National
Film
Archive
of
India
(NFAI),
which
falls
under
Ministry
of
Information
&
Broadcasting,
Government
of
India,
will
now
preserve
all
the
films
of
renowned
Indian
Filmmaker
madhur
bhandarkar.
Chandni
Bar,
Page-3,
Corporate,
Traffic
Signal,
Fashion
and
Jail
by
the
realistic
filmmaker
will
now
find
space
in
Government's
Archival
data
for
Indian
Films.
The
director
handed
over
the
copies
of
all
his
films
to
the
NFAI
today
in
Pune.
National
Film
Archive
of
India
safeguards
the
heritage
of
Indian
Cinema
for
posterity
and
act
as
a
centre
for
dissemination
of
a
healthy
film
culture
in
the
country.
Promotion
of
film
scholarship
and
research
on
various
aspects
of
cinema
also
form
a
part
of
its
Charter.
Familiarizing
foreign
audiences
with
Indian
Cinema
and
to
make
it
more
visible
across
the
globe
is
another
declared
objective
of
the
Archive.
madhur
bhandarkar
who
has
also
won
three
National
Awards
for
his
films
Chandni
Bar,
Page
3
and
Traffic
Signal
said
on
this
important
initiative,
"I
am
very
happy
that
NFAI
is
preserving
my
films.
I
feel
it
is
of
a
critical
importance
that
we
preserve
our
films.
Our
industry
has
some
very
respectful
and
milestone
work
which
is
left
just
like
that,
but
if
it
is
preserved
it
can
be
viewed
at
any
time
in
the
future
and
hence
our
work
gets
an
everlasting
life.
I
am
thankful
to
the
Ministry
of
I
&
B,
Government
of
India."
Mr.
Vijay
Jadhav,
the
director
of
NFAI
said,
"madhur
bhandarkar's
films
are
very
popular
and
widely
seen.
His
films
are
very
much
in
demand
for
various
film
festivals
and
they
also
arouse
a
lot
of
interest
in
students
and
youngsters.
I
would
like
to
thank
madhur
bhandarkar
for
his
kind
gesture
and
I
respect
his
understanding
for
the
value
of
Film
Preservation.
His
name
is
synonym
with
hard
hitting,
realistic,
mirror
to
society
kind
of
cinema.
His
films
not
only
get
critically
acclaimed,
but
are
also
recognized
with
awards
and
make
quiet
a
much
wave
with
the
Box
Office
success."
However,
breaking
the
shackles,
Madhur
is
now
stepping
out
of
his
genre
for
the
first
time
and
making
a
slice
of
life,
romantic
comedy
titled
Dil
Toh
Baccha
Hai
Ji,
which
is
slated
to
release
on
28th
January,
2011
all
over.
Story first published: Friday, November 19, 2010, 17:18 [IST]