History
It was established in 1975. Over the years, NFDC has provided a wide range of services essential to the growth of Indian cinema especially Indian parallel cinema in 1970s. The NFDC (and its predecessor the Film Finance Corporation) has so far funded or produced over 300 films. These films, in various Indian languages, have been widely acclaimed and have won many national and international awards. A recent example is the third ever Kashmiri feature film, Bub ('father' in English), which was directed by Jyoti Sarup.
The current chair of the NFDC is Ramesh Sippy who succeeded Om Puri.
The National Film Development Corporation of India was also one of the production companies for Gandhi, which won eight Academy Awards in 1983.
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