Film: Celluloid’s knight in shining armour
Apr 03, 2021 10:52 PM IST
Shivendra Singh Dungarpur’s work in film restoration and preservation has literally brought India’s film history back from the grave
Film preservation is such a nascent idea in India that you have to use a simple analogy to explain its extreme significance. Say you have original paintings of legends like M F Husain or S H Raza. You make reproductions of these artworks and then dump the originals in a godown where they are allowed to rot because you are comfortable knowing you have the prints.
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