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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Born
April 6, 1933
Died
March 4, 2016 (age 82)
Place of Birth
Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala
Also Known As
Paramesh Krishnan Nair
P.K. Nair
P. K. Nair
Biography
Paramesh Krishnan Nair (6 April 1933 – 4 March 2016) was an Indian film archivist and film scholar, who was the founder and director of the National Film Archive of India (NFAI) in 1964. He is regarded as the Henri Langlois of India because of his lifelong dedication towards the preservation of films in India. A passionate film archivist, he worked at the NFAI for over three decades, collecting films from India and from all over the world.
