'So, Baahubali was not made in India?' The question addressed to cinema preservationist Shivendra Singh Dungarpur from filmmakers on international turf caught him off-guard. Asserting that the world needed to be aware of the industries that comprise Indian cinema, Dungarpur tells mid-day that the topic will make for a prominent part of his presentation at the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts & Sciences.

Dungarpur, founder of the Film Heritage Foundation, has been invited by the Academy for an eight-hour-long session, which will be held in Los Angeles on July 14. The three-part session will comprise a discussion on the importance of preserving and restoring motion pictures, followed by one on India's film heritage, and will conclude with a screening of Dungarpur's Celluloid Man.