Eventually, she convinced a digital archive to help. But they did it Rajendran's way. They didn't just scan the movies. They scanned his cards .
Rajendran peered at her over his spectacles. "Lost? Nothing is lost. It is just misfiled." Index Of Movies Tamil
"This means: Galaxy Theatre, Shelf 4, Reel 2," he explained. "When the theater closed, I kept the original reels of every film I ever projected." Eventually, she convinced a digital archive to help
That room was his Index of Movies Tamil . They scanned his cards
When the theater shut down in 2005, the owners were going to throw everything away. The film reels, the posters, the songbooks, the old registers. Rajendran couldn't let that happen. He loaded three auto-rickshaws with the relics and stored them in his spare room.
"Looking for 'Oru Kootil' from Gentleman ?" he asked. "1993. A.R. Rahman. Card number 1447."