Film Heritage Foundation
Film Heritage Foundation is a non-profit organization, based in Mumbai, India, dedicated to film preservation, restoration and archiving of neglected classical and historic Indian films.[1] It was founded in 2014 by filmmaker, archivist and restorer Shivendra Singh Dungarpur, who was inspired by the efforts of film scholar and archivist P. K. Nair.[2][3]
Founded | 2014 |
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Founder | Shivendra Singh Dungarpur |
Type | Non-profit organization |
Purpose | Film preservation, restoration and archiving |
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Website | filmheritagefoundation.co.in |
The foundation's aim is to salvage and restore historic celluloid films, as out of 1700 silent films made in India in the early 1900s, only five or six survive; and from the 250 films produced between 1931 and 1941, only 15 are in existence.[4][5] In 2015, the foundation received funds from private businesses and Bollywood actors to restore some of the most "endangered films" of Indian cinema, including the first Indian sound film Alam Ara.[6]
The foundation also runs education programmes and regularly holds workshops on film conservation and preservation around the country.[7][8] In 2019, the foundation received the memorabilia of the Indian actor Raj Kapoor for preservation.[9] The foundation initiated an oral history project in 2018, in which it interviewed at length, for a permanent historical and cultural record, some of the most important filmmakers of India, including Adoor Gopalakrishnan, Buddhadeb Dasgupta and Mani Ratnam.[10] The foundation in the past has been supported by Sir Ratan Tata Trust.[11]
References
- Urvi Malvania. "Film Heritage Foundation: Aims to ramp up film preservation & restoration in India | Business Standard News". Business-standard.com. Retrieved 2020-06-02.
- https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/mumbai/pk-nair-cinema-obituary/article8317562.ece
- "Bring back the past!". Deccanchronicle.com. Retrieved 2020-06-02.
- Urvi Malvania. "Viacom18, Film Heritage Foundation launch film preservation workshop | Business Standard News". Business-standard.com. Retrieved 2020-06-02.
- https://www.thehindu.com/education/for-posterity-and-beyond/article20185509.ece
- "Film Heritage Foundation gets corporate funds to preserve old Indian cinema - The Economic Times". Economictimes.indiatimes.com. 2015-02-21. Retrieved 2020-06-02.
- Suryasarathi Bhattacharya Nov 19, 2018 11:56:10 IST (2018-11-19). "At Film Heritage Foundation's workshops, experts from across the globe aim to give new life to India's iconic works- Entertainment News, Firstpost". Firstpost.com. Retrieved 2020-06-02.
- https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/nagarjuna-and-amala-announce-film-heritage-foundation-s-film-preservation-restoration-workshop/article29219333.ece
- "Memorabilia of Raj Kapoor films passed on to Film Heritage Foundation - entertainment". Mid-day.com. 2019-09-25. Retrieved 2020-06-02.
- Uday Bhatia (2019-08-09). "The art of the unhurried interview". Livemint.com. Retrieved 2020-06-02.
- "The guardians of India's reel heritage - Transforming lives". Tata Trusts. 2019-02-27. Retrieved 2020-06-02.