The Royal Enfield motorcycle has become a complex and multilayered symbol in modern India. Since its beginnings as the product of munitions and arms manufacture during British Imperial rule, to an Indian owned icon, it has gone through multiple transformations.

How has the Royal Enfield been reappropriated and indigenised as a symbol of aspiration and post colonial identity?

The research and filming of this documentary - during June 2025, In Jaipur, Rajasthan - gave opportunity to explore this question and illuminate the entangled layers of post colonial and social history, notions of machismo, economic aspiration and some of the personal narratives of Royal Enfield owners, those who aspire to own one or those who work with them.

The film was showcased at Crafts, Camera, Culture Film Festival, at the Rajasthan International Centre, Jaipur, India (July 2025) and selected as part of the Centre of Integrative Studies Film Sessions at Michigan State University in December 2025.

Written, filmed, directed and edited collaboratively with Radha Dev (IICD) & Hunter Mabry (MSU)