The National Museum of Indian Cinema (NMIC) organised an exhibition of vintage cars and bikes in the Films Division complex premises on Sunday as part of the Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav celebration. The event was organised in collaboration with Vintage and Classic Car Club of India.
Sharing details about the exhibition, Neerja Sekhar, Additional Secretary, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting said that a collection of 75 vintage cars and bikes has been put up for the exhibition. “This is a symbolism which helps us remind the current generation about the struggles and sacrifices rendered by our earlier generations in securing us the freedom we enjoy today.”
Popular cine stars Akshay Kumar and Kriti Sanon visited the exhibition.
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Describing the Museum as magnificent, Akshay said: “I’m overwhelmed to be here. Indeed, it was a pleasure associating with NMIC, I have grown up watching the celebrated films over the years, and everybody should come and see this magnificent film museum. If I could add, I’d say it’s almost like a place of worship for a filmmaker as the works of legendary filmmakers have been respectfully archived and portrayed here.”
Kriti Sanon was impressed by the Children’s Section of the Museum remarked: “I am so impressed after exploring the Museum, its curation is so delightful. I didn’t know Chandralekha was the first South Indian film that became prominent throughout India, inspiring South Indian producers to market their films in North India. It was also the most expensive film made in India in the 1940s. Well, the Children’s section floor is my favourite, which is activity-based and so immersive.”
The event was organised for NMIC to attract crowds following the closure of the Museum during Covid-19 pandemic waves.
NMIC has a huge collection of artefacts including the armour worn by Sivaji Ganeshan in the film Veera Pandya Kattabomman and the red coat worn by M.G. Ramchandran in the film Adimai Penn. Film properties, vintage equipment, posters, copies of important films, promotional leaflets, sound tracks, trailers, transparencies, old cinema magazines and statistics covering film-making and distribution are displayed depicting the history of Indian cinema in chronological order.
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