P. K. Nair

Personal information

Known for: Acting
Known credits: 4
Gender: Male
Born: April 6, 1933
Died: March 4, 2016
Place of birth: Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala
Also known as: Paramesh Krishnan NairP.K. Nair

Biography

Paramesh Krishnan Nair (6 April 1933 – 4 March 2016) was an Indian film archivist and film scholar, who was the founder and director of the National Film Archive of India (NFAI) in 1964. He is regarded as the Henri Langlois of India because of his lifelong dedication towards the preservation of films in India. A passionate film archivist, he worked at the NFAI for over three decades, collecting films from India and from all over the world.