of india type public industry electronic media genre electronic founded 1948 founder government of india headquarters 24 dr. g. deshmukh marg ministry of i & b mumbai 26 parent ministry of information and broadcasting website www.filmsdivision.org films division of india fdi commonly referred as films division is a film production house belonging to the ministry of information and broadcasting government of india primarily to produce documentaries and news magazines for publicity of government programmes and cinematic record of indian history . 1 2 fdi is divided into four wings namely production distribution international documentary and short film festival . the division produces documentaries news magazines from its headquarters at mumbai films on defence and family welfare from new delhi and featurettes focussing on rural india from the regional centres at calcutta and banglalore . 3 in 1990 it was started at the annual mumbai international film festival for documentary short and animation films at mumbai . contents 1 history 2 works 3 film club 4 selected filmography 5 references 6 external links history edit films division was set up in the year 1948 . works edit films division has produced mainly for the state owned tv channel doordarshan . it produced some classics like ek anek aur ekta . 4 the films division has produced over 8000 films since inception and about 5000 films are being made available for online purchase and downloads . 5 film club edit in 2012 films division started a film club at mumbai which screens films from archives . 6 selected filmography edit through the eyes of a creator 1967 by m.f. hussain mahatma life of gandhi 1869 1948 1968 bansuri guru 2013 references edit now indian short films also miff ed . ibn live . retrieved 22 january 2012 . about us . official website . film division . ministry if i & b. spellbinding art show . cnngo . retrieved 22 january 2012 . museum for indian cinema to come up in mumbai by 2013 . indian express . retrieved 22 january 2012 . http forbesindia.com blog life show and tell the films divisions new film club external links edit official site films division of india at the ministry of information and broadcasting retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title films division of india & oldid 718215457 categories government agencies of indiafilm production companies of indiaorganizations established in 1948organisations based in mumbaifilm distributors of india navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 2 may 2016 at 06 18 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view