The Crossroads India

Economic growth, inequality, and digital transformation in India.

From the heights of Mumbai to the forgotten tribal lands, The Crossroads India moves across urban and rural landscapes shaped by uneven development. As India’s economy accelerates, the film traces how opportunity remains unevenly distributed, revealing the lived consequences of growth across vastly different communities. 

Through stories centered on education, employment, and access, the documentary examines how long-standing social barriers—including gender, caste, and geography—continue to shape who benefits from economic change and who is left behind. As digital tools are increasingly promoted as a path forward, the film follows how those promises unfold on the ground, exposing tensions between innovation, access, and inequality in a rapidly transforming country.

About the Film

Shot in multiple locations around the subcontinent, this film offers a unique survey of an incredibly complex and rapidly changing country. From the tribal lands of Rajasthan, to the acres of informal housing in Mumbai, to the technology hotbed of Bangalore, The Crossroads India reveals poignant moments of everyday lives. The film pairs these vignettes with expert commentary featuring some of the foremost specialists on the country, including Jagdish Bhagwati, Nikhil Dey, Shankar Maruwada, and many more. The documentary also features a captivating soundtrack contributed by the Indian classical musicians The Gundecha Brothers.