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06/05/22 07:22 AM IST

World’s largest film restoration project

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  • Union Minister of Information & Broadcasting Shri. Anurag Singh Thakur has announced that the World’s largest film restoration project under National Film Heritage Mission (NFHM) with a budget of Rs. 363 crores.
  • The restoration project now awarded is set to commence in full swing at National Film Archive of India (NFAI).

National Film Heritage Mission 
  • Under National Film Heritage Mission, approximately 2,200 films will undergo restoration.
  • The titles have been shortlisted by language wise committees consisting of filmmakers, documentary filmmakers, film historians, producers etc.
  • National Film Heritage Mission in addition to restoration also involves the on-going preservation processes of film condition assessment, preventive conservation and digitization, with the total allocated budget of INR 597 crores, which is one of the world’s largest film preservation mission.
  • Pratidwandi has been selected by Cannes to premiere in the Cannes Classics Section of 2022 edition.
Restoration Process 
  • The process involves frame-to-frame digital and semi-automated manual picture and sound restoration from the best surviving source material.
  • The source negative/print will be scanned at 4K to .dpx files, which will be then digitally restored.
  • The damages including scratches, dirt and abrasions in every frame of the picture negative will be cleaned during the restoration process.
  • The sound also restored in a process similar to the picture restoration procedure.

Source- PIB 

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