Rare footage of the olden times at the click of a mouse! Imagine watching the legendary Kumar Gandharva singing at the age of twelve! A great task accomplished by Films Division.’ said eminent filmmaker Dr.Jabbar Patel while click-launching Films Division’s broadband enabled portal www.filmsdivision.org. Shri Patel was the guest of honour at the launch event organised at Films Division Complex, Mumbai.

Shri Dipankar Mukhopadhay, Chief Producer, Films Division said, ‘ One media person told me that FD was sitting on a volcano of materials and not making the optimum use of it. Is it true or false—he posed. I say it is definitely false. FD is not a poor cousin but a part and parcel of the great heritage of Indian Cinema. And now this immensely rich FD tradition will be accessible to all living souls of the world.’ Shri Mukhopadhay lauded the efforts of the FD team for achieving this incredible feat within a very short period of time.

Earlier, Shri Sanjaya Pattanayak, Director of Administration, Films Division informed the august audience including media persons representing most of the frontline publications and prime channels that FD was the pioneer in this kind of a venture of digitalised interactive television solutions.

Responding to a query from Shri Ashok Kumar, General Secretary of the Indian Documentary Producers’ Association, Shri Pattanayak said, ‘For six months or so our site will be totally free, but the content will not be downloadable for security reasons. We are not guided by commercial considerations at all but with the response over time we will definitely look out for our marketing options’.

While presenting the site Shri Rajendra Parmar, Co-Founder & President (operations), Recreate Solutions, a London based export-oriented company with a major development centre in Mumbai, said that in the field of international broadband penetration India was not far behind with Films Division proving to be a very proactive unit. ‘www.filmsdivision.org is a high intensity visually attractive site with a most powerful search video facility. You can select Category or Titles or Directors and you can see the desired portion of the video by jumping to It.’ he added. A vote of thanks was given by Shri M Ganesh, Asstt. Director (Costing), Films Division and one of the FD team.

So then, this is what you have. Seven hundred films covering all aspects of life. 220 hours of viewing. 24 hours a day. 7 days a week. Just at the click of the mouse. Cyberspace is beckoning to you.
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EVENTS
“Independence Day” was celebrated on 15th August ‘03 and “Sadbhavana Diwas” was observed on 20th August '03.

Films Division organized a premier show of its 7 recent documentaries and a feature film, on 12 July 2003 at Kolkata. The occasion was graced by renowned film makers Shri Mrinal Sen and ShriNabyendu Chatterjee.