Palna's Daughters

Palna's Daughters (2007)

December 31st, 20071h 9min

Documentary
60%

Overview

A film about memory, identity and the overwhelming power of love. One-year-old Devi was found starving at a railway station in Delhi. The police took her to Palna, an orphanage, where she lived for a year. When Devi learned to talk she often wanted to talk about Amma, her first mother. In the film, the 6-year-old Devi journeys to her own past, as her family adopts another daughter from Palna, a baby sister for Devi.


Make sure to check your pop-up blocker!!

Trailer

Similar Movies

Europas Paradiese

Europas Paradiese


Released on: 1973-11-23
Documentary

Eugen Schuhmacher focuses on endangered and rare animal species such as the European bison and the N...

Tight: The World of Indian Bodybuilding

Tight: The World of Indian Bodybuilding


Released on: 2024-02-22
Documentary

Can Aji's talent and triumphs elevate him from his poor, Tamil background to succeed on the national...

Banlie.ue

Banlie.ue


Released on: 2023-10-26
Documentary

The Last Maneater: Killer Tigers of India

The Last Maneater: Killer Tigers of India


Released on: 2003-05-05
Documentary

Sunderbans (Forest of Beauty) is in West Bengal, India, and is the only place on Earth that is the n...

Marching in the Dark

Marching in the Dark


Released on: 2024-03-19
Documentary

In a drought-struck region in India, suffering from climate change and a high suicide rate amongst f...

Secrets of the King Cobra

Secrets of the King Cobra


Released on: 2010-04-10
Documentary, TV Movie

A new scientific expedition follows the King Cobra into the wild for the first time.

Mondo Topless

Mondo Topless


Released on: 1966-11-17
Documentary

Completely topless. Completely uninhibited. The craze that began in San Francisco is now exploding a...

Visions of Europe

Visions of Europe


Released on: 2004-05-01
Documentary, Comedy, Drama

Twenty-five films from twenty-five European countries by twenty-five European directors.

This Exists - A Film about Sri Prem Baba

This Exists - A Film about Sri Prem Baba


Released on: 2015-11-09
Documentary

The story of Sri Prem Baba, spiritual master and humanitarian leader with followers around the world...

Buzz

Buzz


Released on: 2025-02-28
Documentary

The anti-Slumdog Millionaire in documentary form, "Buzz" charts the tumultuous rise of India's most ...

India: Introduction to Its History

India: Introduction to Its History


Released on: 1957-01-01
Documentary

This film describes the nature and impact of major religions in India, artistic monuments and contri...

Love Commandos

Love Commandos


Released on: 2024-10-19
Documentary

In India, young people must marry someone approved by the family. Those who fall in love with someon...

Les Millions perdus de l'Europe

Les Millions perdus de l'Europe


Released on: 2011-11-01
Documentary

Colours By Numbers: The Sudokumentary

Colours By Numbers: The Sudokumentary


Released on: 2009-02-02
Documentary, TV Movie

Australia's first national sudoku team The Numbats - four ex-rugby mates - travel into the unknown o...

India's forgotten people

India's forgotten people


Released on: 2020-09-10
Documentary

Baraka

Baraka


Released on: 1992-09-15
Documentary

A paralysingly beautiful documentary with a global vision—an odyssey through landscape and time—that...

An immersion into the Divine Feminine

An immersion into the Divine Feminine


Released on: 2017-08-15
Documentary

By drawing a parallel between the Indian Durga Puja festival and other forms of celebrating the divi...

Orangutan Rescue - Back to The Wild

Orangutan Rescue - Back to The Wild


Released on: 2014-09-26
Documentary

Tiger

Tiger


Released on: 2024-04-21
Documentary, Family

Journey alongside a young tigress raising her cubs in the fabled forests of India.

Herzschlag der Kontinente

Herzschlag der Kontinente


Released on: 1987-02-27
Documentary