{"id":9856,"date":"2025-06-26T18:57:38","date_gmt":"2025-06-26T13:27:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/learningandcreativity.com\/silhouette\/?p=9856"},"modified":"2025-06-27T12:40:30","modified_gmt":"2025-06-27T07:10:30","slug":"salaam-cinema-second-edition-rare-film-memorabilia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/learningandcreativity.com\/silhouette\/salaam-cinema-second-edition-rare-film-memorabilia\/","title":{"rendered":"Salaam Cinema’s 2nd Edition \u2013 Revisiting the Bygone Era with Rare Film Memorabilia"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Salaam Cinema 2025<\/p><\/div>\n

Ten years after the successful 2015 exhibition Salaam Cinema, Sounak Chacraverti (Sensorium) and Samik De (Art Inn) are back with the second edition of this “archival” exhibition of rare black and white film photographs, vintage film posters and “limited edition” film merchandise.<\/p>\n

To be showcased at the ICCR, Kolkata from 27th June to 2nd July 2025, Salaam Cinema is an ode to the bygone era of Indian Cinema focussing mainly on Bangla and Hindi films.<\/p>\n

Silhouette Magazine<\/em> had covered the first edition of this unique exhibition \u2013 Salaam Cinema \u2013 An Extraordinary Tribute<\/a>. <\/strong>\u201cSalaam Cinema in 2015 was a stupendous success. Samik (my co-curator) and I always wanted to bring it back,\u201d says Sounak Chacraverti, speaking to Silhouette. \u201cIt took us a decade because of several other commitments and also the funding that is involved with this project. The present edition is a bigger venture in terms of display than the previous one.\u201d<\/p>\n

The exhibition is timely and in sync with the rising trend of restoration and re-release of classic films across India. From Satyajit Ray\u2019s Aranyer Din Ratri <\/em>(Days and Nights in the Forest) being showcased at the 78th Cannes Film Festival this year, Nayak<\/em> hitting the theatres across India in a 4K format and Ramesh Sippy\u2019s Sholay in 4K slated for screening in Bologna this month, the revival of timeless films by organisations like Film Heritage Foundation, Golden Globe Foundation, Janus Films, and The Criterion Collection have brought them back to the audiences.<\/p>\n

Agrees Sounak, \u201cIn these last decade we have seen an awareness to restore old films. The FHF played a crucial role here. The re-release of certain landmark films also gave us an opportunity to revisit the classics on the big screen.\u201d<\/p>\n