A
restored
version
of
the
1979
Malayalam
classic
"Kummatty" will
be
screened
by
Martin
Scorsese's
The
Film
Foundation
(TFF),
the
filmmaker
has
announced.
The
Aravindan
Govindan-directed
film
is
being
showcased
in
The
Film
Foundation
Restoration
Screening
Room,
a
free
virtual
space
that
presents
restored
versions
of
old
films,
Scorsese
said
in
an
Instagram
post
on
Monday.
"KUMMATTY
(India,
1979,
d.
Aravindan
Govindan)
will
be
presented
in
The
Film
Foundation
Restoration
Screening
Room.
Tune
in
at
7:00pm
BST/ET/PT
for
the
screening
accompanied
by
a
live
chat.
The
film
will
also
be
available
on
demand
at
7:00pm
local
time,"
the
multiple
Oscar
winner
wrote
alongside
a
number
stills
from
the
movie.
The
Film
Foundation
is
a
non-profit
organisation,
which
was
founded
by
Scorsese
in
1990,
and
it
works
with
archives
and
studios
to
restore
and
preserve
films
from
all
over
the
world.
"Kummatty" was
restored
by
The
Film
Foundation's
World
Cinema
Project,
Shivendra
Singh
Dungarpur's
Film
Heritage
Foundation,
and
Cineteca
di
Bologna
at
L'Immagine
Ritrovata
laboratory,
in
association
with
General
Pictures
and
the
family
of
Aravindan
Govindan,
Scorsese
said
in
the
post.
The
funding
for
the
restoration
was
provided
by
the
Material
World
Foundation,
he
added.
The
Malayalam
film
follows
a
magician,
named
Kummatty,
who
travels
from
place
to
place
and
entertains
children
with
dancing,
singing
and
performing
magic.
During
one
such
performance
at
a
village,
Kummatty
turns
a
group
of
children
into
animals.