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India's pioneering film archivist and film scholar P.K. Nair, who won the epithet 'celluloid man' for his impeccable body of work as the founder and former director of the National Film Archive of India (NFAI), breathed his last on March 4, 2016 morning. He was 82. (Pic Courtesy: Twitter)
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Filmmaker and film archivist Shivendra Singh Dungarpur, whose 2012 documentary film "Celluloid Man" explored the life and work of Nair, shared the news with IANS. (Pic Courtesy: Twitter)
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He said the veteran was in critical condition since the last 10 days, and passed away at 11 a.m. at a hospital in Pune due to cardiac arrest. "March 5, 2016 his body will be kept from 8 a.m. in the morning at NFAI and the cremation will take place after that," Dungarpur, also the founder director of Film Heritage Foundation. (Pic Courtesy: Twitter)
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Born in 1933 in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, Nair's interest in films began with 1940s Tamil mythological dramas such as "Ananthasayanam" and "Bhakta Prahlada". (Pic Courtesy: Twitter)
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His stint with the NFAI started in 1965 as assistant curator. And 17 years later, in 1982, he became its director. (Pic Coutesy: Twitter)
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