<span style="color: #222222;">On the occasion of the 151st birth anniversary of the father of Indian cinema, Dadasaheb Phalke, the National Film Archive of India (NFAI) has published a rich treasure of audio recordings in the public domain.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">About 8000 minutes of interviews of veteran film artists from the Indian film industry are now made available on the NFAI website. Starting from the silent era of Indian cinema, these are the fascinating tales of journeys of actors, technicians, producers, directors and studio owners. Conducted mostly in the 1980s, these interviews were recorded as part of the Oral History Project of NFAI's Research Programme and features long interviews of pioneering film personalities, narrating the experiences about their life, stories and anecdotes from the world of cinema.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">In this treasure, there are 53 interviews of film artists conducted in five languages- Marathi, Tamil, Telugu, English and Bengali. The artists include Who's Who of the Indian film industry including J. B. H. Wadia, Akkineni Nageshwar Rao, Vijay Bhatt, P Bhanumathi, SD Subbulakshmi, MK Radha, P Leela, C Honnappa Bhagvathar, Zunzarrao Pawar, Dada Salvi, Chandrakant Gokhale, RM Krishnaswamy, SV Venkatraman, R Ramamurthy, KS Prakash, V Gopalakrishnan, R B Lakshmidevi, Shahu Modak, E Mohammed, V V Bapat, and Soumitra Chatterjee apart from others.  </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">These long interviews not only throw light on the personal journey of these artists but also give an in-depth account of the changes in the Indian film industry over a long period of time. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">One of the major highlights of the Oral History Project of NFAI is the interviews of several old associates of D.G.Phalke who closely worked with the father of Indian cinema.  They share their intimate experiences of working with Phalke in the process throwing light on the humane side of Phalke as well as his craft of film making. One can click on NFAI website to listen to these recordings. </span><br />