Films Division produced 24 films in April-December’06

The Films Division produced 24 documentary/short fiction/video films during April-December, 2006. Out of these, 22 films were produced departmentally and two films through independent producers. The Division released 9791 prints of 39 films in the theatrical circuits from 1.4.06 to 30.11.06.

88 informative and educative films have been digitized, 480 films transferred on High Definition tapes and 825 films transferred on international tracks (transferred on DVD) during this period. The Division earned a total revenue of Rs. 398.68 lakh during the period under reference.

The Division produced biographical films on eminent personalities such as, Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia, BR Chopra, Dagar Brothers and Salil Chowdhury. Another ten biographical films on the undernoted personalities are under production. Pt. Ram Narayan, Husnalal Bhagatram, Late Shri K. R. Narayanan - Former President of India, Sankaradeva - A life larger than life (films on Sankaradeva - a multifarious genius of 15th century from Assam, Shri Gopal Swaroop Pathak, Satguru Ramsinghji and Kuka Movement, Mubarak Begum, Naushad Ali, Rajashree Bhagyachandra of Manipur and Pt. Shiv Kumar Sharma.

Source : Press Information Bureau

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