: Hand-painted posters and scripts from regional film industries that have since vanished. Grassroots Political Pamphlets
A photographic ledger of hand-painted billboards, cinema posters, and neighborhood shop signs—many of which have been replaced by digital screens or vinyl prints. This collection includes geolocated images of signage from pre-2010 India, along with oral histories from the last generation of billboard painters in Mumbai, Kolkata, and Delhi. Gomov India Archive
Gomov’s family claims that one large trunk—reportedly containing sensitive documents about post-Nehru political negotiations—was lost or stolen during a move in the 1990s. Historians are desperate to locate it. : Hand-painted posters and scripts from regional film
The Gomov India Archive is organized into several thematic clusters: A Journey Through the Collection The Gomov India
: It highlights voices from the margins, ensuring that the history of India is told as a tapestry of many threads rather than a single, monolithic story. A Journey Through the Collection
The Gomov India Archive boasts an impressive collection of Indian films, featuring a wide range of genres, languages, and styles. Some of the key features and collections include: