IFFI aims to cherish India's rich cinematic heritage

<span style="color: #222222;">The IFFI aims to cherish India's rich cinematic heritage and share it with new audiences.<br />” <br />” Introducing to them the glories of the past, &nbsp;the Restored Classics Section aims to showcase great films made by Indian filmmakers.<br />” <br />” Two pioneering movies have been restored by Martin Scorsese Film Foundation.<br />” <br />” One is by world-renowned dancer Uday Shankar, &nbsp;Kalpan – a film about dance. The story revolves around a young dancer's dream of setting up a dance academy, a reflection of Shankar's own.<br />” <br />” He founded an academy at Almora where he invented his unique dance form.&nbsp; Entirely shot as a dance ballet and fantasy, Kalpana was the first film to present an Indian classical dancer in the lead.<br />” <br />” The other film is by one of the most talented Bengali directors, Ritwik Ghatak. He was a part of the famed Ray-Ghatak-Sen Troika whose films propelled the New Wave in post-independence India.<br />” <br />”<br />”Ritwick Ghatak’s Titas Ekti Nadir Naam will seek to delight audiences.</span>

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