Audio recordings that chart Indian cinema’s glorious journey
The Hindu
As a tribute to Dadasaheb Phalke, NFAI has published 8,000 minutes of interviews with film personalities on website
On the occasion of the 151st birth anniversary of Dadasaheb Phalke, hailed as the ‘Father of Indian cinema’, the city-based National Film Archive of India (NFAI) has published 8,000 minutes of audio recordings on its website in the form of interviews with renowned artistes and technicians recounting the fascinating journey of Indian cinema. This oral history project features interviews, recorded in the 1980s, with the ‘who’s who’ of the Indian film industry and offers an invaluable insight into the personalities and processes that have shaped our cinematic heritage right from the silent era. “All the 8,000 minutes of interviews are now made available on the NFAI website. They constitute a veritable treasure trove of anecdotal reference that can be savoured by cineastes and film scholars alike,” NFAI director Prakash Magdum said.More Related News