| Company type | Public |
|---|---|
| Industry | Electronic media |
| Genre | Electronic |
| Founded | 1948 |
| Founder | Government of India |
| Defunct | 30 March 2022 |
| Fate | merged with National Film Development Corporation. |
| Headquarters | 24, Dr. G. Deshmukh Marg, Ministry of I&B, Mumbai-26 |
Number of locations | Branches and Production centres: Kolkata Bangalore New Delhi Chennai Thiruvananthapuram Hyderabad Vijayawada[1] |
| Parent | Ministry of Information and Broadcasting |
| Website | www.filmsdivision.org |
The Films Division of India (FDI), commonly referred as Films Division, was established in 1948 following the independence of India. It was the first state film production and distribution unit, under the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India, with its main intent being to "produce documentaries and news magazines for publicity of Government programmes" and the cinematic record of Indian history.[2][3]
FDI was divided into four wings; these are Production, Distribution, International Documentary and Short Film Festival. The Division produces documentaries/news magazines from its headquarters in Mumbai, films on defence and family welfare from New Delhi and featurettes focussing on rural India from the regional centres at Calcutta now (Kolkata) and Bangalore.[4] In 1990, it was started at the annual Mumbai International Film Festival, for documentary, short and animation films at Mumbai. It housed a museum of cinema, the National Museum of Indian Cinema (NMIC), inaugurated on 19 January 2019.
In March 2022, it was merged with National Film Development Corporation.