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----- Original Message -----
From: "Frank Conlon" <
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Sent: Monday, July 25, 2011 9:26 PM
Subject: H-ASIA: Bhagwan D Garga, film-maker and film historian deceased
> H-ASIA
> July 25, 2011
>
> Death of Bhagwan D. Garga (1924-2011). film-maker and film historian
> ************************************************************************
> From: Philip Woods <philip...@tiscali.co.uk>
>
> I write to report the death on 18 July 2011 of of Bhagwan D. Garga
> (b. 1924), the renowned film-maker and film historian.
>
> There are tributes to Bhagwan from P.K. Nair on the Dear Cinema website:
> http://dearcinema.com/article/p-k-nair-remembers-b-d-garga/4246;
> and by Uma da Cunhaon on the FilmIndia Worldwide website:
> http://blog.filmindiaworldwide.com/?p=316
>
> I personally benefited enormously from Bhagwan's encyclopaedic knowledge
> of
> Indian documentary cinema and his extraordinary generosity in sharing it.
> His book _So Many Cinemas: the Motion Picture in India_ (Eminence
> Designs/Timeless, 1996) is a classic and contains superb photographs from
> his collection. With the help of his wife Donnabelle he was able to
> continue
> publishing his work right up to his death. _The Art of Cinema_ (Penguin
> Books India/Viking, 2005) gives an insider's view of 50 years of Indian
> cinema. _From Raj to Swaraj: The Non-fiction Film in India_ (Penguin Books
> India, 2007), won the National Award for the Best Book on Cinema .
>
> His latest book, _Pictorial History of Indian Silent Cinema_ is due out in
> September.
>
> In a typical act of generosity and concern that Indian film history should
> be properly researched, Bhagwan has donated his voluminous collection of
> Indian cinema photographs and books to the IGNCA- Indira Gandhi National
> Centre for the Arts- in Delhi- Janpath. They are creating a large special
> room for this collection-calling it the B D Garga Research centre, which
> is
> a fitting tribute to a remarkable man.
>
>
>
> Dr Philip Woods,
> Kingston University
> London
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