Film Archivist PK Nair no more.

 On 4 March 2016 Indian film archivist and film scholar Paramesh Krishnan Nair died. He was 82.
•    He was the founder and former director of the National Film Archive of India (NFAI) in 1964.
•    In 2012, Celluloid Man, an award-winning documentary was made on his life and works, by Shivendra Singh Dungarpur. 
•    Celluloid Man won two National Awards at the 60th National Film Awards, including Best Biographical Film and Best Editing.
•    Nair is regarded as the Henri Langlois of India because of his lifelong dedication towards the preservation of films in India.
•    He worked at the NFAI till 1991 for over three decades, collecting films from India and from all over the world.
•    He joined the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII), Pune as a research assistant in 1961 and later in 1965 was appointed assistant curator.
•    He was awarded the Satyajit Ray Memorial Award In 2008.