Shivendra Singh Dungarpur on Saving India’s Film Past: ‘There’s Not a Single Moment When I’m Not Thinking About Cinema’

Home Film News Apr 22, 2026 4:18am PT Shivendra Singh Dungarpur on Saving India’s Film Past: ‘There’s Not a Single Moment When I’m Not Thinking About Cinema’ Dungarpur will present six Film Heritage Foundation restorations at Spain's Las Palmas de Gran Canaria Intl. Film Festival, which kicks off April 23 By Naman Ramachandran Plus Icon Naman Ramachandran Latest Shivendra Singh Dungarpur on Saving India’s Film Past: ‘There’s Not a Single Moment When I’m Not Thinking About Cinema’ 7 minutes ago Netflix India’s New-Talent Bet Lands Three Films in Global Top 10 as ‘Toaster’ Hits No. 1 (EXCLUSIVE) 16 hours ago ‘My Hero Academia in Concert’ Sets U.S. Fall Tour 20 hours ago See All Shivendra Singh Dungarpur Courtesy of the Film Heritage Foundation Seventy per cent of India’s films made before 1950 are gone forever. Film Heritage Foundation founder Shivendra Singh Dungarpur is trying to save the rest. Not long ago, a food-delivery worker turned up at Mumbai’s Regal Cinema on a Thursday evening, caught a screening between shifts, and handed INR1,000 ($10.65) to the wife of Dungarpur. The man told her he could never get to see films like these at a multiplex, Dungarpur recalls, but here the 6:30 show fit between his deliveries – and he wanted to contribute. Related Stories Jason Bateman and Linda Cardellini Launch Supporting Acting Emmys Push for 'DTF St. Louis' (EXCLUSIVE)