Why archiving matters: ‘If we don’t preserve films, we will have nothing to restore’

An interview with Film Heritage Foundation founder Shivendra Singh Dungarpur ahead of a preservation workshop and a Dilip Kumar commemorative event.

Nandini Ramnath

· Dec 03, 2022 · 09:15 am

Christopher Nolan’s celluloid cinema dream: ‘Film is here to stay, it’s a wonderful medium’

The renowned filmmaker accompanied British artist Tacita Dean to Mumbai to promote the use of photochemical film in an age of digital formats.

Nandini Ramnath

· Apr 01, 2018 · 10:45 am

How an Indian film distributor in London is helping rescue forgotten classics from obscurity

Second Run DVD, set up by Mehelli Modi, is bringing rare arthouse films and documentaries to the world.

Nandini Ramnath

· Mar 29, 2018 · 07:30 pm

With rare photos and letters, a web archive is piecing together the life of film historian BD Garga

A Delhi film collective is developing a website that tells the story of the man behind the phenomenon.

Devarsi Ghosh

· Feb 11, 2018 · 09:15 am

Lost, found and archived: BD Garga’s quest to document Indian cinema has helped us all

A recent exhibition underlined the efforts of the filmmaker and historian in preserving vital information on the silent and talkie eras.

Alpana Chowdhury

· Mar 13, 2017 · 01:30 pm

National film archive adds Ritwik Ghatak’s uncompleted works to its collection

Reels of the films ‘Kato Ajanare’, ‘Bagalar Bangadarshan’ and ‘Ranger Ghulam’ have been added to the treasure chest.

Scroll Staff

· Dec 24, 2016 · 12:00 pm

How the lone surviving print of PC Barua’s ‘Devdas’ was lost and (sort of) found

Of all the versions of ‘Devdas’, the 1935 Bengali version has the most forlorn story.

Dipankar Sarkar

· Feb 27, 2016 · 11:22 am

In February, a new private-public partnership to preserve our cinematic heritage

The Film Heritage Foundation is collaborating with the National Film Archive of India for a ten-day workshop.

Nandini Ramnath

· Jan 09, 2016 · 09:30 am

How Satyajit Ray’s Apu Trilogy survived fire, decay and neglect to re-emerge anew

The story behind the Criterion Collecion’s restoration of Satyajit Ray’s classic films.

Lee Kline

· Feb 25, 2015 · 07:30 am