– L'Inde fantôme: Reflexions sur un voyage is a 1969 French seven part television documentary miniseries about India, directed by Louis Malle.
[1] Malle later said that the film was his most personal work and the one he was most proud of, it is widely regarded as the crowning achievement of his career.
It was initially inspired by a two-month trip to India in late 1967 that Malle made on behalf of the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs to present a selection of "new French cinema" throughout the country.
Phantom India was shown on French television and the BBC in the UK in 1969.
A diplomatic incident occurred when the Indian government asked the BBC to stop broadcasting the programme.