Celluloid Man

Nan
2h 30m
2012
7 /10 (7)

Overview

Indian documentary about Indian film history and P. K. Nair, the founder of the National Film Archive of India and guardian of Indian cinema. He built the archive can by can in a country where the archiving of cinema was considered unimportant.

Country : India
Languages : বাংলা, English, ?????, हिन्दी
Released Date: 2012-06-26

Top Billed Cast

P. K. Nair

Self

Krzysztof Zanussi

Self

Lester James Peries

Self

Saeed Akhtar Mirza

Self

Vidhu Vinod Chopra

Self

Gulzar

Self

Naseeruddin Shah

Self

Mrinal Sen

Self

Kamal Haasan

Self

Adoor Gopalakrishnan

Self

Basu Chatterjee

Self

Girish Kasaravalli

Self

Shyam Benegal

Self

Ramesh Sippy

Self

Kumar Shahani

Self

Shabana Azmi

Self

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