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From
its modest beginning in 1964 --- when it was housed in small sheds with
make-shift vaults in the premises of the Film Institute of India, Pune
--- the NFAI has today grown in stature and experience to be counted
among the leading film archives of the world. In its early years it
successfully faced the extremely difficult task of salvaging what had
survived of the foundations of Indian cinema. And today, inspite of
limited resources, it continues to carry on this work and also acquire
and preserve recent and contemporary productions of the world's most
popular and prolific film industry. All this has been due to the
government's initiative in setting up the archive, the hard work and
dedication of its founders and the co-operation of several stalwarts of
the film industry and other well-wishers who believed in the need for
film preservation.
The National Film Archive of India is
assigned with the task of acquiring National and State Award winning
films, Indian Panorama films, Box-office hits and films shown in
international film festivals. Film adaptations of famous literary works,
films representing different genres of Indian Cinema, news-reels,
documentaries representing the categories mentioned above also find
their way to the Archive. Selected
foreign films representing national cultures, different genres and
landmark works of major filmmakers from different countries are
also acquired and used for archival and research purposes.
Books and periodicals covering Indian and World Cinema, Festival
Publications, ancillary material like Song booklets, photographs, wall
posters, pamphlets, folders, disc records and other memorabilia on
Cinema are also collected and preserved by the Research &
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