National Film Archive of India receives collection of films by Sumitra Bhave and Sunil Sukthankar

The National Film Archive of India (NFAI) on Tuesday said it has received a huge collection of movies of filmmaker duo Sumitra Bhave and Sunil Sukthankar, which includes feature films and shorts like “Dahavi Fa”, “Badha” and “Zid”.
According to a press release issued by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, the collection of their films was handed over by Sunil Sukthankar and Chinmay Damle to Prakash Magdum, director, NFAI.
The filmmaker duo has significantly contributed to Marathi cinema with many noted short films, documentaries, TV shows and feature films like “Kaasav”, “Doghi”, “Devrai”, “Astu” among others.
Bhave passed away last year aged 78. Her first short film “Bai” is also part of the collection.
“The collection received today consists of 35mm prints of feature films ‘Dahavi Fa’ (2002), ‘Badha’ (2006), ‘Ha Bharat Majha’ (2012) and short film ‘Zid’ (2004), 16mm prints of feature film ‘Zindagi Zindabad’ (1997) and short films ‘Bai’ (1985), ‘Paani’ (1987) and ‘Laha’ (1994).