On May 3, 1913, the first full-length Indian film, Raja Harischandra, was released. The Dadasahed Phalke-directed silent movie was a commercial success, kicking off an industry that now produces close ...

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For a country that has a pathetic record in preservation, PK Nair strodes like a colossus. The 79-year-old has dedicated his life to preserving classics and legendary films. Shivendra Dungarpur made a ...

But the wider context is Indian cinema itself, an entity of which film-lovers outside India know so little. There’s a name-check for the late Satyajit Ray in Celluloid Man, and Mrinal Sen appears in ...

Interestingly, the director’s Piravi (1988) was also the most screened Indian film in the fest circuit -- until very recently. Shivendra Dungarpur’s documentary Celluloid Man has overtaken the classic ...

Shivendra Singh Dungarpur's documentary celebrates P.K. Nair, an archivist responsible for rescuing early Indian cinema from disintegration. By THR Staff NEW YORK — An effective reminder that ...

On Wednesday (February 6), Mirror had reported that the 'only' 35-mm print of filmmaker-archivist Shivendra Dungarpur’s 2013 documentary, Celluloid Man On Wednesday (February 6), Mirror had reported ...

Sooner or later, most of us will go to see ‘Bombay Talkies’. This weekend also sees the release of a documentary film called ‘The Celluloid Man’. How many have heard of it? ‘The Celluloid Man’ is the ...

Celluloid Man is a documentary film directed by Shivendra Singh Dungarpur that speaks about the life and work of P.K. Nair, the founder of the National Film Archive of India, and the guardian of ...

Shivendra Singh Dungarpur details his his long journey to telling the story of archivist P.K. Nair. By Clarence Tsui ROTTERDAM – Shivendra Singh Dungarpur hasn’t just made a documentary called ...

Reflections of the past: PK Nair in the vaults of India's National Film Archive How did he come upon his subject? “PK Nair is the man single-handedly responsible for preserving India’s film heritage,” ...