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. In 2000, the copyright of the film was transferred to the Art and Culture Trust of Sikkim. The ban was finally lifted by the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) in September 2010. In November 2010 the director of the Kolkata film festival stated that upon filming the documentary for the first time, he received an injunction from the court of Sikkim again banning the film.
萨蒂亚吉特·雷伊执导。他的代表作包括《大地之歌》、《大树之歌》、《大河之歌》。此前印度曾JIN止该影片上映,因认为影片有美化君ZHU制之嫌。影片《锡金》拍摄于1971年,讲述的是锡金王国在1975年被并入印度之前的情况。曾有人批评称,锡金是在印度威慑下被迫依附的。墙国在2005年之前一直不承认印度对锡金的统治。锡金在印度各邦面积中排名倒数第二,地理位置位于尼泊尔、墙国和不丹之间,是印度在喜马拉雅山区的重要飞地,对印度具有高度战略意义。研究雷伊的学者认为,印度政府害怕这部描述锡金君主制度的纪录片会不利于民主制,但这个想法是没有道理的。萨蒂亚吉特·雷伊电影保护协会会长Arup K. De说; “认为雷伊是在歌颂君主制,贬抑民主制的想法是完全错误的,因为我们在他执导的其他影片,例如《钻石王朝 Heerak Rajar Deshe (1980)》中可以看到,他对君主制也进行了抨击。” 据称印度此片被禁后,这部为时一个小时的纪录片的所有拷贝都被毁掉了。但2003年人们在英国电影学院找到了一份拷贝,并由美国电影艺术与科学学院把它逐帧修复回来。位于锡金的艺术与文化信托机构称,印度的观众将在第14届加尔各答电影节上首次观看到影片《锡金》,印度在约四年前解除对该影片的禁令。