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NFAI Acquires 162 Films Including 15 Rare Unreleased Films

NFAI has acquired 162 films, with more than 125 films in original/dupe negatives. The acquisitions include 15 rare unreleased films as well as classics such as Saat Hindustani (1969), Uski Roti (1969),...

Indian Cinema Retrospectives

India’s Vanishing Films Need Urgent Policies to Avoid a Bleak Future

Destroyed by nitrate fires, stripped bare of silver, decaying in locked cans in hot and humid, unfavourable weather conditions or sold by the kilo in flea markets, the films of India, including the classics are meeting...

Critique

Madhulika Liddle on Madhumati: Salil Chowdhury’s Magnum Opus in Hindi Cinema
I am so happy you liked this post, Anu! I was hoping you would get to read it, and was - I will admit - a little nervous. But approbation from you is ...
Anu Warrier on Madhumati: Salil Chowdhury’s Magnum Opus in Hindi Cinema
Der aaye durust aaye, Madhu. Such a fitting tribute to Salil Choudhury, so what if it's not on his birthdate? I loved the analysis of the songs with...
Soumyadeep Chakrabarti on Salil Sangeet: How Salil Chowdhury’s Bengali Songs Reimagined Genre, Social Awareness and Humanism
Thanks so much Rudradeep for your patient reading and insightful comments. In fact I could catalogue only a few gems from his vast repertoire Wish ...
Rudradeep Chakrabarti on Salil Sangeet: How Salil Chowdhury’s Bengali Songs Reimagined Genre, Social Awareness and Humanism
Brilliant ! After listening carefully several times a live discourse of Kabir Suman on Phenomenal music director, song writer , lyricist , writer , po...
N S RAJAN on Khuda Nigehban Ho Tumhara: An Unforgettable Farewell
It is my sincere belief that 'Lovers' of Music generally, and Hindi film songs in particular, are slightly mad. We are not satisfied merely by the so...