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Detailed explanation-1: -The National Film Archive of India has added 2, 200 short films and documentaries in the 16mm format to its collection, the government-run film preservation and restoration body announced on Wednesday. The prints were acquired from the State Institute for Audio-Visual Education (Maharashtra) in Pune.

Detailed explanation-2: -Its three principal objectives are: to trace, acquire and preserve for posterity the heritage of Indian cinema; to classify, document data and undertake research relating to films; to act as a centre for the dissemination of film culture.

Detailed explanation-3: -National Film Archive of India (NFAI) has announced a significant addition of the original camera negative of Rajkumar Hirani’s 2014 film ‘PK’ in its collection. The filmmaker handed the negatives over to Director NFAI, Prakash Magdum, in Mumbai.

Detailed explanation-4: -National Film Archive of India (NFAI) was set up in February, 1964 as a media unit of the Ministry of Information & Broadcasting, Government of India with the primary objective of acquiring and preserving Indian cinematic heritage.

Detailed explanation-5: -In February 1964, the I&B Ministry established the National Film Archive of India in Pune with an aim to trace, acquire and preserve, for posterity, the heritage of national cinema and a representative collection of world cinema.