National Museum of Indian Cinema
Ministry of Information & Broadcasting
Government of India
Films Division Complex
24-Dr. G. Deshmukh Marg, Mumbai-400 026.
Email : admin@filmsdivision.org / website : www.filmsdivision.org
APPEAL
To Film experts, Enthusiasts, Studios, Producers, Film Companies,
Cinema Lovers and Curators
|
The Government of India
has envisaged to establish a “National Museum of Indian Cinema”
in Films Division Complex, Mumbai- first ever of its kind in Asian
Region with a view to give impetus to the movement of showcasing
the history of Indian Cinema and its global impact. The main objective
of the proposed Museum are to :
- To encapsulate the socio-cultural history of India as revealed
through the evolution of cinema
- To develop as a research center focusing on the effect of
cinema on society
- To exhibit the work of the noted directors, producers, Institutions
etc. for the benefit of visitors/film enthusiasts
- To arrange seminars, workshops for film makers & film students
- To generate interest in the future generation in the field
of film movement
The Museum of Moving Images
will not only provide a store house of information to the laymen
but it will also help film makers, film students, enthusiasts and
critics to know and evaluate the development of cinema as a medium
of artistic expression not only in the country but also in all parts
of the world.
Artefacts, equipments
like Cameras, Editing, & Recording Machines, Projectors etc., Costumes,
Photographs and other material are proposed to be kept in the Museum.
The properties, dresses, sets, tapes, vintage equipment, posters,
copies of important films, prints, promotional leaflets, developing
equipment books, biographies, sound tracks, trailers, transparencies,
Cinema magazines, statistics covering film distribution etc. to
be displayed in a systematic arrangement depicting the history in
a chronological manner, will be procured through donations and also
by purchase. There will also be a Museum shop which will sell the
copies/photographs etc. of the vintage items, books and booklets
on the work of noted film makers and mementoes.
The Museum of Moving Images
will cater to the needs of contemporary people for acquainting themselves
with the changes in the field of film production and also enlist
their active support in appreciating the technological changes in
the present media scenario.
A high level Expert Committee
would be set up in the Ministry of I&B to closely monitor the project
in its entirety and for studying the possible models for the operation
of the museum and making suitable recommendations on the sources
of revenue generation.
An Agreement has been
signed on 31-03-2010 in between Films Division and The National
Building Construction Corporation(NBCC)(E-mail : maharashtra.nbcc@nic.in)
for the work of Renovation of Gulshan Mahal and construction of
New Block for the National Museum of Indian Cinemas” at the total
cost of Rs.101.20 Crores.
Contract /MOU is also
being entered into between Films Division and National Council of
Science Museums(NCSM ) (www.ncsm.gov.in, www.ncsm.org.in)for setting
up Gallery for exhibition of exhibits , Artefacts etc.
The Museum is expected
to be ready in the year 2013.
To realize the objectives
and activities of the Museum it is also appealed that suitable items,
if any available with Film Enthusiast, Film Studios, Producers ,
Directors, Film Companies, Artistes and Curators in the field of
Indian Cinema may please be made available to Films Division, Government
of India on donation basis for run-up of the establishment of Museum
by following way : (Special mention of donor will be made against
their articles, items ):
- By organizing permanent/periodic exhibition to
show the evolution of Cinema in India as well as changing phases
and thematic pre-occupations of the filmmaker.
- By providing necessary infrastructure for fabrication
and reconstruction of original artefacts, equipments and gadgets,
which are not available or too risky for handling.
- To develop into a display cum exhibition center
of Indian Cinema, to attract daily groups of local public as
well as tourists from India and abroad.
- To have an on going audiovisual documentation
of all important personalities that matter in the film scene
of the country.
Some of the Resources
for display in the Museum are contemplated to be consisting of :
| a) |
Artefacts |
Costumes, Wardrobes, Draperies, Jewellery,
and other propos and drum dance sets and Make up kits like
cloth banners, holdings , three dimension Cut outs and lighting
display mechanisms, specially prepared miniature models of
Cinema Theatres from the early tent cinemas specially associated
with landmark films made in the country like Sant Tukaram,
Sikander, Chandralekha, Awara, Mother India, Pather Panchali,
Mughale-e-Azam, Sholay, Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge etc; |
| b) |
Equipment |
Cameras, Sound recording, Editing, Laboratory
and Projection equipments used from the beginning of Cinema,
Cameras from manual (hand cranked to motorized ones for various
gauges and electronic used for silent and sync shooting, sound
recording and reproduction equipments from wire recordings,
Gramophone disc recording to optical (variable density, variable
area) to magnetic and stereo(Dolby, DTC) and the related equipments
like microphones etc., Editing gadgets from simple magnifying
glass to viewer to pedaled moviola, and multiple edged prism
viewed Steenbeck and the electronic editing Avid systems. |
| c) |
Films, Tapes, CD,s/DVDs |
Copies of all classics of Indian and world
cinema in permanent collection preferably in film format and
with English subtitles. Disc records, Audio tapes, CDs/DVDs
of film songs and interviews with film personalities. |
| d) |
Manuscripts & Paper print material |
Original hand written shooting scripts with
Director’s notes and sketches, Personal diaries of film people,
producer, Star, Director, Technicians, Studios, Distributors,
Exhibitors Agreements and Contracts.Paper print material like
Books, Journals, Film Magazines, Directories, Yearbooks, Film
Festival Catalogues, Souvenirs and other publications. Still
Photographs, Working stills, Slides, Transparencies Publicity
folders. Wall Posters of different sizes. Song Booklets, Screenplays
and Shooting Scripts; Dialogue & Continuity Sheets, Silent
Film Music scores, Film can labels, Set design sheets, Art
Director’s drawings, News paper Advertisements and clipping,
Film Reviews and comments, Censor records, Postage stamps
on film personalities brought out in India and abroad, Theatre
programme notes, Cinema Tickets etc. |
Suggestions are invited
from all the film historians /enthusiasts and experts in the field
of Cinema, museum administration to setting up of a dynamic and
unique project which would be a living example of museums with interactive
galleries. Comparative with other Cinema Museums in the world.
