From Damaged Negative To 4K: The Story Behind Pakeezah’s Restoration

When Film Heritage Foundation found that the original camera negative of Pakeezah had almost melted away, restoring the 1972 classic became an exercise in reconstruction, research and restraint. Shivendra Singh Dungarpur explains why restoring an old film is not about making it look new, but about recovering the vision of the filmmaker who made it.