Overview

• The Film Heritage Foundation has scheduled “Raj Khosla 100 – Bambai Ka Babu” at Mumbai’s Regal Cinema on May 31 to mark the director’s 100th birth anniversary.
• The retrospective will screen 4K-restored editions of CID (1956) and Bambai Ka Babu (1960) alongside Mera Gaon Mera Desh (1971).
• The National Film Development Corporation and National Film Archive of India completed the restorations under the National Film Heritage Mission, enabling Bambai Ka Babu’s first-ever high-resolution public screening.
• Veteran actor Asha Parekh, filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt and author Amborish Roychoudhury will participate in a panel discussion on Khosla’s genre-spanning mastery.
• Shivendra Singh Dungarpur highlights Khosla’s versatility across genres and mastery of song picturisation, and Asha Parekh credits him with transforming perceptions of women’s roles in Indian cinema.