National Film Archive of India

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The National Film Archive of India (NFAI) is India's national film archive in Pune . It was founded in 1964 as a subsidiary of the Film and Television Institute of India and is under the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting . The NFAI has branches in Bangalore , Kolkata and Thiruvananthapuram .

The NFAI has the mandate:

  • The film heritage of the Indian film to preserve document and for future generations
  • To put together a representative collection of international film assets
  • Film-specific data - be it on celluloid, on VHS video, on sound carriers or in the form of photos and posters - to preserve and process
  • To promote research on the subject of film and to carry out research on it
  • To make Indian film art known worldwide and, conversely, to bring the international film scene closer to an Indian audience in the form of festivals and presentations
  • Spread the art of cinema

The initiative to found it came from the library employee PK Nair , who was interested in films and was the first director of the film archive from 1982 until his retirement in 1991.

The archive contains over 130,000 photos, more than 16,000 film posters, almost 12,000 song texts as well as press clippings and records. The library comprises a collection of around 25,000 books on film and cinema that have appeared around the world.

The NFAI fulfills its mandate and presents films and film series almost daily in its modern, air-conditioned cinema hall, which offers space for around 600 visitors, and works closely with national and international institutions - including the EU , the Max Müller Bhavan and the Alliance française - together to promote and cultivate the art of film. Demonstrations, workshops, seminars and other events take place nationwide.

A complex task that the NFAI is currently facing with some effort, despite limited funds, is the preservation and protection of its extensive stock of film copies, also through digitization.

The current head of the NFAI is Prakash Magdum.

The NFAI is centrally located in Pune in the Kothrud district and is located on a park-like property.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ National Film Archives of India , at www.mib.gov.in, accessed on November 12, 2018
  2. ^ National Film Archive of India turns 52 , on indianexpress.com, accessed November 12, 2018
  3. ↑ Indian Television: New NFAI Director. In: Indian Television. Indian Television, January 28, 2015, accessed November 11, 2018 .

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