Documentaries & Non-Fiction

In-Depth Documentary Films

There are no shortcuts in the world of documentaries. Each film results from months of research, travel and shooting under challenging conditions across human culture, medicine, science, and history.

Turning Silver into Gold
2002 • DFID UK / Adam Smith, London30 Min • Cinematography

Turning Silver into Gold

The documentary showcased the most successful disinvestment case studies and highlighted the role of private sector enterprises in breathing new life into sick industrial units.

Tarron ki Sair
2009-2010 • Vigyan Prasar, Govt. of India4 x 30 Min • Production, Direction, Cinematography & Post

Tarron ki Sair

Vigyan Prasar celebrates the International Year of Astronomy 2009 with a series of video programs for children - creating innovative concepts for communication of astronomy.

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Super Surgery
2007 • Discovery Health1 x 60 Min • Additional Cinematography

Super Surgery

The grueling 27-hour surgery by 30 doctors on two-year-old Lakshmi Tatma who was born joined at the pelvis to her half-formed conjoined twin with eight limbs. A global story of medical miracle.

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Soul Searching
2002 • Channel 4, UK2 x 50 Min • Cinematography

Soul Searching

Producer-director David Malone seeks answers: Why do we feel we have a Soul or a Self? The documentary followed Hindu cremation rituals from beginning to end, shot in Manikaran and the Himalayas.

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Soul Connection
2003-2004 • Ministry of External Affairs, Govt of India54 Min • Production, Direction, Cinematography

Soul Connection

India through the writings of Latin American Nobel laureates Octavio Paz, Pablo Neruda, Gabriela Mistral, Cecilia Meireles, and Victoria Ocampo. Covered 25 destinations across India and Latin America.

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Serving the World
2001 • BBC World Service Radio | BBC TV30 Min • Cinematography

Serving the World

Documenting millions of listeners who took inspiration from radio across remote corners of India and around the globe.

Outsourcing
2004 • BBC TV | CNN60 Min • Cinematography

Outsourcing: Death of a Distance

Investigating the global economic impact of the IT and business process outsourcing boom connecting India and Western economies.

OutBreak
2003 • Wall to Wall Television | Discovery Health30 Min • Cinematography

OutBreak

Recreating the intense 1994 plague outbreak in Surat and the massive administrative and medical mobilization that contained it.

Living Pulse
2003 • Discovery Health1 x 30 Min • Cinematography

Living Pulse

Following cardiac surgeon Dr. Devi Shetty pioneering 21st-century telemedicine to transform lives in rural India.

Immortality
2002 • Channel 4, UK50 Min • Cinematography

Immortality

David Malone explores the ethical, scientific, and global consequences of the emerging stem cell industry.

Human Face Transplant
2003 • Channel 4, UK1 x 60 Min • Cinematography

Human Face Transplant

Director Eains Colley follows groundbreaking doctors pioneering the world’s first facial reconstructive transplants.

Hammer and Flame
2004 • UK Film Council | Vaughan Pilikian10 Min • Cinematography

Hammer and Flame

A mesmerizing vision into the ship-breaking yards of Alang, Gujarat, where oceanic titans are taken apart with hand tools.

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Accolades:
  • • Special Screening at 59th Cannes Film Festival 2006
  • • Won Golden Apricot for Best Documentary, Yerevan International Film Festival 2006
  • • Won Best Foreign Film Award, Malescorto Film Festival Italy 2006
  • • Nominated Best Film Tirana, Big Sky Missoula, Grierson UK, and Berlin 22nd International Short Film Festival
Shakespeare Quest
2012 • Olympic Culture Olympiad 2012Cinematography & Production Support

Felicity Kendal’s Indian Shakespeare Quest

Felicity Kendal discovers India’s long love affair with Shakespeare – from the first days of Empire to Bollywood and beyond.

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Ewaste
2005 • ISRO / Doordarshan17 Min • Production, Direction, Cinematography

Ewaste

Investigating the global flow and environmental hazards of electronic waste dumped across developing nations.

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ISRO Rocket Launch
1988-1990 • ISROCinematographer

Documentary Films & High Speed Cinematography

High-speed scientific photography for rocket launches by ISRO in Sriharikota and rural development modules for DECU.

Brassed Off Britain
2004 • BBC World1 x 30 Min • Cinematography

Brassed Off Britain

Director Feisal Ali explores the impact of outsourced call centers on the British and Indian economies.

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Girl with Eight Limbs
2007 • Channel 4, UK1 x 60 Min • Additional Cinematography

Body Shock Special – The Girl With Eight Limbs

Exclusive access following Lakshmi's family on an epic emotional journey from their rural village to Bangalore for life-saving surgery.

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Girl with Two Faces
2008 • Channel 4, UK1 x 60 Min • Cinematography

Body Shock – The Girl With Two Faces

Documenting baby Lali, born in rural northern India with craniofacial duplication, revered by thousands as an incarnation of goddess Durga.

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