MUMBAI: Mantralaya is finally moving to preserve and archive the historic moments from the early period of Maharashtra's statehood, captured on film, through digitization. The state government has appointed Famous Studio at a cost of Rs 1.24 crore to carry out digitization of 10,000 minutes of reel on 16 and 35 mm films and thus restore them.

The project is being undertaken as part of the state`s golden jubilee celebrations and will be completed by March next year.