Film & Video

The Partition Library is presently under construction. Once completed, the library will be a compilation of all known resources on Partition managed by a team of volunteer staff and interns, and kept updated through your contributions.

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A Thin Wall

April, 2015
Mara Ahmed
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4651472/

Abar Ashibo Phire/Way Back Home

January, 2004
Supriyo Sen

Amar Rahe Yeh Pyar

January, 1961
Prabhu Dayal
www.imdb.com/title/tt0379167/

Bhaag Milkha Bhaag

July, 2013
Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra
www.imdb.com/title/tt2356180/

Bhowani Junction

January, 1956
George Cukor
www.imdb.com/title/tt0049007/

Bipāśā/Bipasha

March, 1962
Agradoot
www.imdb.com/title/tt0149883/

Buniyaad

February, 2014
Ramesh Sippy and Jyoti Sarup
www.imdb.com/title/tt0389586/

Chhalia

January, 1960
Manmohan Desai
www.imdb.com/title/tt0053708/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1

Chinnamul

October, 1950
Ghosh, Nemai

Chinnamul

February, 1951
Nemai Ghosh
www.imdb.com/title/tt0042329/

Chitra Nadir Pare/Quiet Flows the River Chitra

February, 1999
Tanvir Mokammel
www.imdb.com/title/tt1019897/

Dastaan

June, 2010
Haissam Hussain
www.imdb.com/title/tt2404721/

Dharmputra

January, 1961
Yash Chopra
www.imdb.com/title/tt0158585/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1

Dynasty: The Nehru-Gandhi Story

April, 1998
www.imdb.com/title/tt0325294/

Earth

July, 1998
Deepa Mehta
www.imdb.com/title/tt0150433/

Ekti Nadir Naam/Name of a River

June, 2003
Anup Singh
www.imdb.com/title/tt0376589/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1

Eqbal Ahmad and the partitioning of India

February, 1996
Eqbal Ahmad

Food in the Making of a Nation

August, 2021
TEDx Talks

Gadar: Ek Prem Katha/Revolt: A Love Story

June, 2001
Anil Sharma
www.imdb.com/title/tt0284137/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1

Gandhi

February, 1983
Richard Attenborough
www.imdb.com/title/tt0083987/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1

Gandhi and the partition of India

December, 1982
Richard Attenborough
www.imdb.com/title/tt0083987/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1

Gandhi's India

February, 1969
BBC

Garam Hava/Scorching Winds

November, 1974
M.S. Sathyu
www.imdb.com/title/tt0073034/

Hawa Kay Naam/ For a Place Under the Heavens

January, 2003
Sabiha Sumar
www.imdb.com/title/tt0445416/

Hey Ram

February, 2000
Kamal Haasan
www.imdb.com/title/tt0222012/?ref_=nv_sr_1

Images Of India: A Social Studies Primer

February, 1998
Films Media Group

India 1947: Partition in Colour

August, 2022
BBC Channel 4

India After Independence

February, 1993
Films for the Humanities

India Pakistan Partition Documentary BBC

January, 2013
Peace Monger Soul

India's Partition: The Forgotten Story

October, 2017
Gurinder Chadha
www.imdb.com/title/tt11560018/

India, the Brightest Jewel

January, 1977
BBC TV

India: The Turmoils of The Century

January, 1994
Arnaud Mandagaran

Jukti Takko Aar Gappo/Reason, Debate and a Story

December, 1974
Ritwik Ghatak
www.imdb.com/title/tt0071707/

Kartar Singh

June, 1959
Saifudin Saif
www.imdb.com/title/tt1620501/

Karvaan/Shadows in the dark

September, 1999
Pankaj Butalia
www.imdb.com/title/tt0253177/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1

Karwaan LIVE: Delhi's Food since Partition

May, 2020
Karwaan : The Heritage Exploration Initiative

Kashmir The Story | Full Documentary On The History & Timelines Of Kashmir Valley

August, 2018
Varun Malik, Kavya Krishnaswami
www.imdb.com/title/tt10184008/

Kashmir: Freedom’s Thirst

February, 2012
Sanjay Kak

Kashmir: The Legacy of Partition of India

February, 2001
Films Media Group

Khamosh Pani/ Silent waters

February, 2004
Sabiha Sumar
www.imdb.com/title/tt0357283/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1

Khayal Darpan

July, 2006
Yousuf Saeed

Komal Gandhar

March, 1961
Ritwik Ghatak
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0055055/

Komal Gandhar/A Soft Note on a Sharp Scale (Ghatak’s Trilogy Part Two)

March, 1961
Ritwik Ghatak
www.imdb.com/title/tt0055055/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1

Kya Dilli Kya Lahore

May, 2014
Vijay Raaz
www.imdb.com/title/tt2063745/?ref_=ttpl_pl_tt

Masterpiece Theatre: Lord Mountbatten - The Last Viceroy

April, 1986
Tom Clegg
www.imdb.com/title/tt0090475/

Meghe Dhaka Tara

April, 1960
Ritwik Ghatak
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0054073/

Meghe Dhaka Tara/The Cloud-Capped Star (Ghatak’s Trilogy Part One)

April, 1960
Ritwik Ghatak
www.imdb.com/title/tt0054073/

Midnight’s Children

September, 2012
Deepa Mehta
www.imdb.com/title/tt1714866/

Mr. Jinnah: The Making of Pakistan

October, 1997
Christopher Mitchell
www.imdb.com/title/tt0246792/

Nāgarika/The Citizen

January, 1952
Ritwik Ghatak
www.imdb.com/title/tt0044952/

Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose: The Forgotten Hero

May, 2005
Shyam Benegal
www.imdb.com/title/tt0459554/

Our True Legacy

December, 2013
Ken McMullen
www.imdb.com/name/nm0573427/

Padma Nadir Majhi

January, 2004
Goutam Ghose
www.imdb.com/title/tt0107767/

Pardesan wich Punjabi

January, 2009
S.S. Walia

Partition

February, 2007
Vic Sarin
www.imdb.com/title/tt0213985/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1

Partition

August, 1987
Ken McMullen
www.imdb.com/title/tt0093704/

Partition of India : legacy of blood

January, 1997
Christopher Mitchell

Partition of Pakistan: legacy of blood

January, 1997
Christopher Mitchell and Sophia Swire

Partition: Legacy of the Line

October, 2017
Boo Prabhaker, Uzma Mir Young
www.imdb.com/title/tt13961460/

Pinjar

October, 2003
Chandra Prakash Dwivedi
www.imdb.com/title/tt0347779/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1

Sadiyaan

January, 2010
Raj Kanwar
www.imdb.com/title/tt1183944/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1

Sardar

January, 1993
Ketan Mehta
www.imdb.com/title/tt0240879/

Shaheed

January, 1948
Ramesh Saigal
www.imdb.com/title/tt0141819/

Shaheed-E-Mohabbat Boota Singh

January, 1999
Shamim Ara, Manoj Punj
www.imdb.com/title/tt0308875/

Simantorekha by Kino-Eye Films

October, 2017
Mokamme, Tanvir

Sindhustan

May, 2021
Sapna Moti Bhavnani

Soul of India: Hindus and Muslims in Conflict

February, 2002
Steven Silver

Subarnarekha

October, 1965
Ritwik Ghatak

Subarnarekha/The Golden Thread

January, 1965
Ritwikkumar Ghatak
www.imdb.com/title/tt0056537/

Subarnarekha/The Golden Thread (Ghatak’s Trilogy Part Three)

August, 1965
Ritwik Ghatak
www.imdb.com/title/tt0056537/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1

Swapnabhumi/The Promised Land

January, 2007
Tanvir Mokammel
www.imdb.com/title/tt1201164/?ref_=nm_flmg_edt_3

Tāhādera kathā

December, 2004
Buddhadeba Dasagupta

Tamas/Darkness

January, 1987
Govind Nihalani
www.imdb.com/title/tt0247896/

The Birth of Pakistan

February, 1993
Films for the Humanities

The Day India Burned: Partition

August, 2007
Ricardo Pollack
www.imdb.com/title/tt2402981/

The Division of Hearts

January, 1987
Satti Khanna & Peter Chappell

The Jewel in the Crown

January, 1984
Jim O'Brien
www.imdb.com/title/tt0086739/

The Pre-Partition Riots of 1946

June, 2021
Live History India

The Road to Indian Independence

February, 1990
Marie-Louise Derrien

The Sky Below

June, 2008
Sarah Singh

The Story of India

August, 2007
Jeremy Jeffs
www.imdb.com/title/tt1333053/

The Story of India: Freedom

February, 2008
Michael Wood

Three Women of Three Times and The Border

December, 2011
Buddhadeb Dasgupta

Toba Tekh Singh

March, 2010
Afia Nathaniel
www.imdb.com/title/tt0486495/

Train to Pakistan

November, 1998
Pamela Rooks
www.imdb.com/title/tt0170704/

Veer Savarkar

November, 2001
Ved Rahi
www.imdb.com/title/tt0303187/