Appropriately enough, it coincides with Indian cinema&rsquo;s completion of 100 years. <img alt="PK Nair" src="http://images.mid-day.com/2013/apr/PK-Nair.jpg" style="width: 500px; height: 352px;" /> PK Nair Shot entirely on film with 11 DOPs, the documentary is a tribute to Nair, who built the National Film Archive of India can by can in a country where the archiving of cinema is considered unimportant. <img alt="Shivendra Singh Dungarpur " src="http://images.mid-day.com/2013/apr/Shivendra-Singh-Dungarpur.jpg" style="width: 500px; height: 446px;" /> Shivendra Singh Dungarpur &ldquo;Thanks to him, the Archive still has nine precious films of the 1700 silent films made in India. This figure is abysmally low, but if it weren&rsquo;t for him, we would be having nothing to show for our cinema preceding the talkies era. Also, because of his relentless endeavour, Dadasaheb Phalke has a place in history today,&rdquo; adds director Shivendra Singh Dungarpur. So far, the film has won two National Awards and has travelled to 24 international film festivals. &ldquo;It&rsquo;s a vindication of all the efforts we&rsquo;ve put in all these years. Watching a documentary such as this at a niche event is one thing and getting a commercial release is something else. The scope of reaching out to more and more people increases exponentially,&rdquo; sums up the debutant filmmaker.u00a0

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