10 Inspirational Documentaries on India You Can't Miss

BENAGLURU: 100 years of Indian Cinema has a lot of stories to share with the world. Similarly Indian Documentaries have also achieved big within 25 years of its debut in India. Film-making has come a long way since 1992, when the first ever documentary was released. Film makers have put in sincere efforts to portray India at its best form through their realistic approach.

The bold subjects picked by some of the directors who made some exemplary documentaries deserve wide acknowledgement for their efforts. The good the bad of India, these films have it all. The recent documentary, ‘India’s Daughter’ is one such impactful one.

Here are some documentaries based in India that left remarkable statements in the history of film-making in India:

Born Into Brothels: This Oscar winning documentary by Ross Kaufmann and Zana Briski is a tribute to the resiliency of childhood. Born into Brothels is a portrait of several unforgettable children who were born into the brothels of the red light area in Kolkata, where their mothers work as prostitutes. This New York based photographer gives each of these children a camera and teaches them to look at the world with new eyes. ‘Kids with Cameras’ is the non-profit organization through which she reached to the kids.  After several years of training from Briski, the kids crated their own photos. Their images captured the colors of everyday life in the over populated streets of Calcutta.

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