This exhibition has on display a rare and precious collection of photographs taken by press photographer Kulwant Roy between the 1930s and the 1960s. These images along with thousands of others remained forgotten in boxes for over twenty-five years after Roy’s death, until their inheritor Aditya Arya, the curator of this exhibition and a photographer himself, began cataloguing them. The images reveal a remarkable photographic record of modern Indian history, which have never been published. The exhibition, a real treasure trove, has on display some of the rarest negatives and prints of Mahatma Gandhi, recently discovered and restored, including key black & white photos from India’s freedom struggle.

The exhibition has been curated by leading advertising photographer, Aditya whose focus, in recent years, has shifted to the art of photo-archiving and visual histories largely inspired by the priceless collection bequeathed to him by Kulwant Roy. This inspiration has also led to the creation of the India Photo Archive Foundation.

A.K. Chettiar's Mahatma Gandhi- The 20th Century Prophet, the first documentary filmed during Gandhi’s lifetime, preserved by the National Gandhi Museum, is a comprehensive collection of footage woven into a brilliant narrative on his life. The film will also be screened at the National Library.