Gomov India Archive Site

The Gomov India Archive has had a significant impact on the preservation and promotion of Indian cinema. The archive has:

It isn't all romantic. The Gomov India Archive faces existential threats. Copyright laws are a grey area (who owns a 50-year-old matchbox design?). Funding is non-existent. Furthermore, as India digitizes rapidly (UPI payments, QR codes), the physical object is vanishing. The archive is racing against the demolition of old bazaars and the digital conversion of everything. Gomov India Archive