New Delhi, June 3 -- In a major initiative to preserve and showcase India's cinematic heritage on the global stage, the National Film Development Corporation-National Film Archive of India (NFDC-NFAI) has completed the 4K restoration of all eight feature films directed by legendary filmmaker Ritwik Ghatak.
The restored classics will be presented to international audiences through a special retrospective in partnership with the British Film Institute (BFI) at BFI Southbank in London beginning this month.
The restoration project coincides with Ghatak's birth centenary celebrations and is being undertaken under the National Film Heritage Mission (NFHM), the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting's flagship programme dedicated to safeguardi...