Rajkumar Hirani handed over original film negatives of his 2014 film PK to Director NFAI
Starring Aamir Khan the film was a popular satire that was received well by audiences and critics alike. Hirani in addition also handed over nearly 300 cans consisting of initial rushes of the film and also outtakes of his other hugely popular 2009 film 3 Idiots to Director NFAI Prakash Magdum.The significance of the acquisition of the negative of PK is that it is one of the last films to be shot on celluloid. Mr. Hirani also generously gave us a large number of posters lobby cards, and still photographs from films that constitute his body of work said Mr. Magdum.The film is a wonderful unique comment on superstition and other foibles of contemporary Indian society and hence we were looking forward to acquiring the negative despite the film being a fairly recent one.Earlier films of Hirani like Munnabhai MBBS 2003 Lage Raho Munnabhai 2006 and 3 Idiots 2009 are already a part of the preserved negatives at NFAI.
