Documentaries by Satyajit Ray

Sikkim is a 1971 Indian documentary about the nation of Sikkim, directed by Satyajit Ray.The documentary was commissioned by the Chogyal (King) of Sikkim at a time when he felt the sovereignty of Sikkim was under threat from both China and India.Ray's documentary is about the sovereignty of Sikkim.The film was banned by the government of India, when Sikkim merged with India in 1975.The film had to undergo double censorship from both the film's commissioners and the Indian government, when Sikkim became a state of India in 1975. The documentary was banned by the Indian government, and all known copies of the documentary destroyed.The ban was finally lifted by the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) in September 2010.

Rabindranath Tagore is a 1961 documentary on the life and works of noted Bengali author Rabindranath Tagore. It was made on the anniversary of his hundredth birthday and was written and directed by Satyajit Ray.According to the official website:
The dramatized sequences of boy Rabi (Rabindranath Tagore) and young Tagore in his twenties are moving and lyrical. Ray has been reported to have said, 'Ten or twelve minutes of it are among the most moving and powerful things that I have produced'.The film comprises dramatized episodes from the poet’s life and archived images and documents.