Shivendra Singh Dungarpur

Amma Ariyan was included by the British Film Institute (BFI) in its list of the 10 best Indian films ever made in 2001.

The renowned Malayalam film 'Amma Ariyan' is being showcased at Cannes Classics. This marks the film's return after a meticulous 4K restoration by the Film Heritage Foundation. The film, a radical voice in Indian cinema, was directed by John Abraham. Its unique production and distribution model involved direct public funding.

In June 2025, Shivendra Singh Dungarpur received the Vittorio Boarini Award from the Fondazione Cineteca di Bologna, recognizing his contribution to the preservation and restoration of cinema.

Film archivist Shivendra Singh Dungarpur is in the city today.

When first made, the film’s characters were unlike anything on Indian screens – westernised, elite, English-speaking students portrayed with eccentricity and idealism, unlike the conventional characters that dominated Indian cinema at the time.

The Special Cover, featuring foiled and embossed elements along with a Rs. 5 stamp, illustrates Film Heritage Foundation Director Shivendra Singh Dungarpur and the foundation’s conservators rescuing endangered celluloid films.

Shivendra Singh Dungarpur: Do you pay to go to a temple? No. So, we decided these screenings must be free for the public.

The Berlinale Film Festival has invited Shivendra Singh Dungarpur to serve as a member of the International Jury at its 76th edition.

In 2014, Shivendra founded the Film Heritage Foundation, a Mumbai-based non-profit organization dedicated to the preservation and restoration of India's film heritage. Film Heritage Foundation's film restorations have been selected for world premieres at the Cannes Film Festival for three consecutive years, beginning in 2022

Dungarpur made the 2012 documentary on film archivist PK Nair, who passed away yesterday.

CELEBRATING 50 YEARS OF SHOLAY WITH A SPECIAL POSTAL COVER

Shivendra Singh Dungarpur insists, he carries no vestige of his regal trappings.

Zeenat Aman collaborates with the Film Heritage Foundation for Don Special has joined hands with not-for-profit organization, Film Heritage Foundation to present an exclusive one-night-only live event in Mumbai.

When the authorities of this year's Busan International Film Festival asked Shivendra Singh Dungarpur to make a docu on his impression of Indian cinema, the filmmaker, producer, archivist and restorer didn't know how to round up the vast subject in 52 minutes.

Veteran filmmaker G Aravindan’s classic film ‘Kummatty (The Bogeyman)’ released in 1979 will be restored by Martin Scorsese’s program.

Filmmaker, archivist and founder of Film Heritage Foundation, Shivendra Singh Dungarpur, is co-presenting and programming the representation of Indian films for the Classics section at the 44th edition of the prestigious Festival des 3 Continents that is set to be held from November 18 to November 27, 2022 in Nantes, France.

Amitabh Bachchan's 80th birthday was marked by a grand four day film festival - Bachchan: Back To The Beginning - organised by the Film Heritage Foundation (FHF). Another film festival to honour the Late thespian Dilip Kumar is reportedly in the works to celebrate his 100th birth anniversary on November 11.

Shivendra Singh Dungarpur was an ad filmmaker for a decade, creating images for brands, restoring them in times of trouble. But now he’s at the centre of a different kind of restoration.

Shivendra Singh Dungarpur's documentary Celluloid Man on film archivist PK Nair created a buzz at the recent Bengaluru International Film Festival.

The Film Heritage Foundation director Shivendra Singh Dungarpur decodes restoration process of Ishanou

Renowned film archivist Shivendra Singh Dungarpur is likely to be the first Indian to speak about Indian film preservation at the Academy of Motion Pictures.

Shivendra Singh Dungarpur is an award-winning filmmaker, archivist and restorer and the founder-director of Film Heritage Foundation. He tells Avijit Ghosh why we need to preserve films and what are the projects he is currently engaged with

Shivendra Singh Dungarpur was in Kolkata on Friday and caught up with the actress

Veteran actor Zeenat Aman is teaming up with not-for-profit organization Film Heritage Foundation (FHF) for an event celebrating 45 years of the film "Don". The event, titled "Zeenat Aman Rewind To Don", will feature a screening of the restored version of the original film, followed by a conversation session with Aman about her life and career. Aman expressed excitement about watching "Don" on the big screen once again, while FHF founder Shivendra Singh Dungarpur described it as an honor to present the film and have a conversation with Aman.

After making the award-winning film Celluloid Man, filmmaker and film preservationist Shivendra Singh Dungarpur is taking his new documentary, The Immortals, to international audiences. The documentary was commissioned by the Busan International Film Festival for their 20th anniversary.

I was honoured to receive a letter from the Chief Postmaster General in appreciation of our work over a decade to save our film heritage: Shivendra Singh Dungarpur