Best India-based documentaries and docu-series to watch on Discovery+

Discovery+ has created some great original shows as well as given an opportunity to users to stream Discovery channel’s renowned programs including some of the best documentaries about incidents and events in India. Discovery’s well-received series such as Mission Frontline and Breaking Point, giving us a look into the life of soldiers in various situations, are also available on Discovery+

In this list of best India-based documentaries and docu-series to watch on Discovery+, we take a look at the most popular and insightful films from Bhuj: The Day India Shook, a spine chilling narration of the 2001 Gujarat earthquake to India 2050, a glimpse into the future of our country if we let environmental destruction go unchecked.

Bhuj: The Day India Shook

Narrated by veteran actor Anupam Kher, Bhuj: The Day India Shook traces the 2001 earthquake in Bhuj, Gujarat which is said to have claimed over 20,000 lives and damaged property worth crores. One of the most devastating calamities in Indian history is depicted in a poignant way, while also raising the right questions and leading us to think about a future where natural disasters like these become more common.

Secrets of Sinauli

This 55 minute documentary by Neeraj Pandey is compèred by Manoj Bajpayee who brings a unique style and makes the archaeological finding based documentary more appealing to the general audience. The documentary narrates the recent 2018 excavations at the Sinauli burial site, which is located in Baghpat, Uttar Pradesh. Secrets of Sinauli follows as the team examines these archaeological findings closely in-situ, while various stalwarts from the ASI (Archaeological Survey of India) and other bodies such as Dr. RS Bisht, Dr. BB Lal, Dr. DV Sharma, Dr. VN Prabhakarr, Dr. BR Mani, Prof Vijay Sathe explain and put forward theories with evidence tied to the discovery of 3 chariots that were more than 4,000 years old

Subhash Chandra Bose: The Mystery

Subhash Chandra Bose: The Mystery is an attempt to unravel the secret behind the death of Indian freedom fighter Netaji - Subhash Chandra Bose at the end of WWII by closely studying secret government files from South Asia, Russia and the United Kingdom while looking into the various theories of different skilled experts.

The Ganges with Sue Perkins

Sue Perkins explores the lives of the people living close to the holy river Ganges and the challenges facing India as it transforms into one of the world's greatest economic powers. The documentary encompasses the entire story of modern India in one spectacular river.

India Emerges: A Visual History

Tracing the journey of India's transformation from an imperial colony to the world's tenth-largest economy with newly discovered, unseen footage from films shot from 1903 to 1937. The programme will also talk about the wars of 1965 and 1971 against Pakistan and the period of Emergency among others. The three-part series will take viewers till the stroke of midnight in August 1947 when India became free.

India 2050

India 2050 is a thought-provoking documentary highlighting a larger crisis that India is likely to face - the crisis of environmental migration and climate refugees, the effects of which the country is already facing since 2019 in certain patches in the Sundarbans and on India’s east coast. The series starts with Jaipur, which in 2050 is completely covered in sand and then moves on to the future of Indian cities like Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata and Chennai, giving us a terrifying glimpse of what climate change has in store for us.