Friday 5th                    11 am to 12.15 pm

Venue:                       

Film Heritage Foundation

707 Arun Chambers

Tardeo Road

Near AC Market

Mumbai - 400 034

Guests Welcome                                 

A VISIT TO THE FILM HERITAGE FOUNDATION AND TALK BY

SHIVENDRA SINGH DUNGARPUR

Shivendra Singh Dungarpur is an award-winning Indian filmmaker, producer, film archivist and restorer. After graduating from FTII, Shivendra launched his career as a producer-director under his own banner –Dungarpur Films.

He started his career soon after he graduated from FTII Pune with a diploma in direction and script writing. He established Dungarpur Films in 2000 and has directed and produced almost 500 commercials, corporate films, short films, television serials and documentaries under this banner. Over the years, he has won innumerable awards for his work in advertising.

Shivendra is passionately committed to film preservation and restoration. He has collaborated on two world-class restoration projects with Martin Scorsese’s World Cinema Foundation, Uday Shankar’s classic film “Kalpana” (1948) and eminent Sri Lankan filmmaker Dr. Lester James Peries’ film “Nidhanaya” (1970) that premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in 2012 and Venice Film Festival 2013 respectively. He was a donor for the restoration of Hitchcock’s silent film “The Lodger” that was made by the British Film Institute.

He is the Founder Director Film Heritage Foundation, a not-for-profit organization based in Mumbai to work towards preserving and restoring India’s cinematic heritage.

Preeti Maria                                                     Kholoud Ahmed Abdullah