ichchha Karo... (If you dare Desire...)',- a 2017 film directed by Debalina Majumdar and written by Susmita Sinha. Filmography Awards I am Bonnie * National Film Award For Best Film On Social Issue. * Special Jury Mention' at Mumbai International Film Festival (MIFF) * ‘Best Documenta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
