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Born Into Brothels: Calcutta's Red Light Kids

2004

Documentary depicting the lives of child prostitutes in the red light district of Songachi, Calcutta. Director Zana Briski went to photograph the prostitutes when she met and became friends with their children. Briski began giving photography lessons to the children and became aware that their photography might be a way for them to lead better lives.

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Annual Inspection of the Bodyguard by His Excellency Lord Lytton

1925

The Governor of Bengal and family - on and off duty.

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Edward Prince of Wales' Tour of India: Calcutta and Delhi

1921

The future Edward VIII opens a durbar and enjoys a day at the races before inspecting the fire brigade in Calcutta.

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Her Excellency Lady Lytton At The Victoria Memorial

1922

Lady Pamela Lytton, wife of the Governor of Bengal, visits the grand marble Victoria Memorial in Calcutta.

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Calcutta, Darjeeling & Bihar

1947

Rare amateur footage of East India.

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If Not For You

2019

A tribute film on Bob Dylan, depicting Calcutta's affinity with Dylan through cityscape and interviews of notable Indian musicians who were inspired by him. The film also draws parallels between Dylan's body of work and the Baul tradition of Bengal.

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Portrait of a City

1961

A documentary portrait of Calcutta

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Picturesque India or, In and About Calcutta

1913

Botanical gardens in Bombay plus the highly decorative Jain Temple in Calcutta.

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Arrival of the Earl of Lytton at Calcutta

1922

Lord Lytton takes up the post of Governor of Bengal.

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Government House Garden Party

1923

Scenes at a garden party given by Earl Lytton, Governor of Bengal, at Government House, Calcutta.

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Calcutta Topical No. 2

1925

The race is on - for the Viceroy's Cup.

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Panorama of Calcutta

1899

One of the earliest films to be shot in India apparently shows the Calcutta ghats - or does it?

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From England to India by Air

1917

A state welcome for a Handley Page aircraft arriving in Kolkata.

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Calcutta Topical No. 1

1925

Fashionably attired folk attend the races in Kolkata.

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Scenes at his Excellency the Viceroys's Garden Party at Belvedere

1926

Indian high society enjoy themselves at a Calcutta garden party held to welcome the new Viceroy, Lord Irwin.

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Car Assembly, Calcutta

1926

Motorcars take shape - outdoors in a Kolkata yard.

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Apur Sansar

1959

Apu, now a jobless ex-student dreaming vaguely of a future as a writer, is invited to join an old college friend on a trip up-country to a village wedding.

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Aparajito

1956

Apu and his family have moved away from the country to live in the bustling holy city of Benares. As he progresses from wide-eyed child to intellectually curious teenager, eventually studying in Kolkata, we witness his academic and moral education, as well as the growing complexity of his relationship with his mother.

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The Stranger

1991

A well-off Indian family is paid an unexpected, and rather unwanted, visit by a man claiming to be the woman's long lost uncle. The initial suspicion with which they greet the man slowly dissolves as he regales them with stories of his travels, tales that are at odds with their conventional middle class perspective on the world.

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Company Limited

1971

Ambitious businessman Shyamalendu enjoys showing his visiting sister-in-law, Tutul, the extravagant life he leads with his wife. But Tutul is less than impressed with the trappings of wealth.

Genre	Documentary
Production Companies	Nouvelles Éditions de Films
Production Ccountries	France

Calcutta

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