NEW DELHI: Celluloid Man directed by Shivendra Singh Dungarpur, a film is based on the life of P.K. Nair (father of film archiving in India).

Nair has won the "Nestor The Chronicler" (A man who keeps history of world cinema) award at the Kyiv International Documentary Film Festival in Ukraine which concluded recently.

The film, which has earlier won a National Award, was in competition at the festival.

Nair, the founder-director of the National Film Archive of India (NFAI) was conferred the Order of ‘Maestro‘ at Kyiv.

The Order is given for personal contribution to the development and promotion of world cinema.

Celluloid Man has been selected for the Panorama section of the upcoming Shanghai International Film Festival, which is also screening The Bright Day and Barfi!).

The documentary film on Nair has been released in Cochin at PVR, Lulu Mall, for one week from 31 May in a rare tribute to the archivist.