About 50 per cent of the club members are in the 25-to-45 age group and most of them work in the IT industry

The National Film Archives of India (NFAI) Film Club, which was considered as the hotspot of senior citizens is now abuzz with youngsters. And unlike the past, about 50 per cent of its members are 25 to 45-years-old and too from varied fields.



Besides, scores of youngsters from IT industry have expressly taken out time from their busy schedule to follow their love for movies. This young lot spends time at the NFAI campus watching rare movies from the huge and rich collection of the clubs' archive.

Sachin Jaywant, manager of an IT company in Hinjewadi, who's a proud member of the club for a few years, said, "I love to watch all kinds of movies no matter I understand the language or not." He added that though it's quite difficult to take out time, but then, one has to set priorities to pursue ones passion.

Lack of coordination

He, however, laments that at times there is lack communication on the clubs' part when it comes to informing the members about the schedule of movies that would be screened.

While, Neha Arora, principal developer at Calsoft, who's also following her passion for films, said, "Scheduling of films is perfectly alright but there should be more emphasis on discussions and interpretations."
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Fee hike

Meanwhile, several senior members aren't happy with the recent fee hike and have chosen to stay out of the club. The club, which was formed in 1994 used to charge Rs 600 since 1996 as the yearly subscription. But recently, it has increased the free to Rs 2,000 per annum.
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Although, the sudden hike has annoyed the senior members, Vijay Jadhav, director of NFAI said, "The fees were not raised since 1996. Also, unlike in the past, we have added some extra features like quarterly workshops where we discuss films, meet-the-director sessions and so on."