Put up-production big Prasad is showcasing 10 restored Indian classics on the fifty fifth Worldwide Movie Competition of India (IFFI), operating Nov. 20-28 in Goa.
The restored titles, a part of an ongoing collaboration between the Nationwide Movie Growth Company, the Nationwide Movie Archive of India and Prasad, span a number of a long time of Indian cinema. The lineup contains Muzaffar Ali’s 1981 costume drama “Umrao Jaan,” starring Rekha as a Nineteenth-century courtesan.
The ten movies screening at IFFI are Ali’s “Umrao Jaan” (1981) and “Gaman” (1978), Kalpana Lajmi’s “Rudaali” (1993), Ritwik Ghatak’s “Subarnarekha” (1965), Baburao Painter’s “Muraliwala” (1927), Govind Nihalani’s “Get together” (1984), Guru Dutt’s “Pyaasa” (1957), Shyam Benegal’s “Susman” (1987), Sibi Malayil’s “Kireedam” (1989) and Hrishikesh Mukherjee’s “Musafir” (1957).
Prasad’s restoration groups utilized digital restoration methods, colour grading and high quality management protocols to protect every movie’s unique imaginative and prescient whereas making certain technical constancy throughout image and sound components.
“Restoring these movies is each a accountability and a privilege,” mentioned Abhishek Prasad, director and CTO at Prasad. “Every title carries inside it a chunk of India’s cultural reminiscence — the craft, braveness and creativity of filmmakers who outlined our cinematic language.”
Prasad can also be presenting two restored Sri Lankan movies on the forty seventh Nantes Three Continents Movie Competition in France, operating Nov. 21-29. The corporate restored D.B. Nihalsinghe’s “Welikathara” (1971) and Prasanna Vithanage’s “Akasa Kusum” (2008) for the pageant, which celebrates cinema from Asia, Africa and Latin America.
“It’s all the time an honor when movies from our area discover new life and new audiences the world over,” mentioned Kavita Prasad, managing director of Prasad Company. “Sri Lanka’s cinematic legacy is wealthy, nuanced and deeply human.”
Based in 1956 by filmmaker L.V. Prasad, the corporate has labored on greater than 30,000 movies over six a long time. The post-production home operates amenities throughout India, the U.S., U.Ok., Germany, Japan and Saudi Arabia, providing companies together with 8K movie restoration, digital intermediate work, HDR grading and Dolby Atmos mixing.
