The '70s International Classic George Lucas & Martin Scorsese Are Saving

Ghatashraddha, a pivotal-but-rarely-seen Indian film by Girish Kasaravalli is set to be restored in time for its 50th anniversary, thanks in part to Martin Scorsese and George Lucas. Led by India’s Film Heritage Foundation, the restoration will receive substantial support from Scorsese's World Cinema Project, as well as funding from George Lucas and Mellody Hobson. The 1977 film will join the ranks of Indian masterworks like Kumatty, which was similarly rediscovered and re-released in collaboration between FHF and WCP. With the Film Heritage Foundation focusing on bringing otherwise-lost Indian classics to international movie audiences, Ghatashraddha will hopefully be only one of many pieces of Indian cinema revitalized in coming years.