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This film documents the political scenario of the past, present and the future in Central Asia with special emphasis on the role of Islamic fundamentalism and the Taliban in Afghanistan. The film is shot in Afghanistan, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan.
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Series Title: The New Great Game – Reaping the Whirlwind
Channel: KCSM TV (USA), Planet E TV (Poland), Red Media Group (Russia)
Format: Digi Beta
Duration: 1 X 55 Minutes
Language: English

India was the romantic literary muse of the famous 19th century English writer Rudyard Kipling. Out of this romance came his most famous book Kim whose central is an English boy, disguised as an Indian, who spies for his British masters against Russian designs to conquer India. This was a tale of imperialism, knowledge and power that gave universal recognition to the term Great Game and also endowed the British Raj’s intelligence service and its mapmakers with an adventurous mystique, in their shadowy game of domination with the Russian empire in 19th century Central Asia. This was the playing field of the Great Game; a vast swathe of land that stretched from Lhasa, the capital of Tibet in the East to Ashkabad, the capital of what was then Russian Turkistan in the West. This distance of several thousand kilometers, following ancient caravan trails, encompassed the great mountain ranges of the Pamirs and the Himalayas, great rivers like the Indus and the Oxus, the worlds highest passes, grassy and sandy steppes and salt marshes, great lakes, remote cities and fierce and indestructible people. In this film, Iqbal Malhotra follows in the footsteps of Kipling’s Great Gamers’ and tries to juxtapose the lessons of the past with the reality of the present. The result is an unusual travelogue about Central Asia set in the backdrop of history and politics. The film captures unusual images of this region that are interconnected to one another and transcends the boundaries of time.
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Series Title: The Devil’s Wind
Channel: Middle East-David Finch, EuroCine(South America), Planet E TV (Poland), Red Media Group (Russia), The History Channel Iberia B.V.,( Spain)
Format: Digi Beta
Duration: 1 X 45 Minutes
Language: English

Rajasthan – A Colourful Legacy – Colours explode into life in Rajasthan. If its former  rulers chose to establish their kingdoms here, it is because there is so much more than  just the desert in Rajasthan. There are its Vindhya and Aravalli hills, amongst the oldest  in the world. There are its lakes, many of them artificially created, but still amongst  the largest in the sub-continent. There are wildlife sanctuaries and national parks; all  home to a large number of species, that include birds like the Peacock and predators like  the Tiger. There are sprawling fortifications fairytale palaces, festivals, celebrations  and a legacy of arts and crafts that form part of a continuous living and vibrant culture.

Here, history unfolds in a stirring drama. Forts and palaces, seemingly endless deserts, the expanse of lakes and rivers, the foliage of dense forests and the year-round celebrations, are woven into montages, through which the films are linked. Each tells a tale. Each is the start of a journey into perhaps one of the most fascinating destination  in the world.

Series Title: Rajasthan – A Colourful Legacy
Channel: Discovery Channel International, Prime TV (New Zealand), RAI (Italy), Spektrum TV (Hungary), Ceska TV (Czech Republic), Travel Channel (UK)
Format: Digi Beta
Duration: 1 X 45 Minutes
Language: English

This is a documentary of about the role of the Indian Diaspora in the East African countries of Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania. The Indians followed the British into East Africa in the 19th century to build and man the infrastructure. Following the independence of these countries in the 1960s, the majority of the Diaspora was either expelled or encouraged to leave in the wake of expected and accelerated Africanisation. Few Indians remained behind. Those that did, still play a very important part in these economies. The film profiles such Indians, who either “stayed on” or returned.

The film captures the mood of East Africa and gives the viewer a first hand feel of its vibrant culture and rich heritage.

Series Title: From the Foothills of Kilimanjaro
Channel: Discovery Channel International
Format: Digi Beta
Duration: 1 X 30 Minutes
Language: English