was umatic then beta then digi beta now hd our constant dilemma is how do we store it the format keeps changing a harddrives longevity is only 35 years so what after that lto linear tapeopen perhaps we are still trying to find better ways to preserve digital prints we need to preserve even as we create only when you preserve can you restore lets face it preservation is more expensive than creation it cost a lot more to restore leonardo da vincis mona lisa than it took to create it similarly the alfred hitchcock movie the lodger for whose restoration i contributed funds was made in half the amount it took to restore it i am also building a vault in bombay to store films we need to have prints of all films because its only through prints that you can make digital copiesthe criterion collection restored the apu trilogy the apu trilogy has been so beautifully restored by the criterion collection that when it was screened in theatres in the usa there were people thronging to watch this masterpiece i love the way avm studios has preserved the movies of mr meiyappan we cant have kam chalao restoration work to restore a film to international standards can cost between 75 lakh and one crore in india there are people wholl be willing to do this for as little as 1015 lakhthats execrable quality were talking about try getting an old film of k subrahmanyam and chances are that if you do find a dvd the quality of print will be awfulno way the government should have appointed a man called gajendra chauhan as chairperson ftii ftii is an institution that produces the finest cameramen directors artists its a place where you are able to discover your creative expression and create your own kind of cinema what students need here is someone who can inspire them someone they can look up to there were so many stalwarts to choose from so why him i wouldnt want to go to an institute headed by him if it had to be someone from the ruling party why not paresh rawal vinod khanna well lose an institution where cinema is looked at as an art formmiss lovely is one of the best movies i have seen in indian cinema watching miss lovely was like watching the movies of the old masters cinema has to have a language and this movie by ashim had a language which was lovely i have a huge problem with actors who perform in front of the camera when its the camera that should perform in front of the actorscinema should not be allowed to become an extension of theatreany royal hangover nothing at all i am a very simple personeverything that i have done is on my own steam i like cricket and thanks to my uncle raj singh dungarpur i did manage to meet many cricketers and spend time with them i have