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“After watching the film, he cried. I have never seen him so emotional. He is a man of very few words and rarely praises any work. He came to me and told me, “I am fine with the length.” That itself was high praise.”
P. K. Nair with Shivendra Singh Dungarpur after the screening of “Celluloid Man” in Mumbai Film Festival
A journey that started with attending Il Cinema Ritrovato (Cinema Rediscovered) festival in Italy came a full circle for Shivendra Singh Dungarpur when his film Celluloid Man premiered at the same festival in 2012. An archivist and Ftii-trained filmmaker, Dungarpur has made a significant contribution to Indian cinema by making a film on the work of P.K. Nair, the man who single-handedly built the national film archive. In an interview with DearCinema, Dungarpur reveals his discoveries and plans about preservation and restoration of Indian films:
How did it occur...
P. K. Nair with Shivendra Singh Dungarpur after the screening of “Celluloid Man” in Mumbai Film Festival
A journey that started with attending Il Cinema Ritrovato (Cinema Rediscovered) festival in Italy came a full circle for Shivendra Singh Dungarpur when his film Celluloid Man premiered at the same festival in 2012. An archivist and Ftii-trained filmmaker, Dungarpur has made a significant contribution to Indian cinema by making a film on the work of P.K. Nair, the man who single-handedly built the national film archive. In an interview with DearCinema, Dungarpur reveals his discoveries and plans about preservation and restoration of Indian films:
How did it occur...
- 12/13/2012
- by Nandita Dutta
- DearCinema.com
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