Films Division of India

Films Division of India
Type	Public
Industry	Electronic media
Genre	Electronic
Founded	1948
Founder	Government of India
Headquarters	24, Dr. G. Deshmukh Marg, Ministry of I&B, Mumbai-26
Parent	Ministry of Information and Broadcasting
Website	www.filmsdivision.org

Films Division of India (FDI) commonly referred as Films Division is a film production house belonging to the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India, primarily to "produce documentaries and news magazines for publicity of Government programmes" and cinematic record of Indian history.^[1]^[2]

FDI is divided into four wings, namely, Production, Distribution, International Documentary and Short Film Festival. The Division produces documentaries/news magazines from its headquarters at Mumbai, films on defence and family welfare from New Delhi and featurettes focussing on rural India from the regional centres at Calcutta and Banglalore.^[3] In 1990, it was started at the annual Mumbai International Film Festival, for documentary, short and animation films at Mumbai.

History

Films Division was set up in the year 1948.

Works

Films Division has produced mainly for the state-owned TV channel, Doordarshan. It produced some classics like Ek Anek Aur Ekta.^[4] The films division has produced over 8000 films since inception and about 5000 films are being made available for online purchase and downloads.^[5]

Film club

In 2012 Films Division started a film club at Mumbai which screens films from archives. ^[6]

Selected filmography

Through the Eyes of a Creator (1967), by M.F. Hussain
Mahatma: Life of Gandhi, 1869–1948 (1968)
Bansuri Guru (2013)

References

↑ "Now, Indian short films also MIFF-ed". IBN Live. Retrieved 22 January 2012.
↑ "About us". Official website.
↑ "Film Division". Ministry if I & B.
↑ "Spellbinding art show". CNNgo. Retrieved 22 January 2012.
↑ "Museum for Indian cinema to come up in Mumbai by 2013". Indian Express. Retrieved 22 January 2012.
↑ http://forbesindia.com/blog/life/show-and-tell-the-films-divisions-new-film-club/

External links

Ministry of Information and Broadcasting

List of I&B Ministers • List of I&B Ministers of State • Government of India • Prime Minister (List • Office) • Cabinet

Broadcasting	Prasar Bharati Doordarshan Akashvani Broadcast Engineering Consultants India Direct to Home

Information	Directorate of Advertising and Visual Publicity Registrar of Newspapers for India Press Council of India Press Information Bureau Indian Institute of Mass Communication

Films	Directorate of Film Festivals Films Division Central Board of Film Certification Children's Film Society, India Film and Television Institute of India Film Certification Appellate Tribunal National Film Archive of India Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute National Film Development Corporation of India

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