London Me Bharat: India in London

Filmmaker Vinod Pande reflects on his ground-breaking 1972 debut London Me Bharat, the first Hindi-language film to be produced in Britain.

In this short documentary, Indian filmmaker Vinod Pande reflects on his ground-breaking 1972 debut London Me Bharat, the first Hindi-language film to be produced in Britain. Pande explains his motivations in producing the film on a miniscule £500 budget, which aimed to present the Indian experience of London as a city, the bustling character of Southall's developing Asian community, and the migration of Indian culture to a new land.