NFAI acquires 162 films, one of the biggest film acquisitions in recent times
In one of the biggest film acquisitions in recent times, NFAI has added 162 films to its collection. The highlight of this addition is that more than 125 films are original/dupe negatives of the films (as opposed to release positives.) Almost 44 of these films are black-and-white films. Interestingly, the haul also includes 15 unreleased films. Apart from large chunk of Hindi films of various eras, 34 Gujarati, 15 Marathi and 6 Bhojpuri films have been acquired by NFAI. The collection also includes Nepali films.
Among the highlights of this collection is the original negatives of “Mahatma”, about 6 hour documentary footage of Mahatma Gandhi by Vithalbhai Jhaveri. Jhaveri was a photographer, filmmaker, and an associate of Gandhi.
The collection also includes films which NFAI did not previously possess prints of, in any format. These include the Hindi films Faslah (1976) and Amarsingh Rathod (1957); the Nepali film Maiti Ghar (1966) by B.S. Thapa starring Mala Sinha and featuring music by Jaidev; the Marathi film Aalay Toofan Daryala (1973) by Jaywant Pathare.
Other important films in the collection are original negatives of Sitara (1939) by Ezra Mir; Mani Kaul’s Uski Roti (1969), KA Abbas’ Saat Hindustani (1969), known for being Amitabh Bachchan’s acting debut; the Dilip Kumar starrer Kohinoor (1960); Kunwara Baap (1974), Prithviraj Chouhan (1959), Amber (1952) starring Nargis and Raj Kapoor, Gujarati film Jeevi Rabaran (1980); Marathi film Banya Bapu (1977); and the Hindi film Zindagi Aur Toofan (1975). The collection also includes Kon Ichikawa’s renowned film Tokyo Olympiad (1965), which documents the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.
Director of NFAI Prakash Magdum said, “The entire collection has come from Famous Cine Laboratory in Mumbai and we thank them for depositing these films at NFAI. This is one of the most important acquisitions at NFAI due to the fact that large number of films have come in original/dupe negative format.
The film industry has reposed faith in depositing the material at NFAI. We appeal to filmmakers to come forward and emulate this example so that the cinematic heritage of our country can be preserved for future generations.”
List of the Films
KUNWARA BAAP 35 Negatives 16 COLOR HINDI 1974 MEHMOOD
AALAY TOOFAN DARYALA 35 Negatives 11 B&W MARATHI 1973 JAYWANT PATHARE
Unreleased SURYAKANT 35 Negatives 16
ANARI (SHASHI KAPOOR) 35 Negatives 13 COLOR HINDI 1993 K. MULRALIMANOHARA RAO
SUNDARA SATARKAR 35 Negatives 1(16) – MARATHI 1981 PRABHAKAR NILKANTH
PROFESSOR KI PADOSAN((Sanjeev Kumar) 35 Negatives 17 COLOR HINDI 1993 SHANTILAL SONI
NAAG PADMINI 35 Negatives 14 COLOR GUJARATHI 1991
CHUTKI BHAR SINDOOR 35 Negatives 2 COLOR BHOJPURI 2011 ANIKET MISHRA
RAASTE AUR RISHTE ((Mazhar Khan & Deepti Naval) 35 Negatives 16 COLOR HINDI 1983 M. HANIF
SITARA 35 Negatives 13 B&W HINDI 1939 EZRA MIR
AMAR RAKHDI 35 Negatives 14 COLOR GUJARATHI LAKHAN CHAUHAN
DO CHEHRE 35 Negatives 16 COLOR HINDI 1977 KEWAL MISHRA
Unreleased PYAAR KI MANZIL 35 Negatives 5 COLOR HINDI
PYAAR KA PEHLA SAWAN 35 Negatives 14 COLOR HINDI 1989 SAGAR
PRITHVIRAJ CHAUHAN (Jairaj) 35 Negatives 7 B&W HINDI 1959 HARSUKH JAGNESHWAR BHATT
YE KAISA NASHA HAIN (Ashok Kumar) 35 Negatives 15 COLOR HINDI 1981 D.S. SULTANIA
MANACHA KUNKU 35 Negatives 14 COLOR MARATHI 1981 GOVIND KULKARNI
Unreleased LOOTERE PYAR KE 35 Negatives COLOR HINDI
Unreleased SWARG SE PYARA GHAR HAMARA (Rishi Kapoor) 35 Negatives 16 COLOR HINDI 1996 KALPATARU
Unreleased JAWABDAAR 35 Negatives 16 COLOR GUJARATHI
Unreleased GUDDUI 35 Negatives 16 COLOR HINDI 1997 BASU BHATTACHARJEE
MR. X (Amol Palekar, Shabana Azmi) 35 Negatives 14 COLOR HINDI 2015 VIKRAM BHATT
JEEVI RABARAN 35 Negatives 1 COLOR GUJARATHI 1980 SHRIDHAR PRASAD
RAAKH NA RAMADA 35 Negatives 16 COLOR GUJARATHI 1998 HEMANT CHAUHAN
Unreleased BIKATI HAIN ZINDAGI 35 Negatives 5 COLOR HINDI
Unreleased WAQT KA KHEL (Raj Babbar) 35 Negatives 16 COLOR HINDI
Unreleased BOMBAY TOWN + 3 Tins Cutting (Dara Singh) 35 Negatives 14+3 COLOR HINDI
Unreleased TADAP 35 Negatives 12 COLOR HINDI
Unreleased RAJKUMARI 35 Negatives 15 COLOR HINDI
GHAR SANSAR (Rishi Kapoor) 35 Negatives 16 COLOR HINDI 2009 ANIL TANDA
BANYA BAPU 35 Negatives 15 COLOR MARATHI 1977 GOVIND KULKARNI
VAHINI 35 Negatives 12 B&W MARATHI 1988
RAMU CHANNA 35 Negatives 15 COLOR BHOJPURI
CHAR MAHARATHI (Mithun Chakravarty) 35 Negatives 14 COLOR HINDI 1985 S. WARIS ALI
PLOT NO. 5 (Amjad Khan, Uttam Kumar) 35 Negatives 13 COLOR HINDI 1981 YOGESH SAXENA
Unreleased JEEJA SAALI 35 Negatives 16 COLOR
ZINDAGI AUR TOOFAN 35 Negatives 4 COLOR HINDI 1975 UMESH MATHUR
AMBER 35 Negatives 16 B&W HINDI 1952 JAYANT DESAI
PYARA GHAR (Rishi Kapoor) 35 Negatives 17 COLOR HINDI 1989 KALPATARU
ACCHA BURA 35 Negatives 14 B&W HINDI 1972 MOHD. HUSSAIN
DEVAR BHOJAI 35 Negatives 16 COLOR GUJARATHI
CHORI GAON KI 35 Negatives 16 COLOR HINDI 1981 RAJKUMAR TRIVEDI
SAUBHAGYA SINDOOR 35 Negatives 14 COLOR GUJARATHI 1977 CHANDRAKANT SANGANI
BESAHARA 35 Negatives 11 COLOR HINDI 1987 B.R. ISHARA
BADNAM BASTI 35 Negatives 1(12) B&W HINDI 1971 PREM KAPOOR
KOHINOOR 35 Negatives 17 B&W HINDI 1960 S.U. SUNNY
KITNE PAAS KITNE DOOR 35 Negatives 10 COLOR HINDI 1976 D.S. SULTANIA
RAAT AUR DIN (last film of NARGIS) 35 Negatives 13 B&W HINDI 1967 SATYEN BOSE
MAITIGHAR 35 Negatives 12 B&W NEPALI 1966 B.S. THAPA
Unreleased WAH MILI THI (Vinod Mehra, Yogita Bali) 35 Negatives 6 COLOR HINDI
JOG SANJOG 35 Negatives 16 COLOR GUJARATHI 1980 KRISHNAKANT
VIA VIRAMGAM 35 Negatives 15 COLOR GUJARATHI 1980 ARUN BHATT
NAU BAHAR (also have PN SN) (Dilip Kumar) 35 Negatives 16 B&W HINDI 1952 PANDIT ANAND KUMAR
ZINDA LAASH (Sarika) 35 Negatives 15 COLOR HINDI 1986 Manmohan Sabir
ADHIKAR 35 Negatives 14 B&W HINDI 1954 MOHAN SEHGAL
RASTA NO RAJA 35 Negatives 15 COLOR GUJARATHI
DERANI JETHANI 35 Negatives 14 COLOR GUJARATHI 1978 SHANTI S. KALRA
PARIVARTAN 35 Negatives 14 COLOUR HINDI
MEERA SHYAM 35 Negatives 14 COLOUR HINDI
DOOJ KA CHAND (Bharat Bhushan) 35 Negatives 6 B/W HINDI
SANSAR CHE CHALIYA KARE 35 Negatives 9 COLOUR GUJARATHI
BAAP DIKRO 35 Negatives 14 COLOUR GUJARATHI
LAMBU DADA 35 Negatives 3 COLOUR HINDI
PREM LAGAN 35 Negatives 13 COLOUR GUJARATHI
PAKITMAAR 35 Negatives 17 COLOUR GUJARATHI
USHA HARAN OR OKHA HARAN 35 Negatives 15 COLOUR HINDI
BEDROOM STORY 35 Negatives 15 COLOUR HINDI
Unreleased JETHA 35 Negatives 12 COLOUR HINDI
SAAT HINDUSTANI 35 Negatives CD 14 B/W HINDI K.A. Abbas
MAHA SHIVRATRI 35 Negatives 14 COLOUR HINDI
CHANVA KE TAKE CHAKOR 35 Negatives 10 COLOUR BHOJ
JAI TULJA BHAWANI 35 Negatives 14 COLOUR MARATHI
KHAMMA MARA LAL 35 Negatives 15 COLOUR GUJARATHI
SAHELI 35 Negatives 13 B/W HINDI
DO BOOND PANI 35 Negatives CD 14 B/W HINDI
Unreleased MANGAL DAS (Ashok Kumar) 35 Negatives 14 COLOUR HINDI
RAM DUHAI 35 Negatives 9 COLOUR HINDI
LAGE BANDHE 35 Negatives 12 COLOUR MARATHI
SONA INDHONI RUPA BEDLO 35 Negatives 16 COLOUR GUJARATHI
BALAM PARDESIA 35 Negatives 1 COLOUR BHOJ
SANT SAVAIYANATH 35 Negatives 1 COLOUR GUJARATHI
BHABHI 35 Negatives CD 17 B/W HINDI
AAI 35 Negatives 16 COLOUR MARATHI
BALAM PARDESIA (Silver Jubilee Film) 35 Negatives 14 COLOUR BHOJ
PRIT PIYU NE PANETAR 35 Negatives 14 COLOUR GUJARATHI
FASLAH 35 Negatives 15 COLOUR HINDI
GALIYAN CHI SHAPAT 35 Negatives 11 B/W MARATHI
AAKASH DEEP 35 Negatives 3 B/W HINDI
MEECH TUJI PRIYA 35 Negatives B/W MARATHI
ROOS GAIL SAIYAN HAMAR 35 Negatives 9 COLOUR BHOJ
KARO KANKUNA 35 Negatives 15 COLOUR GUJARATHI
SADEVANT SAVLINGA 35 Negatives 16 COLOUR GUJARATHI
SON KUNWAR 35 Negatives 14 COLOUR GUJARATHI
NAAG PANCHAM 35 Negatives 14 COLOUR GUJARATHI
SANT SURDAS 35 Negatives 13 COLOUR GUJARATHI
SANT SAVAIYANATH 35 Negatives 15 COLOUR GUJARATHI
SHIV PARVATI 35 Negatives 15 B/W HINDI
SOORAJMUKHI 35 Negatives 16 COLOUR
EK ADHURI KAHANI 35 Negatives 12 B/W
MARDANI 35 Negatives 16 COLOUR MARATHI
GYARAH HAZAR LADKIYAN 35 Negatives 1 B/W
RAM MAHADIK 35 Negatives 16 COLOUR GUJARATHI
KALAWANT VIKAT AAHE 35 Negatives 12 B/W MARATHI
BAHUROOPI 35 Negatives 14 B/W GUJARATHI
NASEEB NA KHEL 35 Negatives 16 COLOUR GUJARATHI
PANETAR 35 Negatives 14 COLOUR GUJARATHI
YAARI YAAR DI 35 Negatives 10 COLOUR PUNJABI
USKI ROTI 35 Negatives 8 B/W
YEH RASTE HAIN PYAR KE 35 Negatives 4 B/W
MAHATMA 35 Negatives 29 B/W
ANOKHA MODH 35 Negatives 15 COLOUR HINDI
TOKYO OLYAMPAID 35 Negatives 9 B/W
AASHA KA EK DIN 35 Negatives 13 B/W HINDI
AMAR SINGH RATHOD 35 Negatives 8 B/W
SORAT NI PADMINI 35 Negatives 14 COLOUR GUJARATHI
ZARAK KHAN 35 Negatives 8 B/W
SAKI GOPINATH 35 Negatives 4 B/W
SANT SURDAS 35 Negatives 16 COLOUR GUJARATHI
MAHA MILAN 35 Negatives 8 COLOUR
SUR AUR SADGI 35 Negatives 3 B/W
PREM LAGAN 35 Negatives 1 COLOUR GUJARATHI
JYOT JALE 35 Negatives 3 B/W
PARIVAR 35 Negatives CD16 B/W
BIRHAN JANAM JANAM KE 35 Negatives 12 COLOUR GUJARATHI
MOTHI MANAS 35 Negatives 12 B/W MARATHI
JEEVEN NAIYA 35 Negatives 5 B/W
ASLI NAQLI 35 Negatives MP4 B/W
MAJI GORKAN 35 Negatives 5 B/W MARATHI
AADAMKHOR 35 Negatives 8 COLOUR HINDI
PYAR KI MANZIL C. NO. 1 35 RP 15 COLOUR HINDI
LOOTERE PYAR KE (TAPES) 35 RP 14 COLOUR HINDI
BOMBAY TOWN C. NO. 1 35 RP 14 COLOUR HINDI
USHA HARAN C. NO. 1 35 RP 15 COLOUR HINDI
JUNG ZAMANE KE SANG POS. 35 RP 10 COLOUR HINDI
MANGALDAS C. NO. 1 35 RP 14 COLOUR HINDI
PYAR KA PEHLA SAWAN C. NO. 1 35 RP 10 COLOUR HINDI
RAJKUMARI C. NO. 1 35 RP 14 COLOUR HINDI
JETHA C. NO. 1 35 RP 14 COLOUR HINDI
GUDGUDI C. NO. 1 35 RP 6 COLOUR HINDI
JAWABDAAR C. NO. 1 35 RP 15 COLOUR GUJARATHI
KASHMIR C. NO. 1 35 RP 10 B/W HINDI
YAARI YAAR DI C. NO. 1 35 RP 17 COLOUR PUNJABI
BHAABHI C. NO. 2 35 RP 5 B/W HINDI
M S N (TAPES) 35 RP 8
SWARG SE PYARA GHAR HAMARA C. NO. 1 35 RP 16 COLOUR HINDI
SURYAKANT C. NO. 1 35 RP 16 COLOUR HINDI
WAQT KA KHEL 35 RP 10 COLOUR HINDI
JETHA C. NO. 1 35 RP 1 COLOUR HINDI
SOORAJMUKHI C. NO. 2 35 RP 7 COLOUR
PRIT PIYU NE PANETAR C. NO. 1 35 RP 7 COLOUR GUJARATHI
HAMARA GHAR HAMARA SANSAR 16 Negatives 18 COLOUR BHOJ
SADE FATTING 16 Negatives 20 COLOUR MARATHI
JUNG ZAMANE KE SANG POS. 16 Negatives 34 COLOUR HINDI
JATT JAMAY SOORMA 16 Negatives 32 COLOUR PUNJABI
NAI MANZIL NAI RAHEN 16 Negatives 26 COLOUR HINDI
LOOTERE PYAR KE 16 Negatives 13 COLOUR HINDI
QATIL KAUN 16 Negatives 13 COLOUR HINDI
JATT JODHE (NANDA Film) 16 Negatives 42 COLOUR
R. B. FILMS 16 Negatives 11 COLOUR
NO LABEL 16 Negatives 3 COLOUR
SURYAKANT PIC+ SD+ Trailor Neg. 3 COLOUR HINDI
SWARG SE PYARA GHAR HAMARA PIC+SD Trailor Neg. 2 COLOUR HINDI
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