MUMBAI: The National Film Archive of India (NFAI) has decided to preserve the films of Madhur Bhandarkar - Chandni Bar, Page-3, Corporate, Traffic Signal, Fashion and Jail. These films will now find space in government‘s archival data for Indian films.

After Bhandarkar handed over the copies of all his films to the NFAI today, NFAI director Vijay Jadhav said, "Madhur Bhandarkar‘s films are very popular and widely seen. His films are very much in demand for various film festivals and they also arouse a lot of interest in students and youngsters. I would like to thank Madhur Bhandarkar for his kind gesture and I respect his understanding for the value of Film Preservation.”

Commented Bhandarkar, "I am very happy that NFAI is preserving my films. I feel it is of a critical importance that we preserve our films. Our industry has some very respectful and milestone work which is left just like that, but if it is preserved it can be viewed at any time in the future and hence our work gets an everlasting life. Familiarizing foreign audiences with Indian Cinema and to make it more visible across the globe is another declared objective of the archive.”

The NFAI safeguards the heritage of Indian Cinema for posterity and acts as a centre for dissemination of a healthy film culture in the country. Promotion of film scholarship and research on various aspects of cinema also form part of its charter.