
1984
Divided into three parts — The Awakening, The Struggle, and Freedom — this is a biographical film on Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, the first Prime Minister of independent India. Relying on Nehru's writings and speeches, the film traces the evolution of Nehru from his birth through his life. It also deals with the effect of history on Nehru and in turn his impact on the world.

Saeed Jaffrey
Narrator

Indira Gandhi
Self

Jawaharlal Nehru
Self (archive footage)

Abul Kalam Azad
Self (archive footage)

Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose
Self (archive footage)

Mahatma Gandhi
Self (archive footage)

Vallabhbhai Patel
Self (archive footage)

Rromani Soul

Pariah Dog

Manhae Han Yong-un's Silence

Aśoka

A Road in India

Temples of India

Samrat Prithviraj

Yu Gwan-Sun

Writing with Fire

Day at St Christopher's College and School

India's Wandering Lions

The Kumbha Mela: Same As It Ever Was

Wild Karnataka

The Kali of Emergency

Sarsenapati Hambirrao

India: Kingdom of the Tiger

Machines

The Panafrican Festival in Algiers

Ghashiram Kotwal

Zubeidaa