For someone like Jagjivan Maru of Maratha Mandir at Mumbaic Central, Mumbai, who has spent everyday of the last four decades doing the same thing — screening films, cinema is literally a life-long journey. For this 62-year-old projectionist, his work is a symbol of respect, responsibility and love for the moving images. Maru became a projectionist when he was 20, training at the now-demolished New Talkies in Bandra, Mumbai, for two years and then moving to G-7 where he manned its carbon arc lamp projector for 20 years.u00a0

Abdul Rasheed, projectionist at Liberty’s Cathay Preview Theatre. Pics/ Hassan M Kamal