Govt merges Films Division, DFF, NFAI, CFSI with NFDCIn December, 2020, the Union Cabinet had decided to merge these four film media units with the NFDC by expanding the Memorandum of Articles...
Government unveils plan on merger of film media unitsIn 2020, the Union Cabinet had approved the merger of all branches of the Films Division (FD), Directorate of Film Festivals (DFF), Nationa...
Government-run film bodies are working in silos, need professional handling: PanelThe proposed ‘Deshasiya Chalchitra Sansthan’, or National Films Commission, will help run the administrative bodies more professionally and...
Rare copy of Kishore Kumar's 1957 film found, 60 yrs after Mumbai HC order to destroy printsThe rare clip features footage of 60 to 70 minutes.
Warning is mandatory: Govt says anti-tobacco messages a must when smoking showcased in fims, TVDoordarshan runs a scroll on the screen showing the statutory warning whenever smoking scenes appear.
A man's crusade to save India's cinematic heritage from decayFilm Heritage Foundation's collection, apart from old films, also includes KL Saigal's tabla and harmonium and archivist PK Nair's spectacl...
Advisory sent to all TV channels that ads must not interfere with programmes: GovernmentVenkaiah Naidu said 15 advisories and directives were issued since 2012, including the latest on March 10, which said, "All channels are ad...
India, Bangladesh to jointly make films on 1971 war, Sheikh MujiburPranab Mukherjee India would be launching the channel which would act as a "bridge of amity between the two countries", an official stateme...
Rare film footages of World War-II are with NFAI; Preserved in ideal conditionsWith total duration of 30 hours, films involve footages of various war fronts across the world including some footage related to Indian for...
NFAI to expand non-feature film collectionOfficials said while the Pune-based NFAI has a large collection in the feature film section, it is trying to expand on-feature film section.
India gets 1st talkie version of 1935 'Devdas' from BangladeshA DVD copy of the PC Barua directed movie in Bengali was handed over to NFAI officials by a visiting Bangladeshi delegation.
FTII reconstituted; Vidya Balan, Raju Hirani, Jahnu Barua inVidya Balan filmmakers Raju Hirani and Jahnu Barua and cinematographer Santosh Sivan are among the prominent persons nominated as new membe...
- Loss of rare cinematic heritage stares India in face
The apparent lack of preservation culture in central and in state governments are now leading to loss of historic cinema landmarks in citie...
- Adlabs rolls out digital restoration facility
ADLABS Films, an ADAG company, has created a digital restoration and content processing facility called Adlabs Digital Services BPO in Mumb...
- Adlabs Films commences media BPO operations
Adlabs Films, a Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group company, on Thursday said it has commenced its BPO business for the media space provid...
- Pune International Film Festival from Jan 10
The sixth Pune International Film Festival (PIFF) will get under way here with conferring of Lifetime Achievement awards on veteran Bollywo...
- Experts concerned over preservation of films in India
India may brag about being the highest film producing nation but it has a poor record when it comes to film preservation.