Naresh Bedi

BBC series exploring cultures around the world.

A stressed father, a bride-to-be with a secret, a smitten event planner, and relatives from around the world create much ado about the preparations for an arranged marriage in India.

For two-thirds of the year, the Little Rann is a desert. Suddenly, in August, monsoon winds whip up the Arabian Sea and carry it 100 km inland. The desert and these mounds soon become islands and homes to high concentrations of rarely-seen, endangered and spectacular wildlife.

The charismatic Snow Leopard is the least understood of all the big cats and one of the most challenging to film. Over a period of five years, veteran Indian wildlife filmmakers, Naresh and Rajesh Bedi endured extreme cold and the thin air of the Himalayas in their daunting quest to reveal the secret lives of these elusive predators, ultimately with great success.

More than a 150 people are killed in leopard or tiger attacks in India every year due to rampant poaching and encroachment on the wilderness. Such animals have no choice but to invade human habitats and become man-eaters. This story is inspired by one such attack. A couple vacationing in the Indian jungle are disturbed by the arrival of the wife's ex-lover, opening wounds that are best left unhealed; but their troubles have only begun. They are being hunted by a leopard that's turned man-eater and it will stop at nothing to satisfy its hunger.

For the first time in the nation's wildlife history, a hot air balloon has been used to shoot wildlife. "Wild Adventures with Bedi Brothers", a 13-part television series that combines the adventure sport of hot air ballooning with the thrilling art and craft of wildlife photography will be presented to viewers. Commissioned by Prasar Bharati for Doordarshan, the entire series was shot by the Bedi Brothers, India's best-known wildlife film-makers and photographers. The series combines the adventures of ballooning with the art of wildlife film making. In this series, they spanned the length and breadth of the sub-continent, covering as they go an entire array of wildlife, nature and the impact of humans on the environment. The series was shot with a large crew with intense support from the Government of India and forest department.

Great herds of Asian elephants once roamed from Baghdad to Beijing. Now only remnants of these once mighty herds survive, protected today by the Indian government. It is here that filmmaker Naresh Bedi turns his camera, capturing an intimate portrait of thee largest of land mammals. An adult elephant eats 300 pounds of green fodder and drinks 40 gallons of water a day. This film follows these gentle giants as they forage and feed, wallow in watering holes, dust their skin with dirt, and care for their young.

The Film follows Indian biologist Dr. Sunita Pradhan who at that time had been studying red pandas for over 10 years.

The mountainous desert of Ladakh is one of the most desolate places on our planet. Here freezing winds sweep down from the Himalayas and shape the life of its inhabitants.

Documentary about the progress of the Project Tiger experiment which was set up in 1973 to try to halt the extinction of tigers. The film presents a survey of tiger habitats in different Project Tiger areas, looks at man's relationship with forests and wildlife, and documents some rarely seen aspects of the big cat's life. It also follows a tigress for a year after she has given birth to three cubs.

A documentary about the record of Man-Eating Tigers in India

A documentary on the rare crocodilian, The Gharial.

The film takes a close look at the snow leopard, the life-cycle of the bar-headed goose, and the lynx.