With titles like 'Batman Begins', 'The Dark Knight', 'The Dark Knight Rises', 'Inception', 'Interstellar' and 'Dunkirk', Christopher Nolan is regarded as one of the most influential filmmakers of the 21st century. The filmmaker is in India. Work and love for cinema has brought him to the country. Nolan is in India to draw attention to the importance of celluloid in the digital age

Indian filmmaker and archivist Shivendra Singh Dungarpur, founder of the Film Heritage Foundation (FHF), has been hosting Nolan at a three-day event 'Reframing the Future of Film' here from March 30 to April 1

Celebrated visual artist Tacita Dean is also on board to talk about preserving on film, and the necessity of determining new archival and exhibition standards that secure a film's future

Christopher Nolan and wife Emma Thomas clicked during the discussion panel

Nolan is impressed by India's cinema. 'India has such wonderful cinema and such a rich history of art that everything needs to be done not only to encourage its proper preservation for future generations but also to re-introduce the film medium to the younger artists and filmmakers in the country,' he said in an earlier statement

Christopher Nolan is expected to fly out on April 2