Shivendra Singh Dungarpur details his his long journey to telling the story of archivist P.K. Nair. By Clarence Tsui ROTTERDAM – Shivendra Singh Dungarpur hasn’t just made a documentary called ...

On May 3, 1913, the first full-length Indian film, Raja Harischandra, was released. The Dadasahed Phalke-directed silent movie was a commercial success, kicking off an industry that now produces close ...

The last Indian film to compete for the main prize at Cannes Film Festival -- Golden Palm -- was Shaji N Karun's Swaham in 1994 Interestingly, the director’s Piravi (1988) was also the most screened ...

For a country that has a pathetic record in preservation, PK Nair strodes like a colossus. The 79-year-old has dedicated his life to preserving classics and legendary films. Shivendra Dungarpur made a ...

Shivendra Singh Dungarpur's documentary celebrates P.K. Nair, an archivist responsible for rescuing early Indian cinema from disintegration. By THR Staff NEW YORK — An effective reminder that ...

A new era is born.

Reflections of the past: PK Nair in the vaults of India's National Film Archive It’s thanks to Nair that many early classics of that nation’s film heritage – India is as cinema-centred a country as ...

Along with films from around the world, the upcoming Mumbai Film Festival will also screen a documentary, Celluloid Man, based on the life of legendary film archivist, PK Nair As a tribute to PK Nair, ...

Mumbai: Founder director of Pune-based National Film Archive of India, P K Nair, passed away on Friday after a brief illness. He was 86. Nair died at a private hospital in Pune this morning, where he ...

The award winning documentary “Celluloid Man”, based on the life of film archivist and founder of National Film Archive of India (NFAI) P K Nair, was screened for a week in Kochi but attracted only a ...