VP's Greatest Documentaries of all time
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- DirectorJames ErskineStarsSachin TendulkarMikail GandhiAnjali TendulkarA tale of a small boy with dreams and his journey to becoming the God of Cricket and the most celebrated sportsperson in his country.
- DirectorMiriam Chandy MenacherryA modern interpretation of the classic pied piper fable unfolding in one of the biggest cities in the world, the teeming metropolis of Mumbai. The touching narratives of rat killers in India's commercial capital brought alive in the documentary - The Rat Race.
- StarsRohit SharmaJasprit BumrahMumbai IndiansFollowing the 2018 season of the Mumbai Indians, one of the world's most popular Cricket clubs.
- DirectorJohnny BlankSampson CollinsJarrod KimberStarsJonathan AgnewDavid BeckerGiles ClarkeTwo cricket journalists set out to see whether Test cricket has a future. In so doing they discover a conspiracy which starts at the highest echelons of cricket administration and politics.
- StarsPushpesh PantManwendra TripathyExplore the history and flavors of regional Indian cuisine, from traditional Kashmiri feasts to the vegetarian dishes of Gujarat.
- DirectorSushrut JainStarsKunal NayyarPrithvi ShawAs India, host of the 2011 World Cup of Cricket, begins its campaign to win the Cup after a 28-year drought, three ordinary Indians seek their salvation/escape from a difficult life through their passion for cricket - Sudhir, a penniless superfan who cycles across India to cheer the team; Prithvi, a 12-year old boy wonder who is a cricket prodigy; and Akshaya, a girl cricketer from Mumbai's slums. We follow Sudhir to see what drives the man who has renounced so much, including marriage, for his dream of cheering Team India forever; Akshaya as she competes in the trials for selection to the Mumbai Women's Team, and Prithvi as he copes with the unique pressures of being a cricket phenom in a cricket-crazy nation.
- DirectorUraaz BahlStarsDeepika KumariAn inspirational survival story of Deepika Kumari who, as a girl born on the roadside to abject poverty in rural India, went in search of food, stumbled upon archery, and within 4 years became the Number One archer in the World.
- DirectorRitu SarinTenzing SonamWhen Hari, a small-town taxi driver, has an arranged marriage to a girl he has never met, the result is an intimate and humorous look at the changes taking place in India as modernity and globalization meet age-old traditions and customs.
- CreatorJoe PosnerEzra KleinStarsEstelle CaswellSamira WileyMaria BelloA documentary series that looks to explore the big questions of today.
- StarsIdris ElbaLaura LinneyJ.K. SimmonsIn 2020, the world changed. This topical series examines the coronavirus pandemic, the efforts to combat it and ways to manage its mental health toll.
- DirectorJeff Orlowski-YangStarsTristan HarrisJeff SeibertBailey RichardsonExplores the dangerous human impact of social networking; tech experts sound the alarm on their own creations.
- DirectorPavitra ChalamAkshay ShankarA little girl named Roona Begum is born in the North East of India with an unprecedented head size caused by a birth defect. This is the story of one family and how they raise a child against insurmountable odds.
- StarsSanjay BansalManjit SinghJitendra SharmaUncovering the details of gruesome killings, people who were at the epicentre talk about what went down.
- CreatorLeena YadavStarsManoj KumarNaresh BhatiaVishal AnandSuicide, murder or something else? This docuseries examines chilling truths and theories around the deaths of 11 members of a Delhi family.