P. K. Nair

Born: 1933-04-06

Paramesh Krishnan Nair (6 April 1933 – 4 March 2016) was an Indian film archivist and film scholar, who was the founder and director of the National Film Archive of India (NFAI) in 1964. He is regarded as the Henri Langlois of India because of his lifelong dedication towards the preservation of films in India. A passionate film archivist, he worked at the NFAI for over three decades, collecting films from India and from all over the world.


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Celluloid Man

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Released: 2012-06-26

Indian documentary about Indian film history and P. K. Nair, the founder of the National Film...

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Bollywood and Beyond: A Century of Indian Cinema

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Released: 2015-09-06

Indian cinema has the largest audience of any art form on the planet. With a population of over...

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