KOLKATA: Reviewing the original negatives of a Bengali film at the state government’s film vault that resulted in inspiring Kishore Kumar-Mehmood's rip-roaring comedy ‘Padosan’ has led to an interesting find by the head of the National Film Archive of India (NFAI).
Out of 14 cans of negatives, 2,230ft length of the film is in nitrate. In today’s age, discovery of nitrate base is considered a big development in the archival world. Since this is an extremely rare find with huge archival value, the negatives have been transported from Kolkata to the Pune archives for preservation. Work on 4K digitization of this film will begin very soon.
