Film Heritage Foundation

Film Heritage Foundation is a non-profit organization, based in Mumbai, India, dedicated to film preservation, restoration and archiving of neglected classical and historic Indian films.[1] It was founded by filmmaker, archivist and restorer Shivendra Singh Dungarpur in 2014, inspired by the efforts of film scholar and archivist P. K. Nair.[2][3]

Film Heritage Foundation
Founded2014
FounderShivendra Singh Dungarpur
TypeNon-profit organization
PurposeFilm preservation, restoration and archiving
Location
Websitefilmheritagefoundation.co.in

The foundation's aim is to salvage and restore historic celluloid films, as out of 1700 silent films made in India in the early 1900s, only five or six survive; and from the 250 films produced between 1931 and 1941, only 15 are in existence.[4][5] In 2015, the foundation received funds from private businesses and Bollywood actors to restore some of the most "endangered films" of Indian cinema, including the first Indian sound film Alam Ara.[6]

The foundation also runs education programmes and regularly holds workshops on film conservation and preservation around the country.[7][8] In 2019, the foundation received the memorabilia of the Indian actor Raj Kapoor for preservation.[9] The foundation initiated an oral history project in 2018, in which it interviewed at length, for a permanent historical and cultural record, some of the most important filmmakers of India, including Adoor Gopalakrishnan, Buddhadeb Dasgupta and Mani Ratnam.[10] The foundation in the past has been supported by Sir Ratan Tata Trust.[11]

References
  1. Urvi Malvania. "Film Heritage Foundation: Aims to ramp up film preservation & restoration in India | Business Standard News". Business-standard.com. Retrieved 2020-06-02.
  2. https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/mumbai/pk-nair-cinema-obituary/article8317562.ece
  3. "Bring back the past!". Deccanchronicle.com. Retrieved 2020-06-02.
  4. Urvi Malvania. "Viacom18, Film Heritage Foundation launch film preservation workshop | Business Standard News". Business-standard.com. Retrieved 2020-06-02.
  5. https://www.thehindu.com/education/for-posterity-and-beyond/article20185509.ece
  6. "Film Heritage Foundation gets corporate funds to preserve old Indian cinema - The Economic Times". Economictimes.indiatimes.com. 2015-02-21. Retrieved 2020-06-02.
  7. Suryasarathi Bhattacharya Nov 19, 2018 11:56:10 IST (2018-11-19). "At Film Heritage Foundation's workshops, experts from across the globe aim to give new life to India's iconic works- Entertainment News, Firstpost". Firstpost.com. Retrieved 2020-06-02.
  8. https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/nagarjuna-and-amala-announce-film-heritage-foundation-s-film-preservation-restoration-workshop/article29219333.ece
  9. "Memorabilia of Raj Kapoor films passed on to Film Heritage Foundation - entertainment". Mid-day.com. 2019-09-25. Retrieved 2020-06-02.
  10. Uday Bhatia (2019-08-09). "The art of the unhurried interview". Livemint.com. Retrieved 2020-06-02.
  11. "The guardians of India's reel heritage - Transforming lives". Tata Trusts. 2019-02-27. Retrieved 2020-06-02.
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