Movies Set in India

Slumdog Millionaire is a strong contender for Best Picture at the Academy Awards this year. Over the past few years, there have been several excellent movies also set in India. Here are just a few:

A Passage to India By Lean, David Davis, Judy Banerjee, Victor 2001/03 - Sony Pictures Home Ent 5550006391 Check Our Catalog Set in the late 1920s, a young, headstrong British woman goes to India, accompanied by the mother of her fiance. Tensions between the East and the West heat up when the British tourist accuses a young Indian doctor of rape during her visit to the caverns. ...More

Water By Mehta, Deepa 2006/12 - Fox Searchlight Pictures BL10955DVD Check Our Catalog A Hindu widow in 1938 could throw herself on her husband's funeral pyre, marry her husband's younger brother or live in poverty and self-denial from then on. When eight-year-old Chuyia is widowed, she is sent to a home in the Holy City of Varanasi where Hindu widows live in penitence. Her feisty presence affects the other residents, forcing each to confront their faith and society's prejudices, especially a young woman who has fallen in love with a follower of Gandhi. ...More

The Darjeeling Limited By Anderson, Wes 2008/02 - Fox Searchlight BL02085DVD Check Our Catalog Following the death of their father, three brothers embark on a journey on the cross-India train the Darjeeling Limited and attempt to reconnect after years of physical and emotional distance. The trip also opens up some old wounds and proves that their sibling rivalry can never be completely erased. ...More

Outsourced By 2008/09 - Porchlight Ent, Inc 5557395806 Check Our Catalog When his department is outsourced to India, customer call center manager Todd Anderson heads to Mumbai to train his successor. Amusing culture clashes soon ensue as Anderson tries to explain American business practices to the befuddled new employees -- and in the process learns some important lessons about globalization. ...More

Born Into Brothels By Kauffman, Ross 2005/06 - ThinkFilm BL07057DVD Check Our Catalog Two documentary filmmakers travel to Sonagchi, Calcutta, and film the relationships they develop with kids (ages 10-14) of prostitutes who work the city's red-light district. ...More

Bride and Prejudice By Chadha, Gurinder 2005/07 - Miramax BL10919DVD Check Our Catalog Based on Jane Austen's classic novel, Pride and Prejudice, with a Bollywood twist. In Ammritsar, the determined Mrs. Bakshi sets out to find matches for her four daughters. Second sister, Lalita, meets American Will Darcy - is it love? ...More

Monsoon Wedding By Nair, Mira 2002/09 - Universal Studios BL09916DVD Check Our Catalog Love, lust and hope envelop an upper middle-class Indian family and their world-wide guests as they celebrate for four days the arranged marriage of their daughter to an East Indian man from Texas ...More